Flying the Beaver in Alaska
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Flying Alaska with Alaska Seaplane Tours in the Beaver! The DeHavilland Beaver continues to pioneer the backcountry of Ketchikan, Alaska. Seaplanes in Alaska have enabled a way of life in the most remote places on earth. Witness the Misty Fjords from the Dhc-2 aircraft. Flying with a master guide Ryan McCue...check out a bear! RdM Pilot/Guide, Ltd. will take you there.
Very slick production! As a former DHC employee, with a little bit of Beaver time from by bush days, some of the shots gave me tingles. You should do a video on how Alaska figures prominently in the Beaver's US military career. The Beaver was actually built to the results of a cross-Canada operator survey, with as many operator-defined features as possible, and they didn't expect to sell more than a few hundred, until Sales Director Russ Bannock's (a former Mosquito pilot) trip to Alaska to take some generals on a fishing trip to an "inaccessible" gravel bar. It was the beginning of DeHavilland Canada's status as kind of "official supplier of utility transports" to the US Army, up into the mid s 60s with the Beaver, Otter and Caribou, and Buffalo as well going forward (4 Buff prototypes were tested for SF support in Vietnam in '65), until the Army lost a feud with the Air Force over fixed wing aviation and gave up all its fixed wing a/c over 12000 lbs to the AF, who were uninterested in anything smaller than a Herc. The Army Caribous went to the AF in Vietnam, then to the SVAF. I was a production mechanic on the Buff in the late 70s during its last production run.
wow that means a lot: it's not even close to over!!! this tribute is far reaching!! thx 4 watching!!
great video on why this great aircraft is the legends of legends, for many years to come...saw a video on guys finding a beaver left in salvage yard...and brought it back to life..the plane is that worth the effort..golden, priceless...thanks for views and wonderment on another Alaska culture.
My family and I actually rode with Ryan in June of 2019, it was absolutely amazing! We couldn't have been in better hands, he's a great pilot.
Incredible production, especially the shot from underneath over the water. It just shows what happens when design and engineering match the solution for tough times and places!
Beautiful.
If it was a shaved beaver, would it still be a bush plane?
Is that legal 🧐😜
Flew in one in an Allegash trip in 1991. Phenomenal experience!
I fished in Maine wilderness areas made accessible to me by the Beaver. That plane took off down trout streams scraping bottom, it’s a beast that will get you in and out again, I’m thrilled to have had my time one.
Awesome short film. I want a Beaver.......the plane of course .
I am already a beaver and otter believer, having flown both.. but holy smokes, you really sell it! Great video!!🤙
Beavers are cool...but swamp donkeys are better!!!??? Thanks for watching!!!
It's like the tractor of the skies, yet somehow more beautiful.
That engine sounds SO GOOD!
Honestly, do Americans feel a need to glorify all things related to War? Even when some things had nothing to do with War? The deHaviland Beaver was designed by and for bush pilots serving prospectors, fishers, hunters, and fly-in Canadian communities. That the US military ordered about a thousand of them is a testament to the versatility of the aircraft.
Very cool, nothing beats the sound of a radial
amen to that...whoop!!!
The Harley of bush planes.
The Beast of a Aircraft that no others can compete against that has the capability to operate out of short distance and carrying the load of whatever you can fit inside
you got it!! she's a tuff bird that can hold her own!!
It always seemed to me that the interior was designed around the 45/55 gallon fuel drums with 7 empties taking 100% of the usable space.
@@terryzanger7152
That's exactly right, and the reason for the trapezoidal cargo door: just the right size and shape to let you roll a drum of fuel through it.
This video looks 110% like it was made by a big budget film production team. Highly underrated. Good Job lads!
We love sharing this stuff with folks that appreciate what it is!! Respect! you're gonna like what's coming up soon!
Awesome video. Nicely done. Allways enjoy watching anything when a Beaver is featured. 🤙🏻👍🏻😎
Thanks for the kind words: beleave!!
I do love a nice "beaver"
Me too!! they are the epidemy of a utility aircraft that is tuff and will not let you down!!
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 They can really take a pounding!
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 and they perform well in the wet!
@@slappy8941 Hahahaha,maybe some can,lol
@@balilifeme9563 Oh sure ,in the wet very good,hahaha
Absolutely stunning videography guys!
What an amazing tribute to such a timeless icon of aviation!
Way to go!
Thanks a lot!
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 I emailed you at Ryan@alaskaseaplanetours... if you didn’t get the email feel free to email me at davercoe@gmail.com I’d like a hat and hoodie please!! :)
@@DaversTravels on it.
so nice!!!
