anyone take their pet flying?
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scubasteve
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anyone take their pet flying?
Just curious if anyone has taken man's best friend up for a flight. Would like to someday do the fly in fishing/camping cabin thing and dont know if my pooch can handle it. or if its a good idea. He's pretty mellow but a hair under 130 pounds. Its the exposure to noise that I'm most worried about.
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Oh wait mans best friend not worst, my bad lol 
I used to take my husky flying with me in the 172/Baron. He really enjoyed being in the front seat, and would fight with my girlfriend for shotgun. All was fine on the ground, and he'd sit up and look out the windows. When the power came on for takeoff though, he would jump down and crawl under the seat, and sit there until we landed. Quite funny to look down and see 60lbs of dog hiding under the seat showing me his ass!
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Flew my boss's dogs in an out of camp a time or two this summer. No trouble other than one really hot day, just opened the window and the dog stuck his head out....no problemo.
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My dog has been in most of the airplanes I have flown - no problems. Kindest thing you can do is bring a doggie bed, sleeping bag or something comfortable for puppy to lie on. If you have a high strung dog, try a couple of cookies or a pig's ear tucked away in the bed.
If you're flying in something bigger like an Otter, make a plank or ramp of sorts to offload the dog - they can get hurt pretty easily if they try to disembark out of control (particularly if you have a big dog that you can't safely carry yourself).
I've had many dogs in planes since I began my flying career, and the worst thing you might get is a bit of urine if they are scared or in very rare instances, a puker. Out of all the dogs flown, I've only ever had one of each of those. Its no big deal, you can always wash the bed.
I only recently found out about the dog hearing protection mentioned above. I would check that out if you don't mind spending a few bucks on your dog. I imagine the round engines must be really deafening (though the only airplane my dog didn't seem to like was the Cessna 185 - but then who could blame her!) but turbine engines are worse I think because of the high pitch.
Definitely take the dog! Dogs are people too you know....
Cheers,
Snoopy
If you're flying in something bigger like an Otter, make a plank or ramp of sorts to offload the dog - they can get hurt pretty easily if they try to disembark out of control (particularly if you have a big dog that you can't safely carry yourself).
I've had many dogs in planes since I began my flying career, and the worst thing you might get is a bit of urine if they are scared or in very rare instances, a puker. Out of all the dogs flown, I've only ever had one of each of those. Its no big deal, you can always wash the bed.
I only recently found out about the dog hearing protection mentioned above. I would check that out if you don't mind spending a few bucks on your dog. I imagine the round engines must be really deafening (though the only airplane my dog didn't seem to like was the Cessna 185 - but then who could blame her!) but turbine engines are worse I think because of the high pitch.
Definitely take the dog! Dogs are people too you know....
Cheers,
Snoopy
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Wilbur started flying in a Beaver on floats when he was 56 days old.
He has progressed to being my Chief Pilot / Ops Manager and is in charge of all dealings with TC.
Works out great for everyone as Wilbur is way ahead of most of the TC guys in the IQ department.
And they don't dare try and bully him.
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After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
