Great video! The pilots that make it look easy are the ones that are the true professionals. One older instructor pilot that I spent a lot of time with in the early days of my flying once said, "The ones that are stressed out don't know what they are doing.".
Thanks Steveo! I am actually fairly likely going to get my rating done out there and then do some advanced training with Peter! Wanna join for some of it?
+Russell Senior cool yeah, I held that shot a little longer because of how neat it looked. It is actually the prop tip vortices being visualized by the condensation in the air.
ua-cam.com/video/3Br66N7QHpM/v-deo.html . Depending on engine RPM and prop diameter, some operators would reduce Prop Rpm in winter to avoid going 'sonic'....
I'm a cameraman. I spent a whole summer with a Beaver on floats shooting a TV drama series called "Ritter's Cove" back in the 80's. The aircraft was the star of the show and I got to shoot the heck out of it every day. You couldn't ask for a more photogenic subject. Sometimes after work, I'd fly right seat to Vancouver, a 40 minute flight originating at Egmont, BC, down the coast a bit from where you swapped passengers. Running back home in the evening after dropping off the exposed film, I'd sometimes get to shoot an approach into Egmont, officially making me a real Canadian. :) A heck of a summer, that one. Thanks for the ride, 'Chops! Brought back good memories.
It's great to see BC featured on one of your vids, Steve. I think Peter taxi'd past me in a Beaver on Amphibs at Boundary Bay last summer while I was washing the plane. Now I know who I exchanged a wave with. Another great installment, thanks!
Nice to see the 'guts' of the Beaver in the shop. Where I grew up, many of the men in our congregation worked at either A.V. Roe in Malton, the big Kodak plant in Weston, or at de Havilland in Downsview. My high school was 500m as the crow flies from de Havilland's main buildings. Lots of pride and great stories about the de Havilland heritage. It was strange to be flying in a Twin Otter over the Grand Canyon as an adult and seeing the aircraft placard on the bulkhead "Downsview, Ontario, Canada." I traveled that far to fly in something made minutes from my home. Maybe I knew people that had a hand in creating it.
I was born 'n raised on the "doppler effect" just two miles from C-YVR Fraser River float plane base, home of the "flying beaver" on the mighty fraser river bc. Many sweet memories.
Love Peter's mentality and community spirit. Good dude right there. As a Fire/Rescue/EMS guy myself, that means a lot getting that Chief in to work that fire.
i was born and raised in N. Ontario, flew in these from a baby onwards until the highway came in. Worked for White River air service from the age of 11 as a dock boy, had many dozens of flights delivering supplies to the tourist camps etc. Beavers, Otters and Norsemen were the rigs of the sky back then. So wonderful to see them being loved and cared for. There is one in Victoria called Olivia at Pacific Sky, fully converted to turbo with a glass cockpit, incredible machine.
When I was ten, me, my brother and our father flew over James Bay in the middle of late winter 1964 in a ski equipped Beaver. Later on we got a ride in a Bombardier ski half track again over James Bay. Lots of snow, cold and northern lights so close you could almost touch them.
What a morning. I opened the shades to a Miami sunrise, started a cup and clicked on a video. Then, this strange alternate realty truck pushes Flightchops and that beautiful airplane, into the water. It's going to be a wonderful day.
That sort of vehicle is common for getting planes in the water. I have video of the same thing at Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome. You can even see them on Google streetview from outside the gate. I love the startup procedure for the Beaver, the way they cough into life they sound like they'd never run well, but once they warm up they just thunder along.
Hey Steve! I recently got signed off for my first solo, and now I'm waiting for the weather to permit my first solo flight. I have about 15 hours dual logged so far, and I just want to give a massive thank you for contributing so much to the aviation community. I have learned so much from watching your videos before even getting within a kilometre of a GA aircraft, and your tips and tricks have helped me immensely. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with fellow aviators, both old and young.
