Welcome to Adventure Alaska, where we live in the ultimate adventure paradise! Using our aircraft to reach stunning destinations, we bring you thrilling aviation adventures in the heart of Alaska. While this is very much a flying channel, aviation here is more than just a mode of transport-it's a gateway to incredible adventures. From soaring above glaciers to fishing in secluded streams, our planes take us to places where the real adventure begins.
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That’s spot on Brett; good memory! And hey, when I don’t catch any fish, I just get to drive home; I suspect flying home might make that feel a little better. Thanks for taking us along, and better luck next time!
Great video. Thanks for posting. I love fly fishing, but I'm not above prospecting new water with a spinning rod and a "money clip" down deep. Helps me figure out where the fish are and what they're doing. We live in a wonderful place!
Your last video inspired me to take a flight seeing tour up there today it was epic. Are you flyingTomorrow ? would be great to meet you. I am traveling through Anchorage and my flight home was cancelled so I am here for a couple days with no plans.
I mean this is the most genuine and kind way, but where's your PFD (float coat)? Is it underneath your jacket? Do you have a fanny pack type? Not going to assume you wouldn't wear one while float flying, especially not in that glacier lake. Just curious! Again, not calling you out. Genuinely wondering.
For about the last 20 hours or so I've been trying out the fanny pack style PFD's. I was really hoping that I was going to get use to them, but they're overly bulky (in all the wrong places if you know what I mean.) I keep a float coat in the back, and sometimes switch between the 2. I'm really trying to make the MTI Adventurewear work, but so far it's not really one I'd recommend.
@@AdventureAK Good to know and happy to hear you still have a PFD on! I've considered one as well for this situation, but I almost think it's maybe a warm water thing. In Alaska I'd want something pretty immediate and permanent.
Great video. I verbalize checklists and cockpit flows as well, even when I'm flying alone. There is no question it improves safety. I follow a few RU-vidrs and I'm probably like most people - video production has to be reasonably good (but but doesn't have to be perfect), some levity is good (pilots can be a bit too serious), and I want to learn something (e.g. how to fly in and out of Lake Hood, setting up for a glassy water approach in a float plane, strengths and weaknesses of a Pacer on floats, etc. etc.) This video checked all the boxes. :) And yes, our AK winter was brutal!
So, back when I was a kid, I use to watch ski movies with my dad all the time. Every year we would go to a "Warren Miller" film, and listen to Warren narrate these movies.. and every year I would hear Warren say "If you don't do it this year, you'll be one year older when you do." Now, of course, Warren was talking about moving to a ski resort... but once I fell hard for aviation, I knew that I needed to do everything in my power to get to Alaska asap. So, here's my challenge to you. Find that one thing that you love more than anything, and go do it. Because if you don't do it this year, you'll be one year older when you do. Thanks for watching, and then having to listen to my ramblings after listening to my ramblings for 15 minutes ;)
@@AdventureAK wow, that's a quote to live by. And no you're not rambling at all, if anything more people need to read that and just do it, whether that's a hike around the hills where they live, that car they've been wanting for ages or a camping trip they've been planning. Inactivity is probably the single biggest driving factor regarding mental health cases globally right now. Not appreciating nature and being with your own mind for an hour or two The single biggest driving factor in my life is regret and the what if. What if I worked that little harder, what if I said or did something different. I'm only 20 so there is still time but I humbly accept your challenge and I will keep you updated. Once again I wish you save travels and all the best, God Bless
Thank you! Still putting the hoodies through their paces. I ordered from 5 different suppliers and my buddies are helping me put all of them through a season here in Alaska. 3 suppliers on the list have been cut due to the product not holding up through our Alaskan lifestyles. The final 2 are holding up really well. I have a goal to have them ready to launch when we hit 1000 subs, but I refuse to sacrifice quality. :)
Thanks! I think we are about a month behind on editing because I fly almost every day. This was actually filmed about 2 days after our adventure to paddle around out there.
Dude, don't sell yourself short! I thought your Pizza and Burrito runs were pretty fun! That stuff is basically impossible in my corner of the world. But landing at the base of a glacier is pretty epic, I gotta admit!
Honestly, I really appreciate this comment. It’s really tough to take a look from the outside inward. I fly almost every day, so for me, adventuring outside the Anchorage bowl is what I love to do, so when my awesome editor John tells me “dude, you should make that a video” when it’s something that I do all the time, I kinda laugh at him. Since the video was posted about landing at qdoba, I’ve been on that lake no less than 20 times…. Going to different restaurants within walking distance. This comment really helped remind me that what we do up here is unique.
And not many moons ago here in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming was a place to get away from society 😅.... welp here I am watching RU-vid in my rooftop tent with the starlink mini waiting out the rain! Damn it!
We're working on a remote camping trip as I type this! Great suggestion! Merch is coming. I've got a few different items that we're testing out with friends. Last thing I want to do is put out merch that doesn't hold up well, so I'm putting it through the paces up here before I offer it to others. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. It really means a lot.
