Palmer Alaska to La Center Washington USA, 

All I can say is "Respect brother". Wow. Some serious flying. The plane doesnt know its flying over water but the pilot sure does and as you said would not be the most hospitable place to go down. Beautiful terrain but must be stressful under those weather conditions. Thanks for sharing your trip Greg. Gonna check that route out on MS Flight Sim. Nice short landing there to at the end.

Years ago I developed an oil return line failure in my cub- It was pure luck that I landed before all of my oil drained out. My wife and I would have flipped over in 5 feet of snow; I realized to never totally trust my equipment entirely. I have always crossed water with enough altitude to glide to/near land. I have been afraid to fly the coast route!

looks like 1000 miles of scud running, at least the rain will clean the bugs off. no fuel stops in canada, what's avfulel there now, 10 bucks a liter? they charge you to land too don't they? BC stands for Bring Cash

I really enjoyed watching your flight. I took my Husky to AK by way of the “trench,” which seemed like a much less exciting way to go. I throughly enjoyed my flight and it did not require any fuel in addition to the standard 50 gallon tanks. Thank you

Thanks man definitely gives me something to throw on the bucket list

Nice video. You need my new design... No worries over water... 200-300 cruise. Three place tandem with option 3 extra over spare. Land 50 ft...Tundra tires hidden in body...1/2 C-172 drag.

Non of the flying cowboys have any videos of anything like this or Alaska related think just Mike patey but draco can fly high awesome video flying sideways and low

Challenging conditions topped off by your precarious home airstrip. Outstanding

This kind of flying requires implicit trust in your engine. Do you mind me asking who does/did your engine maintenance? I'm getting ready to choose a shop to rebuild the Franklin in my M-4 Maule. Thanx & safe travels, Greg ^v^

awesome to see you go through some familiar country! I live on Prince Of Wales Island! Just a hop away from ketchikan

speechless and in awe at every video. This is what real flying is about. Respect from Brittany.

That's some beautiful but nerve-racking flying!! Over water so much of the way, and even if you had to and could set her down on land then there's always those big grizzly bears. At least you've got a well thought out go bag that you keep a .44 in for protection if needed on land! Even so, I'd still be concerned! Glad you had fun and made it home safe!

Thanks for taking us along Greg!! Amazing scenery!! That is a ballsy trip!!!

Thanks Greg for sharing your flight. Very interesting weather along the way, really enjoy what you are showing us, Cheers from Canada

Pretty crappy weather to be flying in. Lucky you are a bit use to it on the west Coast. Cheers

Hi Greg, Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Take care, Be safe.

Cool video greg. Just crossed Iliamna about 50 times finishing the season. Always is in the back of my mind what the outcome would be if the fire went out. Only god knows;) safe flying

Excellent video blog. I hope to be able to do similar long distance trips with my experimental airplane, when it's back in flying condition. I"m currently modifying and repairing it, and posting the videos on my youtube channel. You've given me some great ideas on how I'll be editing and presenting my flying videos, once I'm in the air. Who knows, maybe one day we will be able to do a camping trip together. That would be great! Cheers from Winnipeg.

Hey Greg, I've never flown that route. Do you still need to involve Canada if you don't land in their country? I thought that you didn't need to deal with customs if you don't land there...

Great technical info-Thanks!

Thanks for posting oly boy living in kansas.

That last leg from Ketchikan Alaska to La Centre is 28 hours by car according to GPS ..easily a three day drive and you did it in one leg

One of the best flight videos ever posted to youtube. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

Amazing video as usual! A common misnomer "VFR on-top" is actually an IFR clearance. I'm trying to get the FAA officially define what you were doing "VFR above the clouds"... but they don't answer my phone calls anymore. ;) keep up the amazing content!

Awesome...in 20 minutes. I bet you are whipped by the time you get home. That has to be tiring as all get out! It is beautiful though!

Tungsten steel Balls

What helmet is that?

I was half expecting the cheering section to be greeting you as you stepped down from the plane... Or was it, "Honey, I'm home!"

This summer I flew Orcas to Ketchikan in my pacer over 6 hours and had 14 gallons remaining when I landed. I thought that was impressive but PAKT to La Center is incredible. Awesome range you have.