These things are awesome. I got picked up on one in a strip we built on a mountain in AK. While floats are fun, dirt was more! ~900' of useable dirt (no real trees for a while at elevation) 3-4" of mud, had to push the tail around with the pilot to takeoff. Thing took off with a lot of dirt left- thanks to that huge wing. Soooo much better than the 206 (which barely made it!). The windshield leaked the whole ride home flying at 200-300' back to Anchorage with no vis imho. Pilot was cool as Fonzi. What a ride.
Superb video. I remember my first real short field landing - onto Savary Island in a C-172 in the mid '90's. I was sad to learn that they closed the gravel runway a few years later. The Beaver is one hell of a platform. If I ever went back to fly airplanes for a living, it would be to fly up and down the Pacific Northwest. It is refreshing to listen to a Beaver operator / owner say it like it is when flying a float plane - It takes LOTS of practice to dock a float plane and it can still 'wind' up being a dinger when you do everything right.
If you are in the area and can't hook up with these great folks, Harbour Air also fly commercial routes and the let passengers into the copilot seat (just ask early) and give them a headset (no stick time of course). I've found their pilots really friendly. HA also recently just test flew an all electric version of the DH-2 Beaver and have committed to moving their fleet to all electric as quickly as certifications can be achieved. I'm a low time pilot but was lucky enough to be treated to a float lesson on Vancouver Island. It was awesome - the 6 (assisted) circuits felt relatively easy compared to how hard docking and water navigation, and this was on a CAVOK low wind day - thanks again FlightChops
I always watch these guys and others operating out of the harbour if I’m in Vancouver. Thanks for a great inside look at something so iconic, both the plane and the operation itself. As a non-pilot, your videos are highly informative and entertaining.👍
Yes!!! Haven't watched yet but man I'm so happy you uploaded this. I loooove the Beaver! It's been my favorite prop plane ever since I first saw one. The cowl, the tail, the windows, just a great looking plane. FYI the doors can fit an oil drum sideways or upright.
I used to work for a man in Vermillion Bay in Ontario Canada that did runs to various reserves delivering goods. I was working on my PPL at the time and he let me fly the aircraft at times and the experience of handling a Beaver was, and still is at 70 years old one of the best experience's of my life bar none. An iconic aircraft indeed.
I was 14 years old and camping with my Dad in Algonquin Provincial Park when I first saw one of these land on the lake. I really did not believe it was going to work, but sure enought it stayed on top of the water.
This has to be about the most epic kind of flying there is. What an awesome aircraft and environment. I hope to try this someday. Great episode and thanks for sharing.
Awesome!! A new FlightChops video out on my birthday AND it features one of my favourite planes! :D I had the privilege of being a dockhand one season with beavers and turbo otters. Truly fantastic airplanes
This brings back memories... As a kid we'd go to the family's cabin up at Keats Island about 15 mi NNW of YVR for summer vacation... fly in from LAX to YVR, then catch the floatplane from YVR direct to the dock at the cabin. Yeah, a few times, we got pretty close to some sailboats on takeoff.
Just got back from Savary Island family vacation it was our 11th annual trip there it is absolutely beautiful no need to go south when this place is right here. Great video as always!
Used to take camping trips to northern Canada with my grandpa. We'd use the Beaver, with canoes strapped to the bottom, to fly out. Grandpa was a Lear (among other things) pilot and ignited my aviation passion.... The trips were always great, but the Beaver is what I looked forward to more than anything. Someday I'll get a chance to climb aboard another and smell that oil!
Kenmore Air has got a bunch of these flying out of Seattle, and actually right up to the Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast. Otters, too. Fantastic airplanes, and a spectacular place to fly.
I remember going to Downsview on Saturdays with my father, and being amazed at the machinery. The big 80 ton presses, the huge jigs and the salt baths for heat treating and especially the machines that were in production.That was 1968 they were building the caribou (DHC-4) and the buffalo (DHC-5).
This is outstanding! I was in Vancouver 1988 and first saw the Beaver float planes. After seeing them, that’s all I wanted to do. I sure wished I’d followed that dream.