Hah, they're both really cute bears. It was going to be tough to say no to helping them out. Thanks for watching. I primarily post aviation related videos, but I like to throw in the other adventures I find myself doing to see if people want to see them as well.
That's because it doesn't really impact it. The only time I've had an issue is when we got 3 feet of snow overnight and the heater on the Gen 2 couldn't keep up. I've been using starlink as my sole source of internet for 2 years and have had a total of 3 interruptions or significant slowdowns. All of them were snow related... I live in Alaska...we get a lot of snow.
There is little consensus on this point. The nature of the technology is indeed it's performance suffers while used in severe weather, and notoriously in the face of modest obstruction.
There is no official starlink power pack. I was using a Jackery portable power station in the video. The Jackery has an onboard 110v outlet, so I plugged the starlink 110v power plug into that. Other than the Jackery, I've run it off a "barrel to USB-C cable" and have plugged it into several different USB-C power banks. I've also plugged it directly into the USB-C power port on my helicopter.
DC power is not plug and play from a typical solar-charged 12V battery bank for van life. The petty thug can develop this unworldly technology, but cannot deliver a 15m USB cable that's not subject to voltage drops; we'll see how fat and expensive it is once they do. Presently, you can use the supplied "AC" cable connected via a barrel connector to something USB-terminated, possibly needing a voltage stepup converter depending on your source and accessory quality. Easier than a Gen3 for sure, but by no means plug and play as advertised. Note with the all-you-can-eat Mobile Regional plan you cannot (by TOS) use in-motion, but strictly "portable", an Orwellian abuse of the language and unsurprising from an unconscionably irresponsible corporate citizen.
There are 2 things that hold me back from posting that kind of content. First, I fly certified aircraft, and legally I'm not allowed to be running a starlink into the aircraft power or mounting it to the plane. Second is safety. Flying here in Alaska requires a lot of attention out of the windows. We've got eagles that seem to really love being right in the same place as aircraft, drones from careless operators, and and other pilots flying planes around us pretty much everywhere we go. When I'm flying, I'm always scanning out the windows looking for birds, planes, and -superman- a safe place to land if I needed one. Ultimately, I use this Starlink mini as a way to reach home if I need it in an emergency, or if I get stuck somewhere and need to figure out something maintenance wise. I fly to get away from technology and enjoy the adventure.
It looks like the non-roam version is already available. So I would imagine that it would be coming in the near future for the mini. Here's the availability map. www.starlink.com/map
Just found your channel….never been to Alaska other than to land in Fairbanks on the way to Afghanistan a couple of times. Would love to come up there to experience that beautiful and remote county especially in a float plane…and you’re right the Starlink Mini is a game changer for remote comms (especially with its low power draw). Completely separate question…how long does it take to learn to fly well enough to be able to fly a float plane?
First and foremost. Thank you for your service! Alaska is magical and float planes open up areas of beauty that just can't be accessed otherwise. As far as what it takes to fly a float plane, I think everyone is a bit different. I've seen people that just got their pilot certificate go immediately and get their float plane rating. I had several thousand hours of land plane time, and several thousand hours of helicopter time before I first jumped into a float plane. There are tons of flight schools up here that do float ratings, sounds to me like you should come check one out. :)
Thanks! That's actually the Insta360 X3 on a boom pole sticking off my wing. If you re-watch the video, look in the drone clip and you can see where it's mounted.
Nice to have near global coverage. How much is it per month and is it a roaming subscription? or have they relaxed the limitations. If it's a canvas plane you might be able to permanently install it in the ceiling. Might even have connection when you fly
The polar prioritization of starlink launches has been really, really nice. Having consistent service all across the state is a huge improvement. Right now, the mini is $30/month added to your normal starlink account. There is a rumor that you'll be able to use it on a normal roam plan in the future, which should be unlimited. For now, the mini is being treated as an "occasional use" platform, so it's limited at 50GB a month. My understanding is that after the "official rollout" they will be allowing people to use it in place of the roam. As much as I would love to hard mount it in the plane, I have the plane in this video, 2 other planes and a helicopter. I keep it in my backpack and it goes between the aircraft with me ;)
It makes more sense than you think, but you have to understand the concept behind how a higher latitude impacts the angle required for the dish. Starlink initially struggled to provide coverage in Alaska due to limited satellite orbits that lacked sufficient polar coverage, fewer ground stations in remote regions, and technical challenges posed by Alaska's high latitude. These factors affected the ability to maintain stable connections and strong signals. Over time, the expansion of Starlink's satellite constellation to include more polar orbits but we were still lacking the ground stations. I've been using the GEN 2 on my house since the very beginning and it was spotty at best. Over the last year Starlink prioritized polar constellations and as such service got better, but at the same time, the dish on my house has an extreme angle on it (facing south.) The reason the mini is so exciting is because the relative angle to the sky and ease of setup for Alaskans. It's kinda one of those "if you don't live here, you don't get it" kind of things...
