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by enbt
Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:02 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Dr. Lower Passed Away - Thunder Bay
Replies: 9
Views: 2181

Re: Dr. Lower Passed Away - Thunder Bay

Sad to hear. That guy was a legend! I had my first few medicals done by him when I started flying around the year 2000, and I remember wondering "how old is this guy?". Anyone know? Quite a colourful guy.
by enbt
Sat Oct 24, 2020 5:31 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Question for the float/bush pilots!
Replies: 10
Views: 3749

Re: Question for the float/bush pilots!

Hi there, I’ll take a stab at answering your questions. 1) 4-5 months max for seasonal operations. Mid May at the earliest to mid October at the latest - in Ontario this would be an operator where you got on at the start of the year and stayed till the end of hunting season. I’d imagine the season w...
by enbt
Sun Aug 09, 2020 6:52 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Too long radio transmissions
Replies: 9
Views: 1918

Re: Too long radio transmissions

The opposite of this are the folks who try to say as much as possible, as fast as possible, making their transmission completely incoherent.

There’s a happy medium between these two ends of the spectrum.
by enbt
Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:12 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: How to Become an Air Tanker Pilot?
Replies: 3
Views: 1953

Re: How to Become an Air Tanker Pilot?

LifeAt90Kts wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:01 pm Floats! Lots and lots and LOTS of float time.
Yup, good advice. Plus a good bit of multi, and flying boat time too if you can get it (if you're wanting to be on a 215/415). Fire fighting is one of the most recession proof sub industries in aviation.
by enbt
Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:46 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Fly-in operator recommendation as a customer in Armstrong
Replies: 4
Views: 1507

Re: Fly-in operator recommendation as a customer in Armstrong

I've worked for them both, as well as Thunderhook. Wabakimi Outfitters specializes in canoe trips, whereas is it a bit of a side gig for Mattice Lake. Wabakimi doesn't have their own planes, but Mattice does. So if you're wanting to fly, Mattice might be a better bet. That said, working for Bruce he...
by enbt
Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:22 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Fatal Crash - Gabriola Island - Dec 10, 2019
Replies: 123
Views: 27557

Re: Fatal Crash - Gabriola Island - Dec 10, 2019

Maybe it’s just me, but at first glance this looks a lot like the accident in Kingston a few weeks ago, ie a private US based plane, flying at or near dark in questionable weather.
by enbt
Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:57 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Demand for float drivers 2019?
Replies: 9
Views: 6445

Re: Demand for float drivers 2019?

From what I’ve seen, most operators have responded to the shortage of pilots by lowering hour requirements, with the results we are now seeing. Compared to 5-10 years ago, jobs now are abundant and minimums practically non existent. The other response from operators would be to increase pay for expe...
by enbt
Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:41 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Harbour Air switching to battery powered planes
Replies: 71
Views: 17092

Re: Harbour Air switching to battery powered planes

There were some interviews about this on local radio with the CEO of Harbour Air and the CEO of MagniX. They said that for every hour of flying it will take 45 minutes to recharge. The Beaver will have about an hour and a half worth of endurance, so enough to do a Vancouver - Victoria round trip. TB...
by enbt
Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:58 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Harbour Air switching to battery powered planes
Replies: 71
Views: 17092

Harbour Air switching to battery powered planes

I thought this may have been an early April Fool's article when I saw the headline. From the Globe and Mail. Top seaplane airline Harbour Air switching to battery-powered aircraft IAN BAILEY VANCOUVER PUBLISHED 5 HOURS AGO UPDATED MARCH 25, 2019 15 COMMENTS Open this photo in gallery Greg McDougall,...
by enbt
Sat Mar 23, 2019 8:19 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Boeing Tumbles on Grand Jury Subpoena Probing 737 MAX Approval
Replies: 33
Views: 6567

Re: Boeing Tumbles on Grand Jury Subpoena Probing 737 MAX Approval

By the fall this will all have blown over and be such a distant memory that nobody will remember much or anything at all about the MAX. Unless of course Boeing doesn't fix the issue and it stays in the news for a few more months. People have short memories, and getting shorter.
by enbt
Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:41 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
Replies: 80
Views: 17554