I'm a student pilot. i know about Helical Propwash but at 4:21 it's my first time getting to see it real time visually. Altogether great content sir. loved it:D
Great video.....as a skydiver I have jumped from a Beaver so many times that I lose count. But it's my favourite aircraft...just so stable and reliable.....
BTDT - the one I jumped out of had bulkheads behind each pilot seat separating the cabin from the front, and a deflector at the front of the left door for door off flying. Old dark navy paint, looked like a Navy plane.
Another great video +FlightChops !! I have flown an 04 Lake Buccaneer” but never a plan on actual floats. I flew about 2-3 hours. The Lake is an amphibious aircraft landing on the belly so it you look like you are going to fly right into the water as allowed to a wheeled landing in that airplane. I sure enjoyed it and would love to do that some more. Thanks for a great video. Have always loved the Beaver!
That was one of your best videos!!! It looked like both of you really liked it!!! I hope you continue to be a float pilot!!! Keep up the AWESOME work!!!
I fly a beaver for a living and have over 1000 hours on her now. An absolute dream to fly that like Peter said can take a few takeoffs and landings to master. One of the most interesting information flight characteristics I've found with the beaver is on landing with different loading configuration and flap settings. I'd doesn't need much flap to start slowing her down and with a very forward c of g. For example an empty plane with 2 in the front I'd use less flap probably somewhere between climb and takeoff. The plane has a tendency to want to lean forward with lots of flap with all of the weight in the front. With a rear centre of gravity up to landing flap can be used. I'd suggest getting a very good feel for the airplane before using that much flap. A little tidbit from my experience to keep flight chops sharp! #BoseA20
Awesome looking aeroplane and great video! I got my PPL licence today and can't wait to go flying and earn lots of ratings, float plane looks great fun, not sure there are many in the U.K. Though!!
Robert Congratulations . I flew through the Misty Fjords on a float plane in Ketchican Alaska during a cruise ship shore exscusion there . It was fun . During the flight we landed on a mountain top lake and the pilot stood on the floats while he ate his lunch . I got out & stood on the floats & shot some video with my camcorder I had at the time .
It was a lot of work but worth it :) Where are you learning? I recomend trying to fly at least once a week to keep it fresh in your mind ... Assuming you are in the UK .... Keep on top of the exams too, you don't want to get to the end of your training and still have exams to do! You get six "sittings" which last 10 days to do all 9 exams. I managed to do all mine in 3 sittings as I wanted to make sure if I failed any I had plenty of time to resit (I passed all 1st time). Group them together, get Air Law / Operations and maybe Human Performance done together as they link well together and most schools will not let you solo until you have done Law. Principals of flight and Aircraft general knowledge go well together, Met is a massive subject, Comms is fairly easy but better to leave a bit later as you'll have more experience of the radio, Performance planning and Nav go well together and I did these last when I was actually doing Nav in flights. I found the Pooleys books good, Amazon often have them on offer so I just kept checking and waited until they were on offer before buying the next ones! Make sure you have the Flying Training: Volume 1 book and read the chapters before you fly so you know what the next lesson will be. This is a good facebook group for people doing their PPL in the UK : facebook.com/groups/1691720841090704/ Most importantly ENJOY it :)
Hey! I've been to Vancouver! I live in Kitchener Ontario, but one of my aunts lives in Abbotsford, BC. Thats so cool! Another amazing video Flight Chops!
I just flew a beaver for my first time yesterday! just casually up for a fly having just met the owner and he shifts the controls over aswell like "Have a go"! awesme plane to fly, one thing i noticed though is the throttle was the left side of the 3 levers in our beaver, not the middle leaver.
Great video! I've never been up in a Beaver, but I was up a couple of times as a passenger in an original Otter, back in the early 1970s when I was in Air Cadets. De Havilland built some pretty amazing planes!! Now that Viking Air owns the type certificates for the Beaver, hopefully, they will be building them again!
