CHRISTINA TINDLE shares a laugh with the group of women pilots as they discuss challenges to their flying (above left). Christine Mortine prepares to do some seaplane flying in the Cascade Reservoir (above right). DelValle's turbo 182 makes the perfect chariot for backcountry flying (lower left). Lisa Martin, Tara Strassburg, and Jennifer Brandenberger celebrate the thrill of landing at Johnson Creek (below right). 74 | AOPA PILOT June 2019