We came across a great article today about Arnold Aviation, the last backcountry air mail delivery service in operation in the lower 48. Based in Cascade, Idaho - just south of McCall - Ray Arnold has been delivering everything from ice cream and bananas to floor stripping wax and magazine subscriptions to the people that call the nearby Frank Church Wilderness home. Here is an excerpt:
"Every week, the mail plane lands on river banks and grassy cliffs scattered across remote parts of the Salmon River country, a stretch of land bigger than Indiana.
In a place where time seems stuck in a bygone era of the West, the sound of the plane reminds the wilderness dwellers they are not forgotten."
In a place where time seems stuck in a bygone era of the West, the sound of the plane reminds the wilderness dwellers they are not forgotten."
To read the full article, which has reached newspapers as far away as the UK, click the link below:
Backcountry Mail Pilot Helps Preserve Way of Life
Learn more about the people, planes and amazing wilderness destinations surrounding McCall at our Backcountry Aviation Exhibition this July 4th Weekend on the plaza.
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