Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

[beech 18]

Nov 01, 2012

CLguy
Your water bomber photos are beauties.

[beech 18]

Nov 01, 2012

Siddley Hawker
In your Sept 18 post with the photo of the Norseman there is
a Beech 18 tail in the picture. You mentioned it was CF-BQQ
and the aircraft was lost at Petit Lac Manitou in April 54.
Do you know the details of the accident.
I am interested to know what happend to that Beech.

[Rudder Bug]

Nov 01, 2012

CLguy
Your water bomber photos are beauties.

That is superb photography, thanks for sharing CL!

Gilles

[Siddley Hawker]

Beech the guy was taking off on skis. He had 9 pax on board and some drill core, from what I can gather. Draw your own conclusions as to the load. The lake is surrounded by hills and he failed to outclimb them. The airplane was originally a B or C model I believe, I've seen pictures of it with the early cowlings with the blisters to accommodate the valve rocker boxes, but when it crashed it had the P&W R985's installed. It was owned originally by Canadian Pacific Airways. When CP got out of the bush flying the airplane was sold to Northern Wings when that company was formed in 1948 or thereabouts. Note, after checking my source, the crash occurred in April 1953. Another note, years later we were working our way around a line of thunderstorms with our corporate F-27, enroute to Wabush, Labrador. We were well east of track and passed over Petit Lac Manitou. After landing in Wabush one of our passengers came up front and remarked that we'd flown over Petit Lac Manitou, and that his father had been killed in an airplane crash on that lake. He hadn't been born yet, his mom was pregnant with him when the accident happened.

[beech 18]

Nov 01, 2012

Siddley Hawker
Thanks for the information on Beech 18 CF-BQQ.

[CLguy]

Thanks for the compliments! Unfortunately I can't take any of the credit for the photography skills as they were forwarded to me. I was flying Tanker 277.

Beech love reading your stories of the early days of Superior Airways. Lots of lost history there. I still refer to the Beech 18 as the greatest aircraft I ever got to fly.

[Rowdy]

A little rainy up at Chatterbox falls..



Shot with the 'point and shoot' not the SLR gear.. not bad for a fuji

[Rebelle]

Not bad at all your picture Rowdy... Wow, beautiful scenery.

[Boreas]

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[Rowdy]

Fantastic addition my friend! Post up some more rom Borneo!

[Johnny#5]

CL, those water bomber shots are unreal!

[Boreas]

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[Siddley Hawker]

Great shots Boreas, please keep posting your pictures. It's nice to see some scenes from outside Canada. I have a friend who used to be an airways inspector in PNG, based in Port Morbid, as he called it. Some of the strips down there gotta be seen to be believed.
I see you have a CYYT windsock as an avatar.

[bring me the horizon]

Hey everyone, I thought I'd share a few of my photos with y'all from this past summer.

[outsider]

Spring training

[outsider]

St. Barth's

[MikeAndHike]

That is an amazing photo outsider.

[barefootpilot]

I think I know that place, Rocky.

[beaverbob]

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Hey everyone, I thought I'd share a few of my photos with y'all from this past summer.

I really like the picture Peace Arm. I flew there for many years, until I moved to the coast. Is the bay the Clearwater?
I could tell you some great stories about that place, As well as Bear Valley.


[attachment=0]Nose gear failed at Clearwater strip Peace Arm Willisten_600x410.jpg

[xsbank]

Wow an Aztec. I thought all of those had been bronzed by now - they are almost as old as their namesake. Are there still horses on the strip at Ingenika?

[aeroyt]

Maybe you should look again

[Adam Oke]

CLGuy, your buddy took some amazing shots there!

Boreas, Fantastic shot as well! Just something about a Caravan in the middle of nowhere on a dirt strip! Post more!

[beaverbob]

Seneca II

[aeroyt]

No Seneca I

[Prairie Chicken]

Twin Commanche?