Got excited by intro, thought it was C-FOBY, it's a beauty any way. C-FJFQ s/n 963, thanks for the great video. Grew up with OBY and OBT flying over the house every day in the summer and sometimes in winter. got some rides occasionally. great memories. Thanks again.
There's a plane at my home field that has an electric front wheel, pretty cool. Mainly used to park in the hanger and get it out without the engine running
that half-truck thing had my brain so confused lol. great video!
You ain't kidding man
Looks trippy
That's the reason I clicked
4x4 truck using front drive shaft
Genius is the result of necessity!
Great video! The pilots that make it look easy are the ones that are the true professionals. One older instructor pilot that I spent a lot of time with in the early days of my flying once said, "The ones that are stressed out don't know what they are doing.".
Awesome Video! I have always wanted to fly float planes on missions like this. Thanks for another great video!
I appreciate you being here Steve. I admire your videos!
steveo1kinevo Happy to take you up on floats... islands, beaches, docking at friends' cottages... sooo much fun! (Love your channel!)
Thanks Steveo! I am actually fairly likely going to get my rating done out there and then do some advanced training with Peter! Wanna join for some of it?
i would lmao let me come lol meet in michigan XDDDD jkjk lol im 16 wouldve love to meet though gonna be moving soon
Wow, check out at 4:22, you can see the tips of the prop as they fling off the water creating a cool corkscrew effect.
+Russell Senior cool yeah, I held that shot a little longer because of how neat it looked. It is actually the prop tip vortices being visualized by the condensation in the air.
Russell Senior s
ua-cam.com/video/3Br66N7QHpM/v-deo.html . Depending on engine RPM and prop diameter, some operators would reduce Prop Rpm in winter to avoid going 'sonic'....
I'm a cameraman. I spent a whole summer with a Beaver on floats shooting a TV drama series called "Ritter's Cove" back in the 80's. The aircraft was the star of the show and I got to shoot the heck out of it every day. You couldn't ask for a more photogenic subject. Sometimes after work, I'd fly right seat to Vancouver, a 40 minute flight originating at Egmont, BC, down the coast a bit from where you swapped passengers. Running back home in the evening after dropping off the exposed film, I'd sometimes get to shoot an approach into Egmont, officially making me a real Canadian. :)
A heck of a summer, that one. Thanks for the ride, 'Chops! Brought back good memories.
It's great to see BC featured on one of your vids, Steve. I think Peter taxi'd past me in a Beaver on Amphibs at Boundary Bay last summer while I was washing the plane. Now I know who I exchanged a wave with.
Another great installment, thanks!
Nice to see the 'guts' of the Beaver in the shop. Where I grew up, many of the men in our congregation worked at either A.V. Roe in Malton, the big Kodak plant in Weston, or at de Havilland in Downsview. My high school was 500m as the crow flies from de Havilland's main buildings. Lots of pride and great stories about the de Havilland heritage.
It was strange to be flying in a Twin Otter over the Grand Canyon as an adult and seeing the aircraft placard on the bulkhead "Downsview, Ontario, Canada." I traveled that far to fly in something made minutes from my home. Maybe I knew people that had a hand in creating it.
Went to the same high school, and watched the Twin Otters & Dash 7"s and Buffaloes fly out daily.
I was born 'n raised on the "doppler effect" just two miles from C-YVR Fraser River float plane base, home of the "flying beaver" on the mighty fraser river bc. Many sweet memories.
Currently building a flying 1/10th scale DHC-2 with floats. These are beautiful aircraft and I hope they remain flying for many generations to come.
Are you building from a kit, or is it a foamie?
Love Peter's mentality and community spirit. Good dude right there. As a Fire/Rescue/EMS guy myself, that means a lot getting that Chief in to work that fire.
i was born and raised in N. Ontario, flew in these from a baby onwards until the highway came in. Worked for White River air service from the age of 11 as a dock boy, had many dozens of flights delivering supplies to the tourist camps etc. Beavers, Otters and Norsemen were the rigs of the sky back then. So wonderful to see them being loved and cared for. There is one in Victoria called Olivia at Pacific Sky, fully converted to turbo with a glass cockpit, incredible machine.
