Now how do I know you are a Bush Pilot...
Your 3 piece suit is Carharts,Bunny boots and a hat that keeps your ears warm.
you can put on wing covers, engine cover, windshield cover, and tail covers on your cub faster than you can parallel park a car in the city.
The only thing you have ever used a shammy for is to filter gas.
the rear seat back for your cub is a pack frame.
you paint your cub to match your favorite colors of duct tape
all of your friends know your plane by sight and only few know what kind of truck/car you drive.
Dragging your wheels across the water is not done for fun, it is done after landing on a salt water beaches to wash your Cleavland wheels so they last longer.
Running water means running to the cabin with a bucket of water in each hand.
The most important part of Your dream home is the hanger.
you will drop everything you are doing just to fly aircraft parts to some one you do not even like then help them repair the plane to get it out of the bush.
The main purpose of the jury struts is to attach the bungees so you can tie moose horns to the struts
Your favorite artiest turns tired old cubs into things of beauty
you know that beaver and otter skins are aluminum
you believe 5 gal cans are normal and that a gas pump is a a luxury
...every day is a lesson and a test of resourcefulness and survival skills.
...you're still alive after 10 years.
...your fingertips are cracked.
...the hair in your nose, your eyebrows and eyelashes never get to grow back between engine preheats.
... you keep stepping in the doo-doo your mechanic left for you under the engine tent during the night.
...you can tie a canoe to the float struts faster than you can write a memo.
... you're immune to insect bites.
...your float compartments reek of rancid fish.
...you park your pickup on logs to make sure the wheels don't freeze up during the night.
...you can hardly wait to get out of the bush; then hardly wait to get back in.
...your kids' school teacher asks: "Who the hell are you?"
...the parish priest tell you to repent.
...you introduce your significant other as "This is my first wife."
...you're the Patron Saint of a 9 native settlements.
