Wilderness North Air Tractor
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
I think they are looking for camp workers who want to fly part-time
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There are two companies in NW ontario operating them. One outta Red Lake and the other outta Pickle Lake. They are from two seperate companies that are also competing with the Hawkers. They mostly fly to Sandy Lake, North Spirit and Lansdowne House.The longer trips are still owned by Wasaya plus they have the Weibenville strip. They take more than 5mins. to fill, but about 10mins. to drain with a pump they carry in a small cargo are under the pilot section of the fuselage. Looks like fun to fly!
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
So it hauls 4000 litres of fuel and how much a mile does it cost? Can it go on floats and haul fuel?
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
NOODA wrote:So it hauls 4000 litres of fuel and how much a mile does it cost? Can it go on floats and haul fuel?
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
My only comment is why are they using an airplane that hauls so little - Oh ya -- the ontario gov in their wisdom build 3500' strips -- damn u think it would make more sense to haul 25000 ltrs at time -- add 1000' to those runways and no one would ever worry about running out of fuel.
Black Air has no Lift - Extra Fuel has no Weight
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
I'm still waiting to see what you guys think of the night VFR in that part of the country.
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What aircraft are you using for fuel hauls? 25000 ltrs is 5500 gallons that is a prettyLiquid Charlie wrote:My only comment is why are they using an airplane that hauls so little - Oh ya -- the ontario gov in their wisdom build 3500' strips -- damn u think it would make more sense to haul 25000 ltrs at time -- add 1000' to those runways and no one would ever worry about running out of fuel.
good load.
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
Pretty good indeed and with a 4in hose can be unloaded in 17 minutes
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
The interesting thing is that they are going to operate day and night VFR to northern reserves. The night VFR should prove to be quite interesting. Would be interested to see how many takers there will be for the night trips.
http://www.airtractor.com/at-802-bulk-fuel-tanker
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They have 3 "takers".....it's an awesome position and aircraft.
http://www.airtractor.com/at-802-bulk-fuel-tanker
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They have 3 "takers".....it's an awesome position and aircraft.
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
What does it have for instrumentation?
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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But why at night? I know there are takers but ,hey, that's a single on wheels if I understand right. Who's poor enough to make a living out of flying a single, non-factory made, night VFR in NWO, and loaded like a mule with fuel? I know, a turbine never fails but I'd chicken out.
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It's not a job for everyone but it ain't worse than the boys flying DC-3's 24/7 all over the place at night.
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I can remember losing an engine a couple of times at night in a DC3 and the other one got me to an airport.It's not a job for everyone but it ain't worse than the boys flying DC-3's 24/7 all over the place at night.
I wonder if it would have been worse if I didn't have that other engine?
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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I went for an interview and was offered the job, but I didn´t think there was enough money in it for the risk envolved as they don´t have a dump handle anymore. the mods include a jettison system and it takes too long in my opinion. they can haul 1000 gallons.
That is the reason why they dont have the Transland gate anymore
I just delivered a Thrush here in Argentina and was always carrying a full hopper of jet(500 gallons) BUT you bet my dump handle was in good working order !!
Landing one of these with a full load is not a big deal, but one needs a bit of practice.(and power !!)
If you loose it on take off or landing and need to dump, you ae pretty much fu$%ed.
My 2 cents.......
That is the reason why they dont have the Transland gate anymore
I just delivered a Thrush here in Argentina and was always carrying a full hopper of jet(500 gallons) BUT you bet my dump handle was in good working order !!
Landing one of these with a full load is not a big deal, but one needs a bit of practice.(and power !!)
If you loose it on take off or landing and need to dump, you ae pretty much fu$%ed.
My 2 cents.......
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
Many OCs have the OPS Spec for night VFR under aerial work , The question is are they actually using it? I fly single engine night VFR in NW Ont all the time no big deal if you are trained and capable and the aircraft is equipped .. However we must hold a valid IFR to do so (company rule) . 90 percent of the time truthfully you are IFR . Not something a newbie would want to do . In the summer its light until 11 at times and unless they are double crewed that doesn't leave alot of night to fly in .
Feel free to freak out about night VFR now
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KE
Feel free to freak out about night VFR now
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
Why would I freak out about you flying single engine night?Feel free to freak out about night VFR now
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
So, a few seasons have gone by. Has anyone heard how the AT802 is making out hauling fuel.
Have they been operating at night? There were a few comments on this thread insinuating that single/night/vfr was not really a smart thing to do.
Have they been operating at night? There were a few comments on this thread insinuating that single/night/vfr was not really a smart thing to do.
Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
There are 2 802's flying out of Nakina, 1 is a tandem config and the other is a single seat I believe, they have been going at it for a few months now I think. They are hauling in the ballpark of 800 gallons a pop.
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I was in YRL for a couple of weeks this winter in Feb and the 2 wilderness 802's were going non stop .
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Re: Wilderness North Air Tractor
Maybe I'm just green... if your flying single engine VFR and the engine stops you hit the trees regardless of how bright and sunny it is. Also its not really any harder to navigate with one engine so the chances of getting lost are not less than a twin. So basically what is so unnerving about single engine night VFR?
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