BEECH 18 MALCOLM ISLAND REINDEER LAKE

[King of Obsolete]

since i started hijacking this thread on beech 18s, i decided to start a new thread on this.
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 8&start=25


here is the story, in 2006 i flew out to malcolm island on reindeer lake to check out the DC-3 that crashed on take off.

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 25&t=20459

i bought the book DEAD LINE JUNE 7 by FRED LOCKHART on ebay which tells about building a lodge in the middle of nowhere from the 1950s on. in the book he tells of 3 aircraft accidents on the island in 3 days. (i scanned the pages below) if you can find this book or know where on is, grab it, they are getting very rare. i wish the family would bring it back in to print.
then about a year later ruud leeuw with his website posts an email from mac mccrimmon which tells all about the beech 18 and its life after the crash on malcolm island in 1969.
(bottom of the page)

http://www.ruudleeuw.com/search116.htm

then on the RISK IT ALL TOUR on reindeer lake, floyd at http://www.grandslamlodge.com tells me when the float planes bank to fly in to his lodge. they can see the outline of a twin engine air plane in the bay on calm day. wow is all i have to say.

http://kingofobsolete.ca/RISK_IT_ALL_TOUR_WEBPAGE.htm

since i live in the great white north, i need help from this BB on info so salvaging the plane. i have never seen a beech 18 in person so i guess salvaging one is the only way to find out.

thansk
KoO
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[RuudLeeuw]

Hi King
hope that works out, while I have been in and out of (staitonary) Twin Beeches I have no experience in salvaging, let alone saving them from an underwater grave...
Admire your stamina to charge these challenges!!
Rudi

[King of Obsolete]

i travelled 1500kms to the south to see how to remove the wings from a beech 18. thansk to john at the www.airmuseum.ca in brandon manitoba for showing me how they come off. i guess i have donated enough stuff over the years to get a hands on lesson, LOL.

thansk
KoO
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[lazyboy]

Hi King
I lost my copy of that book,do you have a spare or know where to get one

[CLguy]

King, I have to ask the question, why would you go to all the trouble and expense to salvage an old Beech 18 carcass that is pretty much worthless? There are Beech 18's laying all over the country and are in alot easier places to access than Reindeer Lake. Just check behind the hangar of most Northwestern Ontario float operators and you will find all you need.

Anyway just wondering and good luck with your project!!

[King of Obsolete]

it has almost been 10 years and i said i would do it and i did it but i salvaged the wrong beech 18. i salvaged CF-PJG which is a stripped airplane that was dumped in the water to get rid of the hulk. thansk to the Hugh MacCallum website and picture gallery #2 the plane was still flying until 1972. now i have to go back and salvage the second beech 18, lol.

thansk
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[King of Obsolete]

the beech 18 is now drying out and getting ready to come to the Kingdom. plus a few shots of when it was flying thansk to hugh's website.

thansk
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[King of Obsolete]

after tossing $5000.00 at the pink crew cab it only lasted 3 days till the trans computer died. then it was $600.00 for that at the dealer only to find out the truck has to go to the dealer to be "flashed". now i'm right back where i started 15 years ago driving my 39 chevy towing my 68 chevy trailer.
we are loaded up and heading out in the morning to salvage the correct airplane this time. there will be $10,000.00 in fishing equipment on the front seat of the 39 chevy, lol.

thansk
KoO
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[King of Obsolete]

after 4 years since we recovered the beech 18 CF-PJG it was time to bring the plane back to where it flew out of 49 years ago. only problem is we decided to go get the plane in January 2020 with 3 feet of snow the 100kms of the Kinoosao Rally Road to travel over. atleast the bugs were not a problem.

thansk

[King of Obsolete]

it was a nice load to come back tot he Kingdom with. the next day we got the tail supported a little better so we could unload the plane.

thansk

[King of Obsolete]

unloading the beech 18 was easy with the M816 Wrecker and the plane will be seen by google earth. in the summer i'll lay the wings out for picture pictures on google earth. until then the visitors can see the wing and call letters.

now to go get a few more planes.

thansk

[round pounder]

Recover a B18 why in gods name would you do that? Dive down recover the floats if she was a water corker and leave the poor beasty on the bottom. The second engine takes you straight to the accident and the floats are worth more than the plane

[King of Obsolete]

there is more to the story but we did it for fun and will try and salvage 5 planes this summer since this one was good practice.

thansk

[Beefitarian]

we did it for fun

thansk

Fun and sandwiches are a couple of my greatest motivations.

[King of Obsolete]

we did it for fun

thansk

Fun and sandwiches are a couple of my greatest motivations.

beer and ladys are my weakness too.

thansk

[Beefitarian]

Is this going to be a huge list?

I better add soft drinks, pizza and BBQ.

I like motorcycles but sorely neglect the poor things. My wife says I should only rent them. Don't tell her but, she's probably right.

[King of Obsolete]

yes the fun stuff from my wasted youth is getting too expensive now days. so finding and recovering sunk airplane is the only excitement in my life now days, lol

thansk

[Beefitarian]

Yikes, I thought beer was over priced in YYC.

[King of Obsolete]

no the gov controls the beer and hard booze prices in the province of Manitoba. same price in downtown wpg and in WHO-ville but milk is $10.00 a gallon and we don't even look at the healthy food to eat because we can't afford it, lol

thansk

[Beefitarian]

Spring will come eventually and you can plant some root vegetables.