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 Looking forward to hearing from you! Hopefully you have some hats and shirts! DaverCoe@gmail.com
WOW,YOU TOUCH MY HEART!!!
I'm so keen on that almost-idle thing they have going on.
They are so fine.
Excellent Tribute! You captured her essence! I even stood up and saluted at one point!
So glad you enjoyed it...great!!!
Without beaver 🦫 this world would not exist !
All hail to the beavers
so cool!!
Have around 1400 hours on Beavers, beautiful aircraft!!
Nice Beavers ! :) I like a stock one with a port hole.
..old skool!!!
This video is an endless "That's what she said" meme.
And 2 blade prop so that it sounds like a proper Beaver.
What are machine,breathtaking!
This was beautiful! Great locations, narration and editing, well done!
Alaska looks SO beautiful! Hope to sail the some day :)
it's under the skin!..Alaska is the coolest
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 I bet it is! Everybody's going to the Caribbean if they sail far, myself, I'm like pft! Alaska is where I wanna go!
Rasmus Mattsson , I have flown all over Southeast AK by floatplane and seen it firsthand guiding on a small cruise ship as an expedition guide, you have to experience the inside passage here by boat, the most scenic,wilderness, wildlife area, plus so many remote island’s, tidewater glaciers etc... People spend entire summers up here cruising around up here and you still see something different up here everyday! Same with flying bush plane up here! No place compares, simple!
I love Beaver.... 😊😊👌👍🛩🛩
I've been a Beleaver for decades having flown countless times on Saltspringair/Harbourair's fleet.
Love this short film, great photography too.
Love it! Where can I order that hat and hoodie?
What an amazing video and plane! 😊👍
I hope the beaver is always there for me.
This would be a great opportunity for me to come out and get my sea plane Rating in the Beaver
Thank you so much for watching... we don't have any flight training at this time.
Can't beat a nice beaver
No but you sure can pound one!
...remember to check with your parents before using their computers!!
Amazing video well done. This plane is incredible can't believe they don't make them any more the can go anywhere I'm so impressed
They have no equal.
And those are the places I want to be.
Best I order some supplies now.
Disappearing from society. Sounds calming.
This video is so close to being really awesome. Needs way less janky music and more audio of the airplane and the sounds of the surroundings. This is one of my favorite airplanes and I wanna hear it!!!
It's what the wilderness was made for
I do truly do apologize for you statement that the bevervwas built for war as untrue as it could be the plane was designed for the Canadian north.. and it never had a intended military customer that came about by fluke it was just a perfect fit as a stol bush plane in particular on water primarily and not wheels infact out of the 1600+ I would bet 90% spend most of the year on flots and the rest on skis. New it cost around 30,000 with flots today it's well over 300,000.00 I have heard some have been sold for over 1 million. The best feature is its wing won't ever time out if maintained and not abused. The PW Wasp eng was overpowered backbone of the little 3/4 ton 4X4 flying pickup truck. Souped up with a turboprop and there's very few mountains you can't fly over
Awesome job. Can b with nature. Any vacancies?
75 years young and still they haven't found anything better. The French tried but failed and ended up with basically a twin fin version of the Beaver.
Amazing, simply beautiful
thank you...more content coming soon!
Sweet video!
thank you for watching!!
Can I buy the Beleaver hat and Hoodie?
where can i buy one of those hats??? :)
Hi! Beautiful content and editing! I am a GA pilot and working on a video for an upcoming aircraft in the X-Plane flight simulator. I am asking for permission to use a few seconds of this video for non-commercial purposes. I give credit to all sources in my videos. Thanks and blue skies!
Sounds great!
QUESTIONS: how did this iconic bush plane Beaver get the name Beaver???
Why can not some one with bucks start a company manufacturing the Beaver??
Great Sight. God bless the people who fly this plane.
...the Beaver was produced by DeHavilland: a company that named all of their aircraft after animals of the north. Thank you so much!
DHC-1 Chipmunk,
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter,
DHC-4 Caribou,
DHC-5 Buffalo,
DHC-6 Twin Otter,
and then they lost the animal naming with the DHC Dash7 (four engines and pressurised cabin) and the Dash8.
Ryan, the Beaver wasn't made for war, quite the opposite. It was made by talented warplane designers at De Havilland Canada tasked with making a commercially viable plane for peacetime when the warplane contracts ran out.
That the US Army became the main customer is a reflection of DHC's design skill. A utility plane designed for war would be like the Helio Courier, a few good ideas thrown together quickly, not really tested properly, hard to maintain and not very survivable in a crash.
I was hoping you'd find a family of beavers inside the cockpit when you opened the door.