Quite the adventure. Have you considered a Fladen flotation suite. They wear like a ski suite but make a ditching event way more feasible. They get you about half an hour in cold water making it possible to swim to shore or inflate your raft. They also keep you quite warm in a camping situation. Not expensive either.

Wow

Wow! What awesome footage. Thanks for posting this. Amazing machine you have there and your airmanship and emergency preparedness is just as impressive! What an adventure your life is! can’t wait until I get a bush plane.

Awesome! That takes intestinal fortitude to what you do. I’ve done 750 miles cross country flights with some of it over Timber that goes on for miles but I’m not sure what would make me more apprehensive. An engine out with a water landing or tree landing? thanks for the great videos and for being an inspiration. Keep ‘em coming.

Hadn’t seen a video for a while, figured you were up here hunting. Thanks for sharing!

Live in Juneau Alaska thanks for the flight, 👍

We did almost the same flight in the 185 at the end of August. PAHO-PAKT-KSHN at 11,500 with an RNAV approach at Shelton. 10 hours in one day. We wait for a descent weather window and stay within gliding distance of land. Flying within Canada is easier without the long legs and inclement weather of flying the coast, but ADS-B weather helps. With the exception of two years, we’ve done NV-AK-NV for 21 years. Canada was fun, but with the current state of politics, the coastal route and overflying Canada is now our choice. Loving ADS-B and ForeFlight. Edit: La Center, eh? We sometimes stop at Cedars North W58 to visit an old friend on the way.

I was curious about your route and now I know - you over fly Canada and avoid the customs hassles. I'm afraid I don't have your flying skills, nor apparently your bladder capacity to consider doing the same. Incredible flying, great video editing - thanks for sharing.

Had to watch… gonna do the same trip this summer!

Pretty cool, you flew right over Perry Island, out of Whittier. Camped in the twin bays many a night. Put a big smile to see it again.

Greg, super cool video! I haven't seen or heard people taking the coastal route, most of what i've heard is following roads up so it's cool to see another route. Gotta ask, a lot of the weather I saw in the video showed clear skies above the layer. Other than good scenery under the clouds, is there other technical reasons you weren't on top of the layer? Seems like gliding distance would be largely improved, but I could see a problem if you had an engine out above the layer and had to descend through the clouds not knowing if you were going to impact terrain halfway through the clouds. What's your take?

A route only for the bold and fear controlled.

Great video and great flying skills. Would you mind doing a video showing your fuel set and explain how everything works?? Thanks.

Outstanding video, really enjoyed being able to see this trip. Thanks!

I wish I was that confident to fly like you.

Home sweet home. Man I bet it was nice to finally shut it down and extract yourself from the cabin

It was my understanding Maules were certified aircraft. Do you have a video explaining how you converted it to experimental? Or was it a scratch build?

Amazing video, very educational and incredible performance by Bushwhacker. As someone contemplating this trip in the future, do you think having an IFR aircraft would offer any benefit or is icing in the clouds such a concern that it would be irrelevant? Epic journey, glad to see you posting youtube videos again!

sweet!! thanks, my friend!!! Sitka is so nice though!!!! why not Skagway I mean I know it's inland a bit but so beautiful....but yeah prob just way outta the way and those are some tall moutans range wow, the winds! but they are always so bad through there! glad you're safe sounds like u definitely packed right! why not go on two planes with another friend!? safety in number! Do you have a belly pod!? wow crazy! buy I would so do it! bet you were beat! glad you're safe bud thx you for sharing:-) I'm so jealous!!! how many people can say they have done that?!!! sincerely a fellow enthusiast!! also don't they make a emergency inflatable pontoons?? over water safety?? you are def smart enough!! just like emergency rafts and plane ramps..who knows maybe I'm just thinking too far out of the box...stay safe cover your six!

Living the Dream!

Someday im gonna do this!

Great video mate.

Great video, thanks for sharing. Quick question, when you are down low along the coast line for those long stretches of time are you hand flying the entire stretch or do use the autopilot at all?

Cool video Greg! Out of curiosity, why not take the inland route through Canada? Definitely some pretty country but the coastal route is notorious for shitty weather. If you went down in that water, I don't have to tell you how cold it is and it's unlikely you'd be able to swim out, especially if injured. Thoughts?

Wonderful! Thank you.