To you as well! Just went for my first rip on floats in about 3 years... feels great to be back on the water!Beefitarian wrote:That's good to read ESP. I hope you have a great season.
Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
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Lucky you Esp, I miss a 3T!
Enjoy Yukon and stay safe.
I am back with the piston ones but I love them.
Gilles
Enjoy Yukon and stay safe.
I am back with the piston ones but I love them.
Gilles
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Won't be on the 3 this season, but hopefully all the other birds! I'd love to go for a rip in the piston otter some day!
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They have a better airframe, not abused with too much power and upgross kits.esp803 wrote:Won't be on the 3 this season, but hopefully all the other birds! I'd love to go for a rip in the piston otter some day!
Those stoneboats were designed for 8,000 lbs @ 100 mph. Not 9,000 lbs @ 135 mph
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Hi Elvis!
Where in Canada will you be this summer???
Where in Canada will you be this summer???
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At home my friend, at home...almost, well, 6 min drive to the base. Is that close enough? 

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One from 5 years ago... the skier can out power the plane in the turns 

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Couldesp803 wrote:the skier can out power the plane in the turns
Past tense. Before the loss of beard. Now that that's gone, he probably can't even win an arm wrestle.
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Hell, tied to the tail a skier could probably out power an Otter!esp803 wrote:One from 5 years ago... the skier can out power the plane in the turns
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Lost the beard! Unacceptable!Slats wrote:Past tense. Before the loss of beard. Now that that's gone, he probably can't even win an arm wrestle.
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A small point of order:
Skiers point their feet forward, and negotiate around buoys at the outermost point of their turns; since the person in the picture has his feet pointing sideways, and there's nary a buoy in sight, we can safely assume that he is not a skier, but rather, a wakeboarder...
PS, cool pic - I've often wondered about doing that (but could never get past the safety/f@$king around with the boss' aircraft risk/reward equation) I'd imagine that you'd really pull the tail around if you dug in hard.. otoh, the airtime would be spectacular!
Skiers point their feet forward, and negotiate around buoys at the outermost point of their turns; since the person in the picture has his feet pointing sideways, and there's nary a buoy in sight, we can safely assume that he is not a skier, but rather, a wakeboarder...

PS, cool pic - I've often wondered about doing that (but could never get past the safety/f@$king around with the boss' aircraft risk/reward equation) I'd imagine that you'd really pull the tail around if you dug in hard.. otoh, the airtime would be spectacular!

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That's not Gene the Cretin, is it? 

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I seem to think I will have oodles of shots of this otter by the end of the season... all I really want is a shot of me flying my airplane to feed my ego haha.
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GoPro shot
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What did you use to mount that? roll bar mount on the pitot tube?
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Here's a few from the Yellowknife Floatplane Fly-in last weekend. Turns out all my best shots were of the local planes, and didn't get too many good ones of the visitors!








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Nice shot of Joe's Norseman.
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I've decided I only fly planes that used to have radials and are now converted to turbines. 

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Rudderbug,
I was looking through these pics and came across your CCJ Beaver pic back in feb. When and where was that taken?
I remember that beaver running out of YKL in the mid 90s working for a small mineral exploration company. We ended up out looking for him one day, April 26,1997 to be exact. Had to pull the logbook for that. He was 6 hrs overdue for arrival back into YKL so off we went. By the time we got back he was putting her to bed. Wx had gone to sh#t so he plunked down and made some tea up wait the weather out. Guess he had his radios off while he was flying because we were calling every 5 min but no joy, except to see him safely back in YKL.
Cheers
ETTW
I was looking through these pics and came across your CCJ Beaver pic back in feb. When and where was that taken?
I remember that beaver running out of YKL in the mid 90s working for a small mineral exploration company. We ended up out looking for him one day, April 26,1997 to be exact. Had to pull the logbook for that. He was 6 hrs overdue for arrival back into YKL so off we went. By the time we got back he was putting her to bed. Wx had gone to sh#t so he plunked down and made some tea up wait the weather out. Guess he had his radios off while he was flying because we were calling every 5 min but no joy, except to see him safely back in YKL.
Cheers
ETTW
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ETTW;
That's my old friend Georges, a geologist/pilot who's been flying that Beaver for decades. I think the aircraft just been sold but Georges might still be flying it for the new owner.
I'll give him a call and find out.
He certainly remembers that day!
Cheers
That's my old friend Georges, a geologist/pilot who's been flying that Beaver for decades. I think the aircraft just been sold but Georges might still be flying it for the new owner.
I'll give him a call and find out.
He certainly remembers that day!
Cheers
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last week very not so friendly yet amazing to see cold front that passed thru CYND.
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The weather back in May was awful, two days later the 208 was back at the airport and the main docks were trying to float away.

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A quick snap from a flight a few evenings ago.