There are few places left in the U.S. where there are no roads on which to drive from place to place. In Alaska there are more float planes and other single-engine planes flying than anywhere else in the country. I can tell you from experience that taking off on a river or lake in a single engine float plane, cruising low over the tops of wild forests, and then landing in a very remote location is an experience not to me missed. The neat thing about a float plane once landed, is that you can step out on one of the floats and do a bit of fishing. The plane shown here was photographed near Fairbanks earlier this summer, just as it was taking off.
