Hey Rowdy, only a true bush pilot still wears jeans in -30.

lucky37 wrote:Hey Rowdy, only a true bush pilot still wears jeans in -30.

It's whats under em that counts right?!?

Even the pairs that were getting to small, fit better once your nuts disappear.

Photos from this weekend just south of Ft. Frances Ontario

VFR in the Rockies

From the Land of Sun and Sand

Wow, that looks awesome!

Hey Rowdy, only a true bush pilot still wears jeans in -30.

I'm Currently sporting fleece lined Jeans I picked up from Marks Work Wharehouse!! Thompson Tested and Approved!!

Pics .... PICS MAN!!

I hear you're tradin the jeans for slacks and a tie?!

I haven't been following this thread and just caught up today. Some great pics! Here's a random mix from my collection:

ASH-25 preparing for an early morning record flight - Omarama, New Zealand


DG-1000 over South Island, New Zealand (photo by Ken Keneko)


Heading out to pick up a glider landed out in the valley ahead - NZ


Pacific Aerospace Cresco landing near Queenstown, NZ


Early morning start - Atar, Mauritania. Can't always be playing with gliders!

Sorry, Couldn't resist ( not me though too chicken)

Almost looks like Penticton...

One spring day in the life.....

[/quote]Almost looks like Penticton...[/quote]

That's what I thought, or maybe Osoyoos...

Very nice picture! Reminds me the good old days... However, it's the first time that I see a DC-3 on skis with a passenger door. Usually, they are fitted with a cargo door... Do you know where this picture has been taken?

Skyrocket

The earliest DC-3's had the door on the other side of the fuselage. PemAir had one of the early ones.

Some of you may enjoy my photo site at: http://www.telemark.net/randallg/photos - here are a few examples.

Helmcken Falls

Trophy Range, Wells Gray Park

Chilko Lake

Gold Bridge

Cape Scott

Port Hardy

The Black Tusk

skyrocket wrote:Very nice picture! Reminds me the good old days... However, it's the first time that I see a DC-3 on skis with a passenger door. Usually, they are fitted with a cargo door... Do you know where this picture has been taken?

Skyrocket

As far as i can recall, it was Wakeham Bay, in Ungava District (don't know the new "politically correct" place name), winter of '65. The aircraft in question CF-ETE, was delivered to the RAF after construction at the end of WW2, and disposed of to Crown Assets. It was purchased by the T. Eaton Company from Canadair after WW2. It was in the conversion line for TCA at the time, that's why it has the airtstair door and aft baggage compartement, instead of the conventional two-section door. It was later modified to the Hi-Per configuration for Eatons, by Pan American World Airways. The mod involved P&W R2000 engines, two additional fuel tanks in the outer wing panels, undercarriage doors, disc brakes and different props. It was purchased by the Hudsons Bay Company Northern Stores in 1963, and the ski kit was installed for winter service all over the Arctic. After a stellar career with the HBC, it passed through a couple of owners, and ended its days, wrecked, in the jungles of Central America, reportedly on a mission to supply Contra forces friendly to the U.S. Government.
She was a "Queen of the Skies" in every sense of the word, and came to a sorry end.

[quote="Commonwealth"][/quote]Almost looks like Penticton...[/quote]

That's what I thought, or maybe Osoyoos...[/quote]
Nope Queenstown NZ

Been away for a while, nice to see the pix are still flowing...!

Hey Roscoe, you ever think about some lens cleaner??? LOL Nice shot.


stl

Lense cleaner won't help this one. It is scanned from a slide, taken with cheap film 'cause that was all I could afford at $425.00 a month. .

roscoe wrote:Lense cleaner won't help this one. It is scanned from a slide, taken with cheap film 'cause that was all I could afford at $425.00 a month. .

Lol, figured that was the case.... It adds character to the shot, always a good thing.

stl

What?!? No pictures?! Guess I'll have to throw up another couple to hold till I'm back in the middle of nowhere





Sure is dark out here

Gorgeous machine. Don't remind me about that other thread.


Not quite as pretty but still my number one.

For those into winter sports, here is another example of the fun we can have in the snow....