Marc McKenna and Catherine McLaughlin soloed this week

Catherine McLaughlin (Cat's dad owns Airframes Alaska) and Marc McKenna (Marc won the Iron Dog in 2012 and 2013) soloed this week.  Cat is getting her Private Pilot training in our Super Cub with a 160 HP engine.  Marc is getting his training in his Cessna 185 on floats.

Andy Friot receives a SES add-on rating in N8977D.  Andy is a navigator in the Air Force.  Andy's C130 was grounded in Anchorage for a couple of days for maintenance.  We gave Andy the training and a check ride during his delay.

Tana Scheider gets a rating with a Seaplane Pilots Assc. scholarship

Tana Schneider was awarded a scholarship to get a SES rating from the Seaplane Pilots Association. ACME Cub Training provided Tana the training and she received her certificate on 07/14/2013.

Isabel Mills soloed in N7461L at Goose Bay (Z40)

Isabel is getting ahead of the game.  She is getting her initial Private Pilot training and will take the check ride in N7461L.

N9418C with repainted wings

N9418C at Beluga Lake.  We flew to Beluga to take Jacob's senior pictures.

Valdez Bush Class

Katalla Runway

Jacob won third place in the 2013 Valdez short field take off and landing competition.  The combined take off and landing was 267 feet.

We camped at Katalla before the Valdez competition.  Jacob and I flew to Kayak Island and hiked to the Kayak Island light house.

Kayak Island Light House

Beach at Katalla (a ghost town)

Camp at Katalla

Flying to Kayak Island

Currently N8977D is on straight skis.  We removed the wheel skis from N7461L and installed the 31" Bushwheels.  N9418C is on Federal 3600 wheelskis.

Float Season starts on May 13, 2013 after the Valdez Fly In and Air Show

ACME Cub will attend the Valdez Fly In and Air Show this year.  Jacob is flying N7461L and I will fly N8977D.  We will be camping on the ramp at the Valdez airport.  We will plan a dinnertime fly-out to a gravel bar for dinner.  Come join us and help us gather fire wood.  Bring your own camp chairs.

We will return to Anchorage on May 12.   Floats Alaska will remove the Bushwheels on N8977D and install EDO 2000 floats on the morning of May 13th.   The 2013 float training season at the Lake Hood seaplane base will begin.

Airframes Alaska

ACME Cub Training purchased the fuselage to rebuild N8976D from Airframes Alaska.  The new fuselage weighs103 pounds with powder coating.  Our goal is to have this Cub weigh less than 1100 pounds on 31" Bushwheels with a 0-360 engine.   Airframes Alaska makes this goal achievable. 

Airframes Web Site

New Cub N303T

My son Jacob purchased his first aircraft, a Super Cub N303T.  This first pic is taken in our drive way as we pickel the engine.  The fuselage is now disassembled, sand-blasted, and Jacob is starting the rebuild process.  Our goal is 1025 pounds with a 0-320 and 31" Bushwheels.   We have plenty of time to get this one flying.  Jacob does not get to fly it until he pays the loan (to hid dad) in full.  Jacob is very motivated to finish his ratings.  He wants to be able to make money flying.

We finished the fabric interior in N8976D