This is a strange one. Any comments from more experienced floatplane pilots......I know that it is a terrible feeling to have your aircraft moving toward another one with it beyond your control(or possibly not enough control to change direction fast enough). Have experienced that twice now(but no d...

It sounds to me like you are well on your way to achieving your goal. Good for you on pulling together that amount of well rounded experience at an early stage. I can't speak to the operators in BC/Yukon but my guess is that you absolutely shoot to the top of any list for prospective dockhands/junio...

The really expensive ones have probably been self insured by the taxpayers. The OMNR Twin Otter, the RCMP Turbo Beaver, maybe this Telus one was also self insurance. Any idea what kind of gear safety mechanisms were in these aircraft? It seems like these days it should be pretty easy to have a fail...

CpnCrunch wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 4:27 pm

floatman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 3:19 pm

Jean-Pierre wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 3:12 pm I can't believe insurance companies even insure amphibs anymore.

None of the accidents are about "get your head around putting the gear up or down".

So tell us what they're 'about'.

Jean-Pierre wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 3:12 pm I can't believe insurance companies even insure amphibs anymore.

It's retractable gear, if you can't get your head around putting the gear up or down in an aircraft before landing, you probably should try another vocation.

You are mistaken. Not that Avcanada is not full of mistaken people. Seems like he or she might not have been mistaken https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/433744 A float-equipped DHC-3T Turbine Otter operated by NDK Air Limited departed the Armstrong Water Aerodrome (CJF6), ON, on a VFR flight to ...

So… anybody bite and go to Saudi to try this gig? There's a bunch of us who would love to hear the real dope from the horse's mouth Or are they still trying to recruit??? I messaged with them out of curiosity but declined also.. didn't even get into the numbers, just not a place that lights a fire u...

Just looking to get an idea of what would be a fair rate for a guy flying Otter/208 Amphib in the flat part of Canada. Thanks in advance. $10k a month is probably a good benchmark. I wouldn’t go much less for caravan/otter. That was actually what I was thinking but wanted some up to date perspectiv...

Lost Lake wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:56 pm Don't settle for less than $8k a month!

Thanks for the input. That was what I made in 2013 for an Otter (+ room and board)

Just looking to get an idea of what would be a fair rate for a guy flying Otter/208 Amphib in the flat part of Canada.

Thanks in advance.

piperdriver wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:06 am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO6CM45Yf5U

That's that Hot Wings mod from years ago that includes the winglets. Is there something else up for approval?

pipsqueek wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:12 am The LE STOL kit is about to get started again by a US operator using Canadian engineering and certification.

I would be interested to hear more details on this. What's the plan?

https://www.zeroavia.com someone's going to have to come up with a far more efficient method that scales up to match the needs of the aviation industry. I live in Scotland and it's starting to get some real buzz going here. Distribution to aviation from private sector is not a giant leap… https://d...

https://www.zeroavia.com ZeroAvia is already flying a hydrogen powered Malibu. It is a hydrogen fuel cell that powers the electric motor. Oxidation of the compressed hydrogen takes place electrochemically during which time the hydrogen atoms react with oxygen atoms to form water; in the process elec...

boeingboy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:55 pm Condolences to all on board.

Why pilots continue to drone around VFR when conditions are marginal at best will always escape me.....

Totally agree.

To those of you making comments about Kobe; please, have a little class and only discuss aviation here. You're empowered to believe whatever you want about the man, but he was an iconic athlete loved by millions of people around the world. A lot of people are rattled by this. ...Why not mention his...

No. Classical crosswind takeoff technique is to start the roll ailerons into the wind, smoothly bringing them them to arrive at neutral aileron when the airspeed reaches five or so knots faster than a regular takeoff speed with a small amount of forward pressure, then back elevator to crisply unsti...

photofly wrote:I'm nothing and a nobody. I don't fly anything other than Microsoft flight sim in my mommy's basement.

Are you sore ECA didn't employ you?

By your own admission, you're a shit-stirring tool. That much is obvious.

Meatservo wrote: ...just to see if the plane is actually thinking about flying or not. You can learn a lot about how much lake there is left by whether a float comes unstuck or not!

Exactly.

experience has demonstrated to me that there are many times when pilots use inappropriate techniques for no other reason then they think it is a neat thing to do… … different techniques should be used appropriately, and not necessarily routinely. Two good points, and I would add that appropriately ...

......knowing when to use the technique is not so basic a pilot decision making skill..... In previous threads all I read was....use it all the time... Have to use it if the plane is heavy, and of course all the fantasy scenarios of lurking killer logs.... Not one person posted using it in glassy w...

So what would induce a Chinese operator to draw float/amphibious pilots from a country that has such a dismal record in that sector? Is it because we're so good at it or is it because we'll be willing to take bigger risks or is it because there a so many seaplane pilots in Canada that you might jus...

trey kule wrote:

If you have gotten yourself in a critical situation, your decision making sucks. This is the kind of thinking that results in the accident here...

A bit harsh IMO.

Yes the cultural background is important. You need a Canadian pilot to be perfectly safe…... Nobody does anything stupid here! I don't recall anyone saying that without a CDN pilot at the controls, this or any other flight is doomed. The simple fact of the matter is that the vast majority of highly...

And like I mentioned before, while keeping it on the sweet spot, apply full aieleron and lift one float off first. Few floaters can do this with any level of dexterity, mostly the procedure ends up sloppy, a little dangerous and never leads to any improvement in TO distance!! A couple secs. of sing...