FLYING THE DASH 7 IN 2019! Air Tindi Enthusiast Charter Vancouver to Abbotsford
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- On August 10th, an Air Tindi de Havilland Canada Dash 7 flew into the Abbotsford Airshow with a cabin full of aviation enthusiasts.
This was a charter flight organized by Henry Tenby as a way for a bunch of people to fly on a very rare Dash 7, and of course, I had to be on board!
We flew in early in the morning in time for the show to start, and left right after the Snowbirds finished their performance. See what it's like to fly on this classic STOL airliner, with two high-performance takeoffs and landings!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Air Tindi (8T)
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada Dash 7 (DHC7)
Flight Number: 8T804/803
Seat: 4A/13D
Livery: Standard
Engines: 4x Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-50
Registration: C-GFFL
Route: Vancouver (YVR) - Abbotsford (YXX) - Vancouver (YVR)
Callsign: TINDI 804/803
Runway used: 08L (YVR) - 07 (YXX) // 25 (YXX) - 26L (YVR)
Date filmed: August 10, 2019
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Hi everyone! Just a few days ago, I hit 25,000 subscribers, and I can't thank you enough for all of the support! What better way to celebrate than with this rare flight on a Dash 7, specially chartered for a trip to the Abbotsford Airshow? Hope you all enjoy :)
Big congratulations on 25,000!!!
Liked before I even watched it you lucky bastard
great congrats!!
I'm watching this Video Trip on The Dash 7 Series Turboprops.
For me I only travel on a Dash 8 Series but not the Dash 7 Series.
Had the pleasure of working on the last few Dash 7’s. A true honour to say that i was a DeHavilland employee.
I see C-GFFL every day when it is back in Yellowknife. I work at Air Tindi. The DHC-7 are amazing aircraft. We have 4 of them. Thank you for documenting the flight and Air Tindi.
When I was visiting Yellowknife in 2013, I thought the two red ones looked the best.
What a great video. It looks like Air Tindi really looks after their planes. That interior and cockpit were immaculate.
Every couple of years they pull out all the interior panels and overhead baggage compartments and repaint them. They get scratched up hauling freight to the diamond mines in the north so they give them some extra care when needed.
Worked on those aircraft for 13 years in Greenland, before they sold some of them them to Air Tindi, what a machine. Solid piece of engineering, except for the engines. The normally bomb proof PT6's weren't quite up to the task in the -50 version. Brings good memories this. (happily forgotten all the menial tasks and long hours on it)
It's mind blowing that a four engined aircraft of this size has a stall speed of 56 knots, especially since a tiny Cessna 182 has a stall speed of 54 knots.
Aviation Nut watching the DC.3 video I want to say their V1 speed was 50 knots or something.
*Thank-you for sharing this with us, Alex.* It would have been nice if the weather had cooperated and you were able to spend more time in Abbotsford. As usual, your video sent me on a research spree, but one other thing I did was to check out just how short of takeoff and landing you all got for your money. Some might think I’m over the edge here with aviation geekiness, but face it; anytime you tell us that your lumberjack sized body can comfortably sit in an airplane, it is time for me to check this flying machine out!
I would be most remiss if I did not extend a heartfelt appreciation of you panning the Dash-7 to reveal details in HD that I have not seen published! This is exactly the type of information about aircraft on which I feed (from about @13:05 to @16:09)! Then your obtaining permission and videoing the cockpit view of your trip back to Vancouver was a complete stroke of genius and quick thinking on your part. Along with your inclusion of the picture in picture editing of the return trip, you contributed to Dash-7 details I was not able to discover in my research. As far as I am concerned, you made history with this video.
The Dash-7 is indeed a phenomenal piece of engineering. I believe if de Havilland Canada had the financial backing of Airbus and Boeing, it could have turned the Dash-7 into a very profitable aircraft for itself and commercial aviation. Furthermore, if my job is flying into areas north of the arctic circle, where there is nothing but the occasional lost polar bear, I certainly would feel more comfortable having 4 engines. For all who are aviation enthusiasts, the Dash-7 is worth spending some time in research and learning about this most wonderful piece of aerodynamic engineering.
Let me conclude with something I found amazing when I compared your video with published specifications about the Dash-7. I have no idea who it was that published the minimum takeoff and landing data, but they are as wrong as a football bat. According to what I was able to find, the average data is ~700 meters (~2,300 feet) for both takeoff and landing. By comparing your video footage with the “Google” map views of both the runways used at Vancouver and Abbotsford, here is what I discovered:
Vancouver takeoff: ~365 m (~1,200 f).
Abbotsford landing: ~215 m (~700 f).
Abbotsford takeoff: ~325 m (~1,066 f).
Vancouver landing: ~266 m (~875 f).
All I can say to keep this a family oriented comment is, “Wow!!!”
Alex, again words elude me as I try to explain my gratitude for the time and effort you made to video and publish this production. I have rarely seen such thoughtfulness to one’s subscribers and viewers on other commercial aviation posts. Please continue your great work, for it is not wasted on me. As you can see, I do my best to capture every detail of your posts.
Very cool that you worked out the distances - I was on this flight as well and remarked that the Abbotsford landing was probably as close as I'll ever come to experiencing something like a carrier landing LOL.
Gotta love the STOL spirit up in BC! When I was young we went north of Vancouver via train to Squamish and took flight over glaciers in a Pilatus Porter...what a cool aircraft
I have to say that the -7 performance is impressive. In 1970, when the -7 was in pre-production, I was involved in a program in the San Francisco Bay Area called NorCalStol. The idea was to provide city center to city center air travel in STOL aircraft. I was flying Helio Couriers and Britten Norman Islanders into close in large parking lots in various cities. The DeHaviland reps were there showing drawings and proposed performance figures for the -7. It turned out to be an idea that was before its time; developers wanted the land for more buildings. I'd like to see the -7 resurrected. The plane makes sense.