I think this is my favorite flight chops vid. Thanks man!
I'm glad that you were able to share this mission with us. Some more like this would be amazing.
When I was ten, me, my brother and our father flew over James Bay in the middle of late winter 1964 in a ski equipped Beaver. Later on we got a ride in a Bombardier ski half track again over James Bay. Lots of snow, cold and northern lights so close you could almost touch them.
absolutely beautiful. This was one of the most enjoyable films I have watched on youtube. Definitely a piece of history
Ill always love the dhc-2 beaver, floatplanes and flyingboats always seem to hold a particular fascination for me. great video
What a morning. I opened the shades to a Miami sunrise, started a cup and clicked on a video. Then, this strange alternate realty truck pushes Flightchops and that beautiful airplane, into the water. It's going to be a wonderful day.
That truck is like "YOUR PHYSICS HAVE NO POWER HERE."
+Jesse McCree What about a plane like it?
Napier engin start up
That sort of vehicle is common for getting planes in the water. I have video of the same thing at Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome. You can even see them on Google streetview from outside the gate. I love the startup procedure for the Beaver, the way they cough into life they sound like they'd never run well, but once they warm up they just thunder along.
Radial engines, man. At idle you think they're gonna cough and die any minute now, at power they're the most beautiful sound in the world.
So he doesn't even have to kick the tyres? What a seriously professional man this is. Respect.
1:43 thats how you know hes a passionate business owner and pilot. not cheap with that plane but hes willing to sacrifice for others. props sir.
I've watched this video at least 20 times, and I still get excited to watch it again and again. Thank you
Hey Steve! I recently got signed off for my first solo, and now I'm waiting for the weather to permit my first solo flight. I have about 15 hours dual logged so far, and I just want to give a massive thank you for contributing so much to the aviation community. I have learned so much from watching your videos before even getting within a kilometre of a GA aircraft, and your tips and tricks have helped me immensely. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with fellow aviators, both old and young.
+Nathan Chetram - Right on! I love receiving comments like this! Congrats!
Greatest experience of my life: Seattle to Victoria to Eagle's nook resort for a fishing trip and back in a 1957 Beaver.
These things are awesome. I got picked up on one in a strip we built on a mountain in AK. While floats are fun, dirt was more! ~900' of useable dirt (no real trees for a while at elevation) 3-4" of mud, had to push the tail around with the pilot to takeoff. Thing took off with a lot of dirt left- thanks to that huge wing. Soooo much better than the 206 (which barely made it!). The windshield leaked the whole ride home flying at 200-300' back to Anchorage with no vis imho. Pilot was cool as Fonzi. What a ride.
Superb video. I remember my first real short field landing - onto Savary Island in a C-172 in the mid '90's. I was sad to learn that they closed the gravel runway a few years later. The Beaver is one hell of a platform. If I ever went back to fly airplanes for a living, it would be to fly up and down the Pacific Northwest. It is refreshing to listen to a Beaver operator / owner say it like it is when flying a float plane - It takes LOTS of practice to dock a float plane and it can still 'wind' up being a dinger when you do everything right.
fantastic video, and the part about your parents working at the de havilland plant is very touching.
+Yisrael Lipschitz - thanks my friend!
So glad I got to ride right seat in Harbour Air's Beaver many years ago on a Vancouver layover, you people are awesome.
If you are in the area and can't hook up with these great folks, Harbour Air also fly commercial routes and the let passengers into the copilot seat (just ask early) and give them a headset (no stick time of course). I've found their pilots really friendly. HA also recently just test flew an all electric version of the DH-2 Beaver and have committed to moving their fleet to all electric as quickly as certifications can be achieved. I'm a low time pilot but was lucky enough to be treated to a float lesson on Vancouver Island. It was awesome - the 6 (assisted) circuits felt relatively easy compared to how hard docking and water navigation, and this was on a CAVOK low wind day - thanks again FlightChops
Dunno how I got here, but a new found respect for these Bush plane pilots..would rather watch this jet planes.
