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- Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:47 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: Hey Kreos!!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1419
Re: Hey Kreos!!!
Classic
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 8:03 am
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: Captains of the North, what make you stay?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7195
Re: Captains of the North, what makes you stay?
A majority of the Canadian population lives in the most unremarkable geographic parts of our country. I hate traffic noise and love Loons.
- Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:14 am
- Forum: Covid
- Topic: Truckers convoy
- Replies: 1591
- Views: 92856
Re: Truckers convoy
I’m not sure the water cannons would work very well in these temps, especially with variable quartering tail winds.
- Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:58 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Road Trips
- Replies: 60
- Views: 113809
Re: Road Trips
I am seeing a change in the bush world. If indeed you are serious about a career, I think the future looks bright for the guys who are serious about it. There are a lot of folks my age and older who are in the twilight of their days flying Otters. I was very lucky to have different options the last ...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:02 pm
- Forum: Aviation Videos & Photos
- Topic: float flying
- Replies: 151
- Views: 117081
- Mon May 03, 2021 12:52 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Seaplane down with seven on board.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 10075
Re: Seaplane down with seven on board.
Great point Mosky. I recall watching some YouTube corporate guys landing. Captain called for gear down. FO called gear down three green while the gear was still in transit. I saw one green light. I love my floatplane that is always floating!
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:31 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: 2021 beaver salary
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9301
Re: 2021 beaver salary
If your first question is “ How much are you getting paid” for flying a Beaver, then I would suggest a bush flying job may not work for you. I love my bush flying, and I am paid well, but first and foremost, I love my bush flying.
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:03 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: Pilots in waiting NWAL Post
- Replies: 45
- Views: 9578
Re: Pilots in waiting NWAL Post
Don’t underestimate what you may learn just being around an air service and experienced pilots. It will also look better on the resume than something unrelated to aviation. Immerse yourself in the local aviation community. You never know who you made have made an impression on by casual contact. It ...
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Bucket list
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1517
Re: Bucket list
The mountains in Yukon and NWT are hard to beat. I’ve worked up there. Also Northern Quebec/Labrador and Torngat mountains are beautiful. Lots of water to explore and fish all the way up there. Rapid Lake Lodge highly recommended. I always wanted to try some of the islands in Lake Superior.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:15 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: deleted
- Replies: 5
- Views: 765
Re: Advice for a newbie
The best routes may revert back to starting in tradition ways. CFI to light twin. Dockhand to float pilot. Build some time then on to charter/ medivacs. The days when low time guys got right seats in the airlines are a memory for now. It might come back quicker then I think, but I have a number of f...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:07 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Retirement Dreams
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2204
Re: Retirement Dreams
Turning 60 this year and hope to continue my seasonal Otter flying as long as I can. I consider
myself retired when I gave up framing houses at age 48 to fly. Works for me. Keep it simple.
myself retired when I gave up framing houses at age 48 to fly. Works for me. Keep it simple.
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:55 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Question for the float/bush pilots!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3130
Re: Question for the float/bush pilots!
I know I was the luckiest bush pilot in Canada last season. Lost my job due to covid, was in southern Ontario the first week of June thinking I was back in construction for the year and got a call to go fly an Otter. Unbelievable really. Point I will make is even if the border does not open fully th...
- Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:37 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Mental Health 2. Processing an accident
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2460
Re: Mental Health 2. Processing an accident
Had a Beaver quit on me two months in to my commercial career. One thing was for sure. It won’t fly long without power. In your case. You can’t steer it if you can’t steer it. I very quickly asked myself, what do you want to do for a living? Answer, fly. That worked for me. Best of luck going forward.
- Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:00 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Seaplane hits kayaker
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2307
Re: Seaplane hits kayaker
Just yesterday was coming in to our base lake, saw a boat near a point quite a ways back on final. As I neared the lake the boat turned towards the center of the lake and then my eye caught some splashing way out in the middle of the lake. It was two kids swimming. No life jackets for vis. Turned an...
- Thu May 14, 2020 12:52 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Hard Floatplane Landing
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3575
Re: Hard Floatplane Landing
Just a nice little Walleye chop there!
- Fri May 01, 2020 9:31 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Buffalo Airways - April 28, 2020 - Kugaaruk
- Replies: 34
- Views: 12913
Re: Buffalo Airways - April 28, 2020 - Kugaaruk
“Turbine Navajo, manufactured for Piper , by Beechcraft”
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:27 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Corona Virus
- Replies: 620
- Views: 82296
Re: Corona Virus
Who would ever have thought we’d look back at Bush as a wise man? Looking back, it was very forward thinking and well spoken.
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Back to work on the world's largest amphib.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1368
Re: Back to work on the world's largest amphib.
Wow! You could certainly toss a few dead Moose in the back of that thing! I like it!
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: What next?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5717
Re: What next?
This coming from a 10 year 5000 hour float guy. I’ll gladly take your options away by taking that 206 job. Just pass on the contact. I’m currently looking at warehouse work for the next year to make ends meet. I wouldn’t spend a lot of time sitting by the phone waiting for the call to come back to t...
- Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:34 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Favourite Type
- Replies: 56
- Views: 5819
Re: Favourite Type
3T with the Garrett. Nice handling aircraft with bags of power. Very controllable on the water.