STOLin' With a Super Cub: Backcountry Flying Zen and More

R.K. “Dick” Williams has been flying since 1972 and has amassed close to 20,000 flight hours, with almost half of those hours in wilderness terrain. Almost half of that grand total has also been single-pilot, and most of those without autopilot. He has also enjoyed thousands of hours in jets and turboprops with excellent crews, spent thousands of hours as a flight instructor, and served ten years as an FAA Pilot Examiner.This is Dick’s third aviation-related book, and in it he re-publishes his original Super Cub Pilot’s Association Newsletter Safety Editorials from 30 years ago before exploring the higher principles of “Zen” in backcountry flying, a place all pilots can enjoy visiting. As much as he loves flying, the education and safety of aviation have become just as important to him.Williams has flown Super Cubs for close to 2,000 hours. Although his favorite aircraft remains the Dehavilland Twin Otter, which he calls The Ambassador (because of the opportunities he had to share it with other pilots and friends) the Super Cub remains in his top five of over 160 aircraft makes and models flown.Read more