Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

HuD 91gt · Post by **HuD 91gt** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:43 am

The oil leaked out of the cracked crankcase. As to why it cracked, honestly I don't remember. Unable to sync props, lots of vibrations then boom, big smoke.

Changes in Latitudes · Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:14 am

Dammit, you guys inspired me to find an office with a view, or at least one with a view of less concrete. Now I just need to develop an eye and some skill like STL.

Auyuittuq National Park

Sunset on Frobisher Bay

Pangnirtung (aka. the happiest place on earth)

Mount Asgard (I think!) a famous spot from the opening scene in "The Spy Who Loved Me"

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:50 am

Looks like you're making a good start Changes!

Nice shots, keep em coming.

stl

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:14 pm

Another shot of Coastal life. Was parked on a rock about 300yrds offshore, this guy went by about 45mins after the sun dipped below the ridge line.

stl

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:59 pm

Cruisin around stanley park yesterday on the bike and just couldn't help myself.. had to stop and watch some Otters.

And whats a post without our own otters?!? The YFB folk should know this spot and know it well!

Oh and we saw these guys bombin around quite a bit. Anyone on here?

Maynard · Post by **Maynard** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:27 pm

Meecka · Post by **Meecka** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:55 pm

Hey I used to work on that bird!!! How's BTI running? Is Walstens still doing the maintenance for you guys?

Adam Oke · Post by **Adam Oke** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:07 am

Blue_Side_Down took me up for a tour in the Harvard. Man does that thing ever fly nice!

PistonPounder2800 · Post by **PistonPounder2800** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:31 pm

I took this pic when I was on the ramp at Buffalo airways. Even a dog can fly a DC-4 so I knew that I'd be okay.

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:56 pm

Here are a couple from today

#1, lunch/fishing spot. #2, mid-afternoon snack/snooze spot.

stl

Rubberbiscuit · Post by **Rubberbiscuit** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:32 am

STL:

First of all great pictures throughout. What camera equipment are you using if you don't mind me asking?

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:11 am

Thanks RB,

Glad you enjoy them.

I'm shooting a Nikon D3 these days, variety of lenses, all top end glass. Some of the earlier shots were with a Canon 1D-MKII, and related lens suite. But it got stolen in Italy last spring.... SIlver lining in that was the new D3. Stunning camera.

Most shots are processed in Adobe Lightroom.

stl

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:26 pm

Santy claus is down there somewhere.. or maybe it's just JC in the red suit.

By the way bud.. I saw the video from terra nova! haha good stuff

Invertago · Post by **Invertago** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:07 pm

Nice shot Rowdy how high up are you there and where exactly other than way up north where ya?

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:32 pm

Thats about 80-90 miles southwest of CFS Alert. If I remember right.. we were up around 210 that time.

Sure gets a little lonely in the middle of nowhere!!

just curious · Post by **just curious** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:29 am

Just south of Ward Hunt Island.

DHC3Rwannafly · Post by **DHC3Rwannafly** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:08 pm

A KA100 made it to FL210?! wow......!

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:22 pm

We pretty much always get up to 210 or 220.. only a couple of times have I tried to stagger to 230. But it will get there, unless we're fully loaded.

The view from last week!

Kinda miss being down low...

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:43 pm

Rowdy wrote:
Kinda miss being down low...

Like this low? (A re-post, but it works...!)

Invertago · Post by **Invertago** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:59 pm

So where is that glacier? I never get that much detail as I'm always about a 1000' higher, but it reminds me of behind Garibaldi mtn.

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:01 pm

It's actually right on the US border about 20nm from Stewart, BC.

Leduc Glacier to be exact. Just taken with a point and shoot - setting the timer was a bitch.....

stl

Invertago · Post by **Invertago** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:21 pm

Sounds like you get a little x-c time in those whirly birds of yours. Somehow I thought you stayed with few hundred of YPW. Other then photography, what did they have you doing that took you so close to the glacier? It is quite the pic, almost enough to make a fixed winger jealous...

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:29 pm

STL - don't make me hate my decision to try out the ifr world any more than I already do. I'll be back low and slow very soon though.

Just checkin up on the other machine... I was a lil behind schedule..

Not as low or as slow as you good buddy

Hey Piiilot · Post by **Hey Piiilot** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:57 pm

AAAhhh...the good old days at Borek. Sure miss that place, even if you had to fly with the odd a$$hole once and a while....

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:22 pm

Invertago wrote:Sounds like you get a little x-c time in those whirly birds of yours. Somehow I thought you stayed with few hundred of YPW. Other then photography, what did they have you doing that took you so close to the glacier? It is quite the pic, almost enough to make a fixed winger jealous...

Oh yeah, certainly get around in these thing, been from Alaska to Hudson Bay to the Arctic Islands...

Actually just picked up a Geologist on that chunk of ice in front of the skids, so I gave him the camera and went back for a lame-ass poser shot...Lol Turned out nice though!

stl

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