1000 hours! Where were you or where would you like to be.
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Cochrane also bought CF-GBF, another one of our machines. Of the handful of Beavers I've flown, I liked GYP the best. I see someone's added a rudder trim tab instead of the one you adjusted with vice grips. I wonder if the flap indicator is still up by your left ear.
I was somewhere between Cochrane and Moosonee when I rolled over 2000 hours in GYP (2001). It had a few more moving parts than this photo
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We parked GYP after the summer of '01 and I spent the next three years flying GBF. Between myself and old Jimmy Kershaw, we both liked GBF. By this time, it seemed that GYP had gotten tired but GBF was still pulling strong, although it flew ever just so cockeyed, IMO because of the "minor damage" in '83. It hit a log on takeoff and needed a wing replacement which they did in the bush and flew it out. And yep.. it was the vice grips to adjust the trim tab, no rudder trim makes for a strong right leg when flying all those new boats in and the old ones out...Cochrane also bought CF-GBF, another one of our machines. Of the handful of Beavers I've flown, I liked GYP the best. I see someone's added a rudder trim tab instead of the one you adjusted with vice grips. I wonder if the flap indicator is still up by your left ear.
They've done a nice job at Skywrench on GBF. Although I never got the pleasure of flying it in this state.
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This is kind of a fun exercise....brings up lots of great memories.
Me:
1000th hour: September 30, 2000.....300 feet over the cold north atlantic flying geophys survey in a C404....had to climb to clear the oil rigs around Sable Island. Ahh, the good ol' days.
2000th hour: 14 Oct 2002, C208B, 400 feet over the Saudi Arabian empty quarter again flying geophys survey.
3000th hour: 21 April 2005, PA31 on a mapping job in the Catskills in NY state.
4000th hour: July 2007, B350 Medevac somewhere between Bella Bella and KBFI.
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1000th hour: September 30, 2000.....300 feet over the cold north atlantic flying geophys survey in a C404....had to climb to clear the oil rigs around Sable Island. Ahh, the good ol' days.
2000th hour: 14 Oct 2002, C208B, 400 feet over the Saudi Arabian empty quarter again flying geophys survey.
3000th hour: 21 April 2005, PA31 on a mapping job in the Catskills in NY state.
4000th hour: July 2007, B350 Medevac somewhere between Bella Bella and KBFI.
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1000- looking for active pass in the .. van harbour to vic harbour dhc-6
2000- oddly enough flying with same capt dhc-6 again but in the "dives trying to find some smooth water landing outside the reef at Angaga
3000- capt dhc-6 overnighting at soneva fushi
4000- maldives ...still...trying to get out.
maldives references will make more sense to those who have been down there.
5000- ?? if all stays kosher, and no big "corrections" happen.....should still be somewhere at . 78 and FL410 reading people magazine.
ah..fun to pull the old book out.
2000- oddly enough flying with same capt dhc-6 again but in the "dives trying to find some smooth water landing outside the reef at Angaga
3000- capt dhc-6 overnighting at soneva fushi
4000- maldives ...still...trying to get out.
maldives references will make more sense to those who have been down there.
5000- ?? if all stays kosher, and no big "corrections" happen.....should still be somewhere at . 78 and FL410 reading people magazine.
ah..fun to pull the old book out.
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Wow, they sure did a fine job with GBF. We rebuilt it in the late 1950's from a crash when it was owned by some pulpwood company in Newfoundland. We had mothballed it, but when Fecteau took over our bush operation in 1971 or 1972, whenever it was, they reactivated it to replace one they'd lost in James Bay somewhere. Some guy sank GYP in Blanc Sablon in November 1965, so that's not the first time it's been rebuilt either.
I first met Jim Kershaw when he was flying the Otter for Fecteau, one of the last ones built. I forget if it was VQD or VQM. He also flew the Otter for Checo Engineering, the company that built the transmission lines from Churchill Falls. He used to park it at the flying club here and bend an elbow. Ask him why he painted the big number on the tail.
I first met Jim Kershaw when he was flying the Otter for Fecteau, one of the last ones built. I forget if it was VQD or VQM. He also flew the Otter for Checo Engineering, the company that built the transmission lines from Churchill Falls. He used to park it at the flying club here and bend an elbow. Ask him why he painted the big number on the tail.
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I don't recall where I was at the specific moment that I hit the 1,000 hr. mark. That was 16 years ago. Back then, I was still buzzing around in small piston engine singles and twins with students.
Today, nothing's changed. I'm still buzzing. Just higher and faster!!
Today, nothing's changed. I'm still buzzing. Just higher and faster!!
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By the way, cool thread Otter Envy. When it drags on four of five pages like this, you know it's catching everyones attention.
It's always nice to think back to where you were when you hit that milestone in your career.
Cheers
It's always nice to think back to where you were when you hit that milestone in your career.
Cheers
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1000 hours over Gunt Lake, in C-GPCR, on my way to Cat Lake.
2000 hours over Otatakan Lake, in C-GGRW, on my way to Cat Lake.
3000 hours just north of Sioux Lookout, in C-GHEG, comin back from Cat Lake.
Im sure 4000 will be somewhere on that route too.
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2000 hours over Otatakan Lake, in C-GGRW, on my way to Cat Lake.
3000 hours just north of Sioux Lookout, in C-GHEG, comin back from Cat Lake.
Im sure 4000 will be somewhere on that route too.
I'm yacdirect for a reason.
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I think around 3000 hours I was on my way to Cat lake in LJC.
At the 1000 hour mark, I was with one of my students and decided to celebrate with a loop in a 172 or a cherokee. Whatever it was, I came close to killing us both, underscoring Cat's theory that hours don't match any particular proficiency level.
Can't really remember any of the other milestones, although they likely involved Tuktoyaktuk. Some of my more boneheaded events likely occured around these times however.
At the 1000 hour mark, I was with one of my students and decided to celebrate with a loop in a 172 or a cherokee. Whatever it was, I came close to killing us both, underscoring Cat's theory that hours don't match any particular proficiency level.
Can't really remember any of the other milestones, although they likely involved Tuktoyaktuk. Some of my more boneheaded events likely occured around these times however.
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