I always watch these guys and others operating out of the harbour if I’m in Vancouver. Thanks for a great inside look at something so iconic, both the plane and the operation itself. As a non-pilot, your videos are highly informative and entertaining.👍
nice video, nice, relaxed typical Canadian pilot.
One of my favourite films yet. What a legend. Thanks Steve!
Yes!!! Haven't watched yet but man I'm so happy you uploaded this. I loooove the Beaver! It's been my favorite prop plane ever since I first saw one. The cowl, the tail, the windows, just a great looking plane. FYI the doors can fit an oil drum sideways or upright.
Peter needs a plane that large. I'm glad he's humble. Wouldn't want him angry. Beautiful country , been there a couple of times and will never forget.
Nice work, Steve! I love the Beaver. Good storytelling too.
+Backcountry Pilot - thank you sir! I'm enjoying your recent stuff as well!
Nicely done Flightchops. I'm a retired 747 jockey. I did many layovers in Anchorage. I had a few flights in a Beaver. I remember all of them well.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!
I used to work for a man in Vermillion Bay in Ontario Canada that did runs to various reserves delivering goods. I was working on my PPL at the time and he let me fly the aircraft at times and the experience of handling a Beaver was, and still is at 70 years old one of the best experience's of my life bar none. An iconic aircraft indeed.
I was up in Vancouver back in 2013, and I remember being fascinated by the floatplanes I saw.
I was 14 years old and camping with my Dad in Algonquin Provincial Park when I first saw one of these land on the lake. I really did not believe it was going to work, but sure enought it stayed on top of the water.
Lmao!
Man, you're really living a dream...
+Роман Плетнев - agreed :)
I love how much you feel the flying. And then you get that sense of awe and wonder into the videos!
Kudos.
+penguinista - thanks! That is definitely what we are going for :)
This has to be about the most epic kind of flying there is. What an awesome aircraft and environment. I hope to try this someday. Great episode and thanks for sharing.
1956. That’s the year I first became aware of these aircraft. Never flew in one but fell in love with it nonetheless. What a workhorse!
Great Video! Perfect way to experience the west coast and couldn’t have asked for a better operator. Well done!
Awesome!! A new FlightChops video out on my birthday AND it features one of my favourite planes! :D I had the privilege of being a dockhand one season with beavers and turbo otters. Truly fantastic airplanes
I love the DHC-2...,phenomenal.
4:23 is one of the coolest shots ever, the vortices off the prop creating a spiral con trail.
This brings back memories... As a kid we'd go to the family's cabin up at Keats Island about 15 mi NNW of YVR for summer vacation... fly in from LAX to YVR, then catch the floatplane from YVR direct to the dock at the cabin.
Yeah, a few times, we got pretty close to some sailboats on takeoff.
Just got back from Savary Island family vacation it was our 11th annual trip there it is absolutely beautiful no need to go south when this place is right here.
Great video as always!
Used to take camping trips to northern Canada with my grandpa. We'd use the Beaver, with canoes strapped to the bottom, to fly out. Grandpa was a Lear (among other things) pilot and ignited my aviation passion.... The trips were always great, but the Beaver is what I looked forward to more than anything. Someday I'll get a chance to climb aboard another and smell that oil!
I love the Beaver. I flew on them when I lived in Nanaimo flying to Vancouver Harbour or the Airport or to the Sunshine Coast.
Kenmore Air has got a bunch of these flying out of Seattle, and actually right up to the Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast. Otters, too. Fantastic airplanes, and a spectacular place to fly.
