TPC you're missing the best part....we are making more than the whole front end of those spam cans...
The memories of that winter shit ALMOST waxed nostalgic, however I don;t work in the winter anymore
and hermans and frost fighters are just a bad memory...
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During the usual season, last week of May till mid October 60-90 hours a month.....
Off season mid November to mid April, 12-16 hours a week, on the golf courses
of Southern California....life can be harsh....

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Isn't that Jack's place at Berens River before it blew up...

Cat
Have a safe trip, sorry to hear about a death in your family....
As for big men in small airplanes, any model Citabria has lots of room...
Owned my 7GCBC for 15 years, was very comfortable with good heat in winter too...
Gary

Hey Cat
Count me in for giving tail wheel training...have you left LaQuinta?
Gary

In the 80s I kept my little airplane at his place, winter and summer. That damn river went up and down like a whore's drawers but Bob was always there to tie it shorter when it floated onto the grass and helped when we had to push it 10 feet through the mud to get back into the water. After a couple...

Attempted murder probably would not get past the Crown Attorney. However, Criminal Negligence, Endanger Life carries a 14 year sentence. Try that....Then of course you would need to get a judge that feels this is a serious offence and that may be a tall order. Didn't some nutbar living off the end o...

May 1999, first Beaver trip in PVC, Selkirk-Sabourin-Selkirk....glad the pilot is ok, shame about the bird...

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Interlake Aviation in Gimli....

okeedokee I stand corrected....what weight would that be, 1650?

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You may want to really look into that closely if you want an ECA on floats. I had an GCBC in the 80s with CAP 2000s on it and though I bought it in Canada and I was the third owner in Canada I had to prove to TC that those floats were legal on that airframe and back then it was the E and I Manual th...

I was down there flying the amphib beavers and I extended the contract, loved the work, the life and the raise in the extension... PIS then was a good company and I enjoyed working for Dusty....go for it, find your own groove and remember there are a lot of whiners and ax grinders on this board.... ...

5800 hrs, 3100 floats, ATPL,Current IFR, Capt on Transport A/C...,Turbine command time, I never heard from them either,,Oh well, thought it was just me.....LOL

hey Fabulous Phil, is that you? If not sorry.. VQD flew resort work last summer in Mb.. Saw Phil with her in Thompson last June....

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Are they also "really" teaching that "nautical mile" crap....

LOL I remember Hughie given a long winded newb shit over the air a few years back. After the report from a guy advertising that he was flying "a Cessna 185 on floats bla bla bla he hollered "nobody gives a shit about that, tell em where ya are and where yer goin and how high"....I think it worked fo...

Yup, got mine in about 3 weeks also, prairies.....atpls' were supposed to be first....worked for me...

One prop jock

Check your PMs.

CPD.

Hedley you are right on. Keep the "home made idea" in your back pocket and "use it when necessary". Allows you to come to the board here and chip in instead of friends sending condolences to your loved ones... Fly it and shut up....

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Larry also wrote Hide and Go Lookit with the RCMP, Midnite Skinny Dippin. Recorded them as "Uncle Smokey" My Dad knew him..apparently was a hoot at a party....

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That was "Uncle Smokey" from in a fire watch tower near Westhawk Lake in the Whiteshell, Mb. I know I'm showing my age./.

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Oh and as for tips, don't expect them but do appreciate them and ALWAYS share with the other staff by buying the beer, pizza, lions share of the restaurant bills, etc....I'm paid well enough that it is gravy to be shared....We don't get it done by ourselves y'know...


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Done both Cat, in the last 30 days....personally, Ill take the three and I'm kinda inherently lazy,,,LOL (FO and crewman to help, didn,t notice them in the otter) My back is SORE...

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Whoa Synthpro
Listen to you.....
Methinks he doth protest too much...
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Synthpro R U the guy that took another man's gloves and slunk away in the middle of the night? Or the guy that bought the 800 dollar parka and wanted the company to pay for it, or one of the many who didn't like starting work at 0600(never saw an 0400 start perhaps once in awhile 0530). Yup big old ...