Anybody want to fly a Beech18 on floats

B18rules · Post by **B18rules** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:19 am

We need a Beech18 float pilot for the upcoming season. pm me for all the details.

B18rules · Post by **B18rules** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:31 am

I guess it could also be an Otter job depending on what kind of time you will have and your preference of planes

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:44 pm

Incredible, here is a chance to fly the best float plane ever to be used in the bush and no one is jumping on it.

Idriveplane · Post by **Idriveplane** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:07 pm

I would, but dont have that kind of float hrs yet

YACdirect · Post by **YACdirect** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:26 pm

I would, but I don't have that kind of float hours yet.

Or a multi.

Rudder Bug · Post by **Rudder Bug** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:48 pm

What is the pay and conditions?

Falken · Post by **Falken** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:54 am

Cat Driver wrote:Incredible, here is a chance to fly the best float plane ever to be used in the bush and no one is jumping on it.

Not in the thread, but hes probably got 50 PM's asking where/when to show up

tailwind · Post by **tailwind** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:33 pm

Please post this again next season,
PLEASE!!!!!

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:02 pm

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.

beechdog · Post by **beechdog** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:35 pm

best plane on the planet. Life's a Beech

CLguy · Post by **CLguy** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:58 pm

Yep Cat, I have to agree. The best float plane I ever had the pleasure of flying.

c-fhbc · Post by **c-fhbc** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:51 pm

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.

Rudder Bug · Post by **Rudder Bug** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:07 pm

Sorry, can't really get it

tcraft · Post by **tcraft** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:32 pm

is that job in Kenora

1000 HP · Post by **1000 HP** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:06 am

Hey Cat Driver, I flew TBD a couple of times! Nice beast!

. ._ · Post by **. ._** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:09 am

Cat Driver wrote:Incredible, here is a chance to fly the best float plane ever to be used in the bush and no one is jumping on it.

No one has the minimums. Unless my 16 hrs on floats and 34.5 multi are enough. In which case, pm me, B18 Rules- I'll do it.

-istp

B18rules · Post by **B18rules** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:14 pm

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.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:38 pm

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.

Rudder Bug · Post by **Rudder Bug** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:05 pm

JEESES that was a long time ago, last time I flew it was 1967.

Hey Cat, that's when I took the Attitudes & movements lesson!

beechdog · Post by **beechdog** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:39 pm

I think tbd was in Red this past summer. Looked great!

hotspur666 · Post by **hotspur666** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:03 pm

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!!!

FlyYukon · Post by **FlyYukon** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:27 pm

I would LOVE to fly a B-18, but nowhere near the requirements for said job, and already in a great gig!

hotspur666 · Post by **hotspur666** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:40 pm

And that little rowboat went back at night to remove
the meat of ten cariboos before the federales got there...

boozy · Post by **boozy** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:27 pm

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?

Mr. North · Post by **Mr. North** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:01 pm

Yeah boozy baby! I would like to know the same!

FlyYukon, if you really want to drive a DC-3, talk to the folks at First Nations Transport in Gimli, MB. They hire just about anybody! ...take out some life insurance before you head down there though...

Anybody want to fly a Beech18 on floats

Anybody want to fly a Beech18 on floats

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