I remember going to Downsview on Saturdays with my father, and being amazed at the machinery. The big 80 ton presses, the huge jigs and the salt baths for heat treating and especially the machines that were in production.That was 1968 they were building the caribou (DHC-4) and the buffalo (DHC-5).
What an awesome plane! Flying since the 50’s!!!
I love these old time planes and the life they help create !!!
Another super video Steve! Canada=Float Plane Country=DHC Beaver & PW Radial + DHC Otter & PW PT6s!
Nice movie :-) I was bush-flying seaplanes in north Norway in the 70's. This movie gave me good memories. Kai :-)
This is outstanding! I was in Vancouver 1988 and first saw the Beaver float planes. After seeing them, that’s all I wanted to do. I sure wished I’d followed that dream.
A few years back my wife & I took a trip to Victoria and got a real nice intro flight on a DH2 Beaver absolutely loved it.
dude is wearing flip flops! I love it
Hi A R; I was a bit disappointed when I saw that part of the clip. In Fiji we drove around in bare feet (kinda like Jimmy Buffet).
Russian....Aero Flops..
I'm a student pilot. i know about Helical Propwash but at 4:21 it's my first time getting to see it real time visually.
Altogether great content sir. loved it:D
Great video.....as a skydiver I have jumped from a Beaver so many times that I lose count. But it's my favourite aircraft...just so stable and reliable.....
BTDT - the one I jumped out of had bulkheads behind each pilot seat separating the cabin from the front, and a deflector at the front of the left door for door off flying. Old dark navy paint, looked like a Navy plane.
Can you send us the Registration Number for that plane? I used to jump also....
Wow. So much valuable information in less than 18 minutes. I better watch it again to let it all soak in.
Another great video +FlightChops !! I have flown an 04 Lake Buccaneer” but never a plan on actual floats. I flew about 2-3 hours. The Lake is an amphibious aircraft landing on the belly so it you look like you are going to fly right into the water as allowed to a wheeled landing in that airplane. I sure enjoyed it and would love to do that some more. Thanks for a great video. Have always loved the Beaver!
Growing up in the northern Canada my dad was a fishing guide and I got to go on a lot of float planes. Great vid.
I’m glad he put fuel wheels on his truck. They’re good wheels, I have similar ones on my Jeep except without chrome.
Man am I glad you got some fly time in the Beaver at least once. It has a unique blend of lift and heft that make it really stable in crosswind.
I love the ADF indicator, big and in the center.
That was one of your best videos!!! It looked like both of you really liked it!!! I hope you continue to be a float pilot!!! Keep up the AWESOME work!!!
I fly a beaver for a living and have over 1000 hours on her now. An absolute dream to fly that like Peter said can take a few takeoffs and landings to master. One of the most interesting information flight characteristics I've found with the beaver is on landing with different loading configuration and flap settings. I'd doesn't need much flap to start slowing her down and with a very forward c of g. For example an empty plane with 2 in the front I'd use less flap probably somewhere between climb and takeoff. The plane has a tendency to want to lean forward with lots of flap with all of the weight in the front. With a rear centre of gravity up to landing flap can be used. I'd suggest getting a very good feel for the airplane before using that much flap. A little tidbit from my experience to keep flight chops sharp! #BoseA20
absolutely beautiful... Awesome flying...
Awesome looking aeroplane and great video! I got my PPL licence today and can't wait to go flying and earn lots of ratings, float plane looks great fun, not sure there are many in the U.K. Though!!
Robert King Congrats man!
Congratulations! That's an awesome way to start off the year, good luck!
Robert Congratulations . I flew through the Misty Fjords on a float plane in Ketchican Alaska during a cruise ship shore exscusion there . It was fun . During the flight we landed on a mountain top lake and the pilot stood on the floats while he ate his lunch . I got out & stood on the floats & shot some video with my camcorder I had at the time .
Robert King how was it earning your ppl? I'm a bit nervous I start my training on Sunday.
It was a lot of work but worth it :)
Where are you learning?
I recomend trying to fly at least once a week to keep it fresh in your mind ...