The Canadians commemorate the Mk1 Beaver floatplane on one of their coins.
And Beavers are awesome, along with the Twin Otter.
@@chrishb7074 so great to hear from you...I love this subject more than anything!!! I have to admit that I do love Helio's too!!
Actually, a Canadian company (Viking Air) holds the rights to all 'out of production' De Havilland airframes. DHC-1 TO DHC -7. That's how they started new construction of a modernized Twin Otter.
@@chrishb7074 Good lord I had a totally different answers!
Irreplaceable in its utility role. Great airplane! In the same league as the venerable C-47/DC-3.They stand tall and stand alone.
whoop!!!
Ja, ohne Musik wäre das Video noch besser, ich höre den Motor so gerne, der ist Musik für mich.
Bro
How can you spell Beleaver?????
It s believer...
How does the beaver compare to cesnaa1140
The woman in the video summed it up: "If there was anything better, we'd be flying it"
Where can I buy one of the Beleaver caps? I went to the store and didn't see 'em. As as an Air Force vet and a farmer, I could proudly wear one.
yes sir email me at rdmpilotguide@gmail.com and I can ship hoodies or hats
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 Email sent. It's going to be a wonderful 63rd BD present to myself.
Are you sale one ?
Nice video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Where can I get one of those Hoodies?
Ничего не понял, но круто! Мне понравилось!
Nice videography!
Thank you so much 😀
I enjoyed it! Thanks
Glad to hear it!
Which vid was island wings beaver “lady Esther” in? I looked on this vid, didn’t see it.
I'll get the time on the track for you...it's on the Beleaver vid
Alaska Seaplane Tours , besides my post to you, are you all surviving this summer with no cruise ship, flightseeing trips? Hope you all are ok?👌👍
So totally romantic! Just gotta' love the Beaver! The music? Not so much...
Красивые места, но столь же опасные... Бобры, выдры, двойные выдры, хоть поршневые, хоть турбовинтовые простые и надёжные самолёты. Даже авионика на них ещё аналоговая стоит, что кстати очень не плохо. Спасибо за хорошее видео!:).
I'm gonna translate this and be right back...thanks!
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 While you're translating, I'm going to send greetings from the USA, I wish our nations were best of friends, take care...
HELL of an airplane. Building a remote cabin? We’ll deliver FULL SHEETS of plywood and tie lumber to the float spreader bars! Need fuel? We’ll bring it to you IN 55GALLON DRUMS! Got a canoe you need up there? No sweat, we’ll tie one to the lift struts! I met a beaver pilot from AK once that marked his floats for fresh and salt water. He could put more weight on it in salt (flying salmon from ships at sea) than he could keep afloat in fresh water. TRULY a LEGENDARY AIRPLANE!
HELL yes!!!
It's well known: if it will float, it will fly - but not necessarily the other way around.
Where did the helicopter come from
because of it's historical significance and performance, the Bell UH-1 was a perfect fit for an aircraft image that would punctuate the significance of our Alaskan Beaver. It is also one of my favorite all-time flying machines that will highlight any film. Thanks for watching...more to come!
Its Awesome
mean machine!!!
The war on weight and balance and lack of power ...
sounds like you have got some beaver time?! haha
I love to see a woman take good care of her Beaver
Please make sure to check with your parents before you play on their computer.
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 Hahahaha,lol
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 did you get sand in your beaver or something?
@@wyattnewber883 Lol,
@Paul Marquis Of course without a doubt.lol
Awesome Video, sending an email to order a shirt!
Please do!
Can you provide a email link to order hat and shirt.
Soo I made this film about my friends Beaver ....
Saw this plane years ago on an outdoor show. The minute I saw it, thought it was an awesome plane! A true workhorse!
Oh cool!!! She's a hard worker... amazing military history too!!! Thanks for watching
I where can I get one of those sweaters
just email us at ryan@alaskaseaplanetours.com
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 is this email still valid ?
Lt. Dresden is says "Nice Beaver!"
please make sure your parents know that you are using their computer before you send emails.
Thanks! I just had it stuffed!
Its the Land rover Of the Air
Thank you so much for the comment and watching!!!
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 NO problem have a great channel, I am waiting to move back Home to Canada from northern Europe, Well Alaska still looks the same as home :)
I want one.
How can I get my hands on one of those awesome shirts?
email us at info@alaskaseaplanetours.com: lots of hoodies and hats
hope you got your merchandise!!! Enjoy
👍👍👍👍👍
I fly this plane in Microsoft flight simulator!
I ride beavers 4 or 5 times a week
Oh that's so cool!! does your mommy know that you are using her computer today Bobby?
