Anybody want to fly a Beech18 on floats
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Anybody want to fly a Beech18 on floats
We need a Beech18 float pilot for the upcoming season. pm me for all the details.
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If I were looking for a float plane job I'd jump on this one.
The two best years I spent flying in the bush were for George Terriault flying his Beech 18 CF-TBD.
Loved that machine.
The two best years I spent flying in the bush were for George Terriault flying his Beech 18 CF-TBD.
Loved that machine.
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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commercial licence 700 hours total time 100 hours floats captain on g21-a in the artic does xka 59 moose factory on sked mean anything to Cat Driver. 17,000 total time now and still looking for the ultimate job. 

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14 pms total and some of them pretty good. If any of them are interesting I will forward my e-mail and go from there. Thanks for the interest guys and appreciate everyone who has looked. The ideal person would be able to cross train on otters both turbine and piston as well as beaver,185 and 206 to maybe help cover some of the days off. But that is not a requirement.
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1000HP:
Yeh it was a neat little toy for sure.
Did a zillion trips from Hawk Junction to the fish camps around James Bay in it.
JEESES that was a long time ago, last time I flew it was 1967.
Yeh it was a neat little toy for sure.
Did a zillion trips from Hawk Junction to the fish camps around James Bay in it.
JEESES that was a long time ago, last time I flew it was 1967.
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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Hey Cat, that's when I took the Attitudes & movements lesson!JEESES that was a long time ago, last time I flew it was 1967.

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Wow!
That take you back!!! the stories!!!
JM realised one day, cruising, that the right front float fitting
just broke up. The float stayed in place for the next hundred miles,
just wavering a little bit, held still in place by the rear fitting.
On landing in Stewart lake, the float broke right off and the plane slowly
settled with the right wingtip laying on the sandy shallows.
Came a little rowboat and the eight passengers disembarqued
without getting their feet wet.
And, beside the broken fittings, there was not a scratch on the plane or the float.
Try to do that with any other airplane!!!
I would LOVE to fly a B-18, but nowhere near the requirements for said job, and already in a great gig!
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Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. I dont care, Im still free. You cant take the Sky from me
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Hey realistically, what are Beech operators looking for in requirements on a beech 18.
Im guessing besides the Multi itself:
1500 Floats
500 of which is otter
50 hours multi-ish
But thats just a guess?
Im guessing besides the Multi itself:
1500 Floats
500 of which is otter
50 hours multi-ish
But thats just a guess?