Alaska is Norway, but 3-4 times bigger with only 650 thousand people who don't care much for socialism. Here you have the freedom to do all the stuff you can only dream about back there. I came to Ak back in '89 and paid of my loan in two years and still had $25 grand left. Times have change a little, the insurance companies has managed to do what the FAA never could, bring some rules to the sport, but there are still opportunities for a go-getter.