<p>Pilots Richard Kemp (seated), Mike Wade, and Dan Stevenson discuss flight protocols for backcountry landings. The red Scout and blue/white Cessna 185 are sitting on the Kelly gravel bar near the confluence of the Kelly and Noatak Rivers. This gravel bar is a good landing site after the spring floods recede on the Noatak River. 
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3 Pilots standing next to red plane
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