Assuming you are in the UK ....
Keep on top of the exams too, you don't want to get to the end of your training and still have exams to do! You get six "sittings" which last 10 days to do all 9 exams. I managed to do all mine in 3 sittings as I wanted to make sure if I failed any I had plenty of time to resit (I passed all 1st time). Group them together, get Air Law / Operations and maybe Human Performance done together as they link well together and most schools will not let you solo until you have done Law. Principals of flight and Aircraft general knowledge go well together, Met is a massive subject, Comms is fairly easy but better to leave a bit later as you'll have more experience of the radio, Performance planning and Nav go well together and I did these last when I was actually doing Nav in flights.
I found the Pooleys books good, Amazon often have them on offer so I just kept checking and waited until they were on offer before buying the next ones! Make sure you have the Flying Training: Volume 1 book and read the chapters before you fly so you know what the next lesson will be.
This is a good facebook group for people doing their PPL in the UK : facebook.com/groups/1691720841090704/
Most importantly ENJOY it :)
Steve the production quality of these videos are amazing. Seriously cool stuff.
Thanks for the shout out Steve xox Great video as usual!
This is my EXACT dream job. BC, beaver, flip flops. I really hope this is the summer I get my float rating.
Hey! I've been to Vancouver!
I live in Kitchener Ontario, but one of my aunts lives in Abbotsford, BC.
Thats so cool! Another amazing video Flight Chops!
Stephen Goossen hey fellow Kitchener guy🤙🏻
I just flew a beaver for my first time yesterday! just casually up for a fly having just met the owner and he shifts the controls over aswell like "Have a go"! awesme plane to fly, one thing i noticed though is the throttle was the left side of the 3 levers in our beaver, not the middle leaver.
He clearly a very nice guy..love to be friend with him..and you 😄 keep flying and keep it save..
That truck is amazing. Purpose built, totally bad ass!
Nice video. Often see those beavers over the mountains of North Vancouver. Went up in one in Whistler, so much fun.
Excellent video!
I agree, this area is the best place to fly, for sure.
Great video! I've never been up in a Beaver, but I was up a couple of times as a passenger in an original Otter, back in the early 1970s when I was in Air Cadets. De Havilland built some pretty amazing planes!! Now that Viking Air owns the type certificates for the Beaver, hopefully, they will be building them again!
A great video, love the Beaver
Wow, a de Havilland Beaver, on floats, in BC...what a bucket list item, so kool...!
Great video with some spectacular scenery. Outstanding aircraft with a great pilot behind it.
Got excited by intro, thought it was C-FOBY, it's a beauty any way. C-FJFQ s/n 963, thanks for the great video. Grew up with OBY and OBT flying over the house every day in the summer and sometimes in winter. got some rides occasionally. great memories. Thanks again.
Lived in North Van long ago, such a beautiful place. What a great flight.
What a great plane, video and idea of the truck-taxi.
This is so cool! Extra special for me since my first flight in a small airplane as a kid was in a beaver in Whistler.
I really appreciate the great work you do on your videos. You capture the story of the pilot and plane in such an organic way! Cheers!
There's a plane at my home field that has an electric front wheel, pretty cool. Mainly used to park in the hanger and get it out without the engine running
Surely the most beautiful utility airplane ever designed, and a classic. I'm very envious :).
Great video! I loved BC when I was there, and I loved watching the Beavers flying around! Definitely a favorite.
Wow great video, thanks for posting!
Nice video! The little time I got in a floatplane was definetely on of the richest with experience in deciosion making. Added a whole new perspective.
Excellent video , thanks for posting . 300 ft ceiling and good to go !
I've always been fascinated with these types of planes and this was amazing to watch
Have to agree the Beaver is my favorite aircraft of all time
He is a master of his craft. I bet he's never felt like he's worked a day in his life.
Your videos are fantastic Flight Chops - you have a dream job, man!
+zekezero12345 - thanks!