Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

[Rudder Bug]

One year ago today we lost Craig. Miss you every day, rest in piece my friend. Driveway fires just aren't the same without Craiger.

That's right Raven; today is the first anniversary of Craig's last "flight". I am asking for a minute of silence with those who knew him.

Miss you my friend!

Giles

[bcflyer]

Sure is LCW! The top picture is SOX, you must remember her too.

I do indeed! She had a round engine on her too!! I was mostly a NPQ guy for the summer I was there though! Perhaps we've met? I was there in 95 although I was in the area from 91.

[Mihai]

This is a little different from most pics posted here but it's one of my best shots. Taken from the jump-seat of an A310 @ FL370 around Florida. Heading north.

[Maynard]

Very cool shot, love building cloud shots

[sky's the limit]

Taken with one hand while bucketing on this little "town fire...." An airplane one for you, albeit a smokey distant one.

stl

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[Rudy]

Boy, the twin otter looks a lot better on floats with the long nose. Max's paint job doesn't hurt either. That pic of SOX at the top of the page is stunning.

[North Shore]

Which 'little town' is that? Looks more like a 'community' - what with the dirt roads 'n all...

[roscoe]

Now that the days are getting shorter, a little reminder of the change in seasons that are around the corner.
Broughton Island, -35F.
Dedicated to all those absent companions....

[iflyforpie]

Here's some of the action the past two days at Invermere.

[jspitfire]

A few from the summer so far...





Camp north of Holman.


A beautiful turbo Goose overnighting in YZF.

[sky's the limit]

A quick one from the flight home to Kamloops the other night.

stl

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[enbt]

Doing some fishing on the Grass River in northern Manitoba.

[Tiger Moth]

+1 Thats a beautiful photo ENBT

[Bushav8er]

+1 Thats a beautiful photo ENBT

Agreed, but I wonder if it caught anything?

[PanEuropean]

Some pictures from a ferry trip last month:

Over Baffin Island, enroute to Broughton Island


Landfall at Sondre Stromfjord


Kulusuk (east side of Greenland, before proceeding onward to Iceland)


5° ILS at Akureyri, Iceland

[Rowdy]

Beautiful!!

[nortont]

PanEuropean. How's the new Twin fly ???

[PanEuropean]

It is a delightful aircraft to fly. It is quieter than the legacy Twin Otters (in part because noise-cancelling headsets are standard), and it is more comfortable than legacy Twin Otters (because of substantial improvements in seat cushion construction and design, and the forward tilt of the instrument panel). It is also a very fast aircraft - airspeed is constantly creeping up against the Vmo redline in cruise. I think that the airspeed increase is due to the precision with which the new aircraft are assembled (the team in Calgary uses laser theodolites to align all the parts and to rig the aircraft) - as a result, everything is perfectly aligned within a tenth of an inch accuracy, and no trim inputs are required in level cruise. This substantially reduces drag.

The new avionics are kind of fun also - it is very easy to maintain spatial and situational awareness in the aircraft.

Fuel economy (miles per gallon) is fractionally better than the Series 300 aircraft.

The trip to Europe was a lot of fun - Victoria to La Ronge, La Ronge to Rankin Inlet, then to Broughton Island, then Akureyri in Iceland, then Farnborough. 28 hours total. We (Steve and I) met lots of friends and colleagues along the way, and had the opportunity to show the aircraft to folks who were interested at every stop we made.

Mind you, it's hard to not have fun on a ferry flight in the middle of July. Wait 6 months and ask me how I feel after I have flown the same route in the middle of winter...

Michael


There were a few mosquitos in Broughton Island when we refuelled...

[PanEuropean]

Clear on number 1?

A future pilot checking out the new Series 400 during our visit to Iceland.

[iflyforpie]

Unexpected visitor in Fairmont Hot Springs. Unfortunately didn't get to hear that R-2800. He was 1/2 mile off my wingtip when he came in to land...