Re: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes

DAR, I appreciate your perspective as someone who has been through a real life situation. I don't know the specifics of your incident, but I am interested to know how you came to be ejected. Did a seat belt fail, or was the event just that violent? I presume the ejection path would be forward? On mo...
by enbt
Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:26 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
Replies: 80
Views: 17554

Re: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes

In a floatplane accident, you are statistically much, much more likely to be trapped upside down in a cabin full of water than you are to be ejected. No doubt that in the rare ejection situation having the jacket already on is going to help. My issue is that they are using the many examples of peopl...
by enbt
Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:08 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes
Replies: 80
Views: 17554

Mandatory life jacket wearing coming for most seaplanes

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/life-jackets-mandatory-seaplanes-transport-canada-1.5044938 It’s been a long time coming, so not a total surprise. Still, I don’t see how life jackets would have helped in the Lyall Harbour example they use in the article, or the many other cases where...
by enbt
Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:34 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Float pilot pay
Replies: 32
Views: 20655

Re: Float pilot pay

I want to hear more about this $12,000/month Beaver job in Atlin.
by enbt
Mon May 01, 2017 10:08 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: EIC Stock Market Price
Replies: 19
Views: 4686

Re: EIC Stock Market Price

It's because North West Company, a major cargo customer of Calm Air in particular, bought North Star Air and will be cancelling their cargo contracts with Calm and other EIC carriers.
by enbt
Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:07 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: West Coast Goose
Replies: 5
Views: 2512

Re: West Coast Goose

FIOL, GDDJ, FHUZ and FUAZ.
by enbt
Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:40 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Superior Airways
Replies: 391
Views: 332725

Re: Superior Airways

Very interesting to hear what the flying was like in those days and the histories of some of the planes. Things sure are different now. You are right about MXR, it is on the coast. I have a few hours in it from when it worked out of Port McNeill. I had a passenger on board one day, a former pilot wh...
by enbt
Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:17 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: 763 Gear Up landing in Warsaw
Replies: 5
Views: 1934

763 Gear Up landing in Warsaw

http://avherald.com/h?article=4456bd6b&opt=0 A LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration SP-LPC performing flight LO-16 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Warsaw (Poland) with 230 people on board, was on approach to Warsaw's runway 33 when the crew aborted the approach at 3000 feet reporting an unsafe g...
by enbt
Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:12 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: NT Air King Air Accident - Pilot Discussion Thread
Replies: 233
Views: 58193

Re: NT Air King Air Accident - Pilot Discussion Thread

I found this statement from one of the survivors interesting.
In a telephone interview with CBC News, passenger Loralie Sobolik said the first sign of trouble was a leak she spotted as she was boarding the plane, but said the pilot told her there was nothing to worry about.
by enbt
Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:21 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
Replies: 2153
Views: 646765

Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

Pasco Gooses lined up outside the museum in Port Hardy. I mean hangar. Hangar! The airplanes are lined up outside the hangar. My goodness, how embarrassing.
by enbt
Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:06 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
Replies: 2153
Views: 646765

Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

A little air to air fun earlier today.
by enbt
Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:57 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
Replies: 2153
Views: 646765

Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

A few Beavers getting ready to do morning skeds.
by enbt
Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:24 am
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
Replies: 2153
Views: 646765

Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

Nice! Shots on and off the water are much harder to come by. Nice B+W effect. Where and when and which machine?
by enbt
Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:43 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
Replies: 2153
Views: 646765

Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

One last goose shot then I'll stop.
by enbt
Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:59 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Photography Questions and Tips
Replies: 229
Views: 221164

Re: Photography Questions and Tips

I've got a couple of bags which I can choose from, depending on the mission. A big backpack which holds everything - nice to have everything in one place, but not always so portable or convenient. If space is limited or I'm on a day trip I'll take a smaller bag which can hold a body with a telephoto...

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