Talkeetna Air Taxi

We dropped off our first NOVA raft trip to go down the Talkeetna river and through the canyon.  While flying in and scouting the river, the Toilet Bowl was clear of logs and debris that proved to be a problem last year.  Due to excessive snow levels, rain fall and gorgeous summer days this year, most rivers around the state are pretty high this year. 

Looking to go into the Yellow Jacket strip this season?  We can get you there with our DeHavilland Beaver we have equipped with some fat Tundra tires just for expeditions like this.

Come one, come all! Just come dressed up as a TV character. Think Jersey Shore, Gilligan's Island, Fat Albert, The Office, The Lone Ranger, MASH, Charlies Angels, Fantasy Island, Starsky and Hutch... the list can go on and on.

Check out the cool motorcycle one of our customers drove up in from California. What will they think of next?

Hey all you rafters out there, we just flew out our first group to Yellow Jacket to run the Talkeetna River. 
Here are the conditions that we have from the group....


The landing strip at Yellow jacket.




We just flew in with TAT and floated the Talkeetna. After the entrance to Toilet Bowl a log is jammed at the narrow spot below the entrance wave and above Toilet Bowl. At the water level we ran it at Saturday, June 25, the log and some branch stubs were exposed at the middle section. It appears that water is flowing over the log at the left and right sides, but the very powerful eddies on either side force rafts over the middle. Our 3 rafts all got hung up attempting to run over the log and made for some very exciting moments of high siding, weight shifting, and thinking about jettisoning cargo. We made it, but I wouldn’t want to try it at a lower level. It needs some chain saw work if it can be figured out how to access it to cut.

-Thanks to Kelly and the group for the current reports.

Memorial weekend brought the first rafting drop off this year for 90Y.  These lucky rafters will float out on a 5 day adventure from the Tokositna glacier

So… the weather hasn’t been too cooperative for scenic flightseeing or glacier transportation… but we were able to get in a couple of Raft Drop offs for NOVA out of Chickaloon, Alaska. The Mechanics geared up 90Yankee aka “Spanky” in her nice big tires and Rock Guards for a gravel bar landing.

The Rafts are prepped and ready to go....



Low clouds and bye bye to Spanky!