One and a half minutes of thumping "music" and sod all about the aircraft was more than enough for me. If the tours are anything like the video I'll stay on the ground, thank you very much.
thank you so much for watching!!! FYI there's a button for volume control on your computer....
@Jesus H Christ holy words!!
What is it with the music? It's suppose to be back ground, not drounding out the people talking, it's the sound, MUSIC TO MY EARS, of the P&W! The video was great, not the music!
Thank you so much for watching...I promise the next episode will be more sensitive to this delicate relationship
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 :The video of the Beaver was awsum, as well as the scenery. The music was just was just too loud and ruined it, just my opinion. My all-time FAVORITE top wing aircraft IS the "Beaver", WITH FLOATS of course! My ALL-TIME FAVORATE LOW WING HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT IS, THE P-51 MUSTANG! IN MY OPINION THE "BEST" WWII FIGHTER EVER, AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL! Please do more videos, I'd LOVE to see them!
Some company should start making the again ,they would get the orders ok, start off small less over heads
It's the truth...but soon after production would begin, so too would the lawsuits; our society is not the right place for them. They are from a world that used to be.
we just need to work out a deal with the attorneys!!
Any of you AK pilots here in southeast ever come across Michelle Madden. Owner/ operator of island wings out of Ketchikan? I have been fortunate to fly with her many times in her de havellend on floats that she has had for years, one one cleanest, custom ized ones you will see anywhere, she has been flying Southeast AK for years. I have flown with some of best bush pilots in Alaska, and Michelle is up there with the best, it helps that she was shown the ropes by old crusty Southest AK pilots! Check out her beautiful floatplane at island wings web, you will see what I mean.
watch closely again and she is actually in this film with that very machine!!!
Alaska Seaplane Tours , Thanks for the response, I hope you all are hanging in there, I know most of your business is from the cruise ship passengers doing the misty fjords tours, you still operating this summer? I am on Kodiak, it’s hurt the floatplane operators here also, most flights here are brown bear viewing and fishermen drop offs, and it’s way down here also.
ok ok I found it ....it's a shot of her flying in her DHC-2 check the believer video at 3:56-3:58
Alaska Seaplane Tours thanks, Did you know she started with a 180, and learned flying Southeast by a legendary bush pilot? Can’t remember his name but it’s on her website, I was so lucky to fly in that plane! Been in many up here over the years and lady Esther is unique!
Flying with a Beaver?
all of the DeHavilland aircraft were named after north American mammals or insects.
Great footage, but the music is completely not the right category for this footage. This footage should have some more refined music which gives the film a deeper impression, not dubstep.
I love that insight...It's so hard to look back: I guess at the time it was hitting my attitude and my level of excitement for the film...you are not wrong...thank you for watching!!!
"Just a glimpse at the Beaver, and you can tell it was built for war!"
sooo much history!!
Except that it wasn't, as @chrishb7074 points out.
I spelled her name wrong, Michelle Masden.
right !! watch closely and you will actually see a shot of her airplane in this film!!!
May I climb into your Beaver and take me to the sky?
...uhhh this isn't one of those websites sir...
An amazing expose of The Beaver. Thank you!
so kind...stay tuned for more action
Do you have a beaver yourself? I'm an enthusiast.
They look cooler and sounded better in person...
It is true...there is something about feeling the sounds when flying these beasts...
I floo one of those
I love to have one of those hats to promote your business here in Va
rdmpilotguide@gmail.com for orders
@@alaskaseaplanetours5835 email sent !
leave the music out of it
music is fun!
Beaveriffic
...now you've got the idea!!!
Out f-en standing machine! It's what happens when a company intentionally has its designers and engineers listen to the end users as-opposed-to dictating to them like most of the well-funded debt-laden ponsi scheme crap corporations now do.
...that is a good point. Thanks for watching: more to come!
@@markmark2080 ya, I'm familiar with their proprietary parts and software access scam. They make it downright impossible for farmers to cut down-time and economically repair their machinery without transporting to/from their dealership. A classic example indeed.
2:20 prototype
2:21 ah yes war machine
more history than we know!!!
Im a Belieber
join the club!!! thx Jimmy!!
You can't get to any of there sites to order a hat... something doesn't seem right here.. does not seem to be a working site, maybe not safe !! you see a site that is safe you can go right to it ,,,this you can't.. I'm out of here.
rdmpilotguide@gmail.com for orders
I tried hard to give this a thumbs up, but... I'm getting too old for these videos; a bunch of 4 second segments strung together with crappy music and interspersed with random slow motion shots. Please stop trying to produce art when a documentary will do better.
"Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth" Now that's how you do it.
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