Bobby Breeden is 21 and studies unmanned aircraft systems at Embry Riddle University, Florida.

While he is not in class, Booby spends his time flying in Sterling, Alaska and he’s now a 4 time winner of the Valdez STOL (Short TakeOff and Landing) competition.

Few people would dare to fly an airplane in such unimaginable and difficult places like glaciers and riverbeds, but Breeden says it’s precisely the places he can go that keep him pushing for such incredible manoeuvres. “It lets you explore and see things that are exhilarating, things I never imagined I could see,” he says.

Bobby Breeden often took flights with his father, who is also a pilot competing at Valdez. and at 14 he decided that flying was the passion he would like to pursue.

“I used to think that landing under 1,000 feet was impressive,” he says. “But now I can throw 50-feeters, allowing me to land in places that have only somewhat walkable terrain.”

Watch him tell his story in first person at Oshkosh in the video bellow (minute 4):

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