Young Pilot's Cliffhangar ( Picture of plane hanging on edge of cliff)

Young pilot's tale is a real cliffhanger

After a cliffhanger of a plane landing in the Talkeetna Mountains earlier this month, 21-year-old Matthew "Jake" Soplanda of Anchor Point and a skiing buddy managed to climb away from Soplanda's dated, single-engine Taylorcraft as it hung perched over a 1,500-foot drop.

Photo courtesy Alaska Air National Guard /