CONTENTS AOPA PILOT March 2014 | Volume 57 | Number 3 | www.aopa.org/pilot 50 Floatplane Heaven ON THIS PAGE: Earning a seaplane rating in wild Alaska. Vern Kingsford's Alaska Float Rating's PA-18 Super Cub flies over the Kenai Peninsula. Photograph by Joseph M. Erickson. By Crista V. Worthy FEATURES Bell UH-1B Huey: A Flying Symbol No Runway? No Problem The beloved Huey symbolizes the Vietnam War. Just Aircraft's SuperSTOL can take off and land anywhere. By Barry Schiff By Dave Hirschman Page 42 Page 58 Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Know the Territory New Perspective Night operations in the mountains-risk with no margins Page 70 An airline pilot gets back to his GA roots. By Bob McSpadden By Bruce Landsberg Page 66 www.aopa.org/pilot|1http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org/pilot|1