I was looking at the list on wiki yesterday. A few more in BC that I know of which are not on that list - Another in the 70's was an American plane going to Terrace from the BC interior. During the search 442 squadron lost a Buffalo in the Telkwa pass. If memory serves, the target of that search wa...

In 1982 I was flying a C180 for a charter company at Dease Lake. After the official search was called off the father, I think it was, hired a psychic from Simon Fraser in Burnaby and we flew around for a few hours while she held the first aid lady’s personnel effects. She said she got visions of the...

Dr Robert Malone started developing mRNA vaccinations in 1984 and is credited with being the designer inventor of the Vaccine. Here is an interview with him worth watching. As an expert this should give you an understanding why a number of people are a bit concerned about these vaccines. To set your...

Heard a rumour about this accident, from someone close to one of the participants...take this with a pinch of salt. But apparently it was the company owner who was at the controls, and he hadn't done his recurrent training and therefore shouldn't have been flying, and he is apparently trying to pin...

TC will give you an extension for a fee. Call the closest regional office to ask.

Some guys like to raise the upwind float outta the water which leaves you more vulnerable to gusts that could cause the downwind wing to contact the water, personally I like getting the downwind float out first. Stay coordinated when that float comes up, and don’t increase drag unnecessarily by inp...

Ask Sully.

I have a C G calculator with numbers up to 5370. They are good for any Beaver if you want mine. I never use it now.
I also have the instructions on set up here too, I think. As far operations manual you can set it that you use the Cee Gee for all calculations, if you wish.

Bob Bates

I was raised in north west BC. In 1970 I bought an Aeronca Chief for 2000 bucks. It had no electrics or radios so I flew all over the place around Terrace and a couple of trips to Langley and Pitt Meadows. In those days nordo was well accepted and I stopped to call the PK tower from Chilliwak. Anywa...

Really? I have been taking "whisper tests" for years and a number of audio-grams as well as two airborne hearing tests "in a plane of my choice with an instructor of my choice" over the years until finally I got hearing aids paid for by Worksafe BC. Why go through all the stress of being argumentive...

Crosswind tips? Climb flap... no flap... extra power.. Any other techniques by the seasoned drivers? Take off flap, maximum power red line, Ailerons full into the wind until effective and opposite rudder. If a yaw starts into the wind with that configuration pull the nose up to set the stern of the...

do people actually set the throttle linkage up to stop at 36.5 on a standard day? ... every one i have seen will go way past if firewalled. Will probably go to about 40 inches at full throttle. But pay attention and never exceed 36.5" red line. it is there for a reason. The answer to the above is n...

My, how time flies... A venerable thread, to be sure. Beaverbob, xsbank, Rowdy, HS-748 2A, Cat, and all the OldFarts that have contributed to this thread in the spirit of mentorship, a sincere thank you. The sharing of your knowledge, tempered by experience and good judgement, is an example for gen...

This technique does not need a lot of training. Here is what you do. On a nice day when you land and are first on the step just push forward on the column very gently just enough to feel extra drag. Now you know how it works. Next time just add a bit more pressure until you feel increased float drag...

Also, if not already mentioned,the flaps are blocked at "Landing".

I took my Worksafe BC paperwork to Nexgen Hearing in South Surrey, BC. All they needed was my file number and they did a thorough audio test including having to repeat various words back from a recorded list. Needless to say I got a lot of words wrong. A week later I went back and she fitted me with...

dh2 EATER, A Glassy water approach to a smaller landing body CANNOT be a stabilized approach Because the initial approach may be stabilized BUT the transition is unstabilizing, THEN the final approach MUST be ( more or less lol ) perfectly stabilized to accomplish the procedure. You must unstabiliz...

I hate to bring this accident to the front again, but Global news said this morning that the pilot may have been knocked unconscious by a passenger. That would change the dynamics of this accident . Anyone else seen this?

Bob

I also have hearing loss and have been approved for Worksafe BC supplied hearing aids. I have 47db loss in left ear and only 21 in the right ear. Worksafe said no financial compensation but hearing aid will supplied and serviced as required. On the application form I just listed all the employers na...

install a stall warning "The Beaver is certified with a stall warning system", Incorrect. The Beaver was certified without a stall warning system. The piston Beaver was built for 20 years from 1947 to 1967 without any stall warning system.There have been no Beavers built since then.In recent years ...

I am glad to find this page. I'm 68 now and was going to retire at 70th birthday in 2019. As I get closer to 70, I find myself wanting to work past that age by a few years. Kind of nice double dipping and I think work is keeping me healthy. How do you quit something you have done all your life, sinc...

[/quote] The VFR route forecast is very useful, but it just seems to be for the Fraser Canyon and Hope-Princeton routes, and even that is only available from Oct to Mar. Perhaps they need something similar for Rogers Pass. There doesn't appear to be any webcam or weather station in Rogers Pass from ...

I wish NavCanada had not closed the weather offices and flight service stations to personal visits and briefings. Many time when I was a young pilot the briefer would advise me what to expect in the passes and give me that extra information one cannot find in a Kiosk somewhere or off a computer weat...

Schooner69A wrote:I am told that, some time in his/her career, there isn't a float pilot alive who has not applied brakes when approaching the dock a tad fast... (;>0)

I do that every time somebody else is putting me down the ramp.

Wear a T shirt and don't us antiperspirant. Don't confuse antiperspirant with deodorant. The former plugs your pores to block sweat, allowing you to heat up and the latter just smells better but allows you to sweat.
Bob