• Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

Posted: **Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:09 pm**

Beautiful!!

Posted: **Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:44 pm**

PanEuropean. How's the new Twin fly ???

Posted: **Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:19 pm**

It is a delightful aircraft to fly. It is quieter than the legacy Twin Otters (in part because noise-cancelling headsets are standard), and it is more comfortable than legacy Twin Otters (because of substantial improvements in seat cushion construction and design, and the forward tilt of the instrument panel). It is also a very fast aircraft - airspeed is constantly creeping up against the Vmo redline in cruise. I think that the airspeed increase is due to the precision with which the new aircraft are assembled (the team in Calgary uses laser theodolites to align all the parts and to rig the aircraft) - as a result, everything is perfectly aligned within a tenth of an inch accuracy, and no trim inputs are required in level cruise. This substantially reduces drag.

The new avionics are kind of fun also - it is very easy to maintain spatial and situational awareness in the aircraft.

Fuel economy (miles per gallon) is fractionally better than the Series 300 aircraft.

The trip to Europe was a lot of fun - Victoria to La Ronge, La Ronge to Rankin Inlet, then to Broughton Island, then Akureyri in Iceland, then Farnborough. 28 hours total. We (Steve and I) met lots of friends and colleagues along the way, and had the opportunity to show the aircraft to folks who were interested at every stop we made.

Mind you, it's hard to not have fun on a ferry flight in the middle of July. Wait 6 months and ask me how I feel after I have flown the same route in the middle of winter...

Michael

There were a few mosquitos in Broughton Island when we refuelled...

Posted: **Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:26 pm**

Clear on number 1?

A future pilot checking out the new Series 400 during our visit to Iceland.

Posted: **Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:03 pm**

Unexpected visitor in Fairmont Hot Springs. Unfortunately didn't get to hear that R-2800. He was 1/2 mile off my wingtip when he came in to land...

Posted: **Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:08 am**

Glad to see the boys are remebering to put the cover on our ol' girl.

Posted: **Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:40 pm**

Wow, a brand new Twin Otter followed by a gorgeous Corsair. This is just pornography.

Posted: **Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:39 pm**

Here's just a few from my trip north. Lots more on my flickr site!

Resolute Bay

Grise Fiord

Canadian Navy and Coast Guard in Pond Inlet for the annual, "Operation Nanook."

Bylot Island, North of Pond Inlet.

The coast near Arctic Bay.

Posted: **Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:10 pm**

A couple of 'local interest' pictures I found in my office under a pile of papers. Not mine but I thought I'd share...

Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:38 pm**

Pan European,

Please tell me you guys moved the mixing valve from behind the F/O's seat!

Posted: **Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:17 am**

A few from our last fire of the season between Golden and Invermere on very windy day. Fire blew right through the retardant lines, as it tends to do. Then it rained... makes me wonder why we bother half the time.

stl

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Posted: **Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:48 am**

Hey STL, didn't know you were in my neighbourhood.

I guess Nine Bay Lake isn't going to look the same the next time I fly over...

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:55 pm**

Love the fire pics STL. Got anymore of that 205 or other machines?

Posted: **Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:26 am**

Gogama area

Posted: **Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:56 pm**

South Okanagan

Posted: **Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:35 pm**

Another from YOW

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:41 pm**

Somewhere in northern manitoba earlier in the week, before the weather turned to complete garbage.

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:32 pm**

Very original, Ian.

Posted: **Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:06 pm**

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A couple of 'local interest' pictures I found in my office under a pile of papers. Not mine but I thought I'd share..>>>

Thanks for sharing the pix. I love seeing old stuff like that. Please post more if you come across any.

The first aircraft is an ex-U.S. Army Air Services Standard J-1.

The second aircraft is an ex-Royal Air Force Norman Thompson N. T. 2B carrying early Canadian rego G-CACG.

If you would like some history on these aircraft while in Canada, please feel free to e-mail.

Cheers...Chris

Posted: **Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:41 am**

A large visitor dropped by this week!

Posted: **Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:48 am**

Here's a couple from a recent trip North and West of Taloyoak.

Posted: **Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:46 am**

A few from last winter in Antarctica swamping on a DC-3T...

Posted: **Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:40 am**

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:03 pm**

Getting a bit cold out there for floats....

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:49 pm**

Is that K.S. scowling through the left hand window?