Backcountry Aviation Radio

Brett Baker Returns: Weight Loss, Avionics, and What's Next

Season 4 closes out with a returning guest...Brett Baker of Cleared to Adventure was one of the very first people on this show, back in episodes 4 and 5, and this time we

Shane Madson from Mad Custom Cubs...Rotary Engine and Turbine Cubs?! Oh MY!

Shane Madson runs Mad Custom Cubs out of Westlock, Alberta — and he builds airplanes the way he used to build Harleys, one weld and one custom touch at a time. Before he

Fly Rocky Top with Jeff Smith and Matt Axley...your NEXT Backcountry Destination

Jeff Smith and Matt Axley join the show to talk about Fly Rocky Top — a brand-new backcountry airstrip network in East Tennessee, and the flagship project of the Recreati

Josh Richling: Crew Chief, Writer, Tailwheel Guy

Josh Richling has one of the best seats in competition STOL flying - he's the crew chief behind Steve Henry's Wild West Aircraft Highlander XL builds, the machi

Ray & Melisa Fowler from Adventure Flying...and a P-40 Warhawk story

Ray and Melisa Fowler run Adventure Flying LLC, a CubCrafters Certified Sales Center covering the mid-Atlantic — Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virg

CC Pocock — 950 Pilots Trained: Rethinking How Backcountry Flying Is Taught

CC Pocock has spent over two decades flying in some of the most remote, unimproved terrain in the world, and now runs a one-man flight school in the Nevada desert that&ap

Darin Hart — Keeping the Cub Alive: American Legend Aircraft, MOSAIC, and the Nomad

Darin Hart runs American Legend Aircraft in Sulphur Springs, Texas — the shop keeping the Piper Cub lineage alive, from a stripped-down J3 to the Rotax 916-powered Nomad.

Erin & Paul built a Bearhawk 5 and are flying it to all 50 States

Erin and Paul flew their Bearhawk 5 named "Tina" to Peach State Aerodrome to drop in and record an episode! It was epic, and unfortunately I had to edit out the multiple

Justin Meaders 3-Time Formula One Champion to National STOL

Most people know Justin Meaders for the incredible story of returning to flight after the motorcycle accident that left him paraplegic. That story has been told well—incl

Meet the Host: JB gets interviewed by Ryan Dembroski

Season 4 kicks off with a bit of a role reversal...in response to your comments I decided to do a "meet the host" episode" and instead of me just talking to myself, I inv

Dave Rowe CRASHED the FREEDOM FOX...the whole story

This episode follows up on Dave's recent YouTube video where he chronicles his crash in Hells Canyon last summer.  I recommend starting with Dave's video, then

Jackie Burch flew her Taylorcraft to Alaska & the CubCrafters NX Cub to Oshkosh

Jackie Burch has been a longtime supporter of the podcast and connected me with a lot of the guests I've interviewed.  I finally convinced her to come on the podcast

National STOL & eSTOL 2026 Events with Cam Walton & Ryan Dembroski

This episode is with the voices of National STOL Cam and Ryan.  We talk about what they've been up to since the last episode, the 2026 National STOL calendar, and th

Lukasz Czepiela lands the Red Bull Carbon Cub ANYWHERE

This episode is a really fun look at what the Carbon Cub platform is capable of in extreme cases with a professional aerobatics champion at the controls.  Do NOT try this

Tanmoy Ganguly feeds Michigan RAF Volunteers at North Fox Island

Tanmoy, or Tan, is one of the RAF's state liaisons for Michigan.  He's known as the guy who feeds the crowds of volunteers who show up and work at airstrip work

Dave Wyckoff talks Kansas Backcountry and Arkansas Adventures

Dave Wyckoff from Kansas started a YouTube channel to meet backcountry pilots in Kansas and beyond! That endeavor has created a local community that builds local strips,

Matt Dearden is "Flying from Shangri-La" which is also the "Worst Place to be a Pilot"

This episode is with with Matt Dearden, a UK-based pilot who was featured in the UK TV program titled "Worst Place to be a Pilot" that followed the adventures of UK pilot

Rusty Coonfield, ArkanSTOL origins, and how to tackle the Fly Oz network

This episode is pure Arkansas from one of the pilots who knows the network and builds events to highlight the state's backcountry beauty. Rusty Coonfield is an Arkan

Tres Clinton of C3 AIR talks Texas Backcountry Flying

This episode is with Tres Clinton from Burnet, Texas and C3 Air.  Tres teaches a wide range of aviation students but loves to teach backcountry flying in tailwheel aircra

Anitra Goddard is the STOL Queen + Sun'n Fun Bushwheel Basecamp PRO TIPS

Kicking off Season 3 is my conversation with Anitra Goddard from the Sun'n Fun Team.  She's affectionately known in the community as the STOL Queen.  She's