Great vid, the 'powerback' was just the pilot showing off, the Dash7 is specifically designed to turn 360deg in its own foot print. A skilled pilot with the nose gear in free caster and proper engine control can actually get the Dash7 to spin in a manner where one main gear is rolling forward the the other is rolling backwards. We called it alien technology!
I love how the pilots talk in aviation terms to the pax. Love it!!
I don't think they do it on a regular flight - they knew they were talking to avgeeks on this one (I was on the flight as well).
I use terms like “thingy” and “whatchmacallit”
Missed you by a day, but Thunderbirds roared on Sunday!
My favorite tidbit from the show was that A400 was brand-new off the line! According to the German I spoke with, it had 30 hours on the airframe - and 15 were from the flight to YXX!
Whow that brought back memories, we used to fly in those on Oilfield charters, they were operated by Brymon Airways for Chevron, between Aberdeen and the island of Unst (Baltasound) the most northerly of the Shetland group.
The strip was 640 m long (2100ft) yes they were STOL alright. Good times.
Cool. I got a good look at my apartment building when you flew over Vancouver.
I really miss attending the Abbotsford airshow. Last time was 1982, good times.
Nice video, here in Kenya a domestic airline called AirKenya operates two Dash-7 aircraft to dirt airstrips to some national parks in the country. During the high tourist season, they operate both aircraft on multiple flights almost daily.
So nice to see a video of the dash 7. Dad used to fly on a dash 7 in Colombia for over 20 years. Spent my childhood flying I these ❤❤
3:56 a sound of joy, start of a journey
This is one of the most epic Dash 7 videos of all time
I remember when Air BC used to fly these out of Kelowna. When I was young I thought this aircraft was so neat being so small and having 4 engines.
I once worked for Delta Airlines in Atlanta in the 90's. I was always amazed, I mean, just amazed at the slow approach speed of the Dash 7's into Hartsfield. They seemed to just hang in the air and I would not have been surprised if you told me that they were just dangling from a cable slowly lowering them to the ground.
Alex, really enjoyed your video of The Dash 7. It was the STOL airplane of it's generation. I can't believe how short the take-off roll was and how quickly the aircraft stops after landing. A great short-field aircraft in it's time!
It was a pleasure meeting you on board Alex! Thank you for putting together all this fantastic footage. Love the cockpit footage and seeing what was going on upfront!
Hi, a great video. Congratulations from Venezuela. I´m Dash 7 avionic technician at Linea Turistica Aereotuy. The Dash 7 is a great Stol airplane.
Asegurense de mantenerlo a la perfeccion pues tienen una joya de la aviacion.
@@gerardpully762 Saludos amigo, lamentablemente LTA quebró y cerró hace mas de dos años y el Dash 7 esta sin volar y lo mas seguro es que lo desguacen (teardown). Este gobierno ha acabado con la aviación venezolana.
Now THAT is a Dash. Nice going. I worked with a Dash 8 operation. Old timers had nothing but good memories of the Dash 7’s performance.
There is absolutely nothing like flying in a prop-jet airliner! So much better than a turbo-jet aircraft!! Great vid!!
Not too often these days that you can say you've flown on a four engine propeller airliner that's still in service. Flew on a Dash 7 once. It was an Air Wisconsin flight back in the mid 1980's from Chicago's O'Hare Field to Appleton, WI. Nice video of this now vintage turbo-prop. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome footage, that is so cool you got to experience the Dash 7! Love all the different camera views, and those multiple spinning props look awesome. Looks like the aircraft just leaps off the runway!
Wow, when they say short-field takeoff they mean it.
separationofmind mate this bird has got 4 engines what else it needs to be fast
Airborne at 400 meters, that’s impressive. Vancouver tower may have been perplexed why an aircraft would use 400 metres of a 3500 metre runway, but to each their own. 260 and change at Abbotsford.
separationofmind and landing 😺👍 nice shot of the hydraulic flap dumping on landing. Instant 45-25* for extra brake effectiveness. I’m not sure if these had nose wheel brakes as well
At DCA they would takeoff/land on "conflicting" runways, the 737 pilots would panic. Overheard, ATC to 737 pilot: "Don't worry, he's not going to hit you."
Hit heavy wake turbulence landing on a crossing runway in a Dash-7. Would've flipped any other plane. Not this one. Just plowed right through.
Thanks for sharing the videos. It's over 20 years since I've last been in a -7, but it still looked familiar. Great footage of the flap lift-dump on touchdown as well!
WOW, when rotating before the aiming point markings and then flying a minute to get to the other end of the runway!
THen the landing, reverse props bring to stop before the 3rd marker! amazing.
I was one of the first (male) Flight Attendants certified/ qualified on the Dash8 back in 1978 when I flew for Air Pacific, which later was acquired by Gem State Airlines of Idaho. They brought their fleet of four CV580’s enabling me to fly either plane. I liked the DASH for it’s newness (enclosed overhead compartments!), but the 580 was a beast and the highlight of my day was opening and closing that awesome integral stairs front door. The merged carrier (Golden Gate) grew super fast but then the PATCO strike hit and that was the end after the controllers were fired. If you search for N9058P that was my very first plane...I then went on to have an incredible 32 year career with Continental. Thanks for taking me back to how it all began!-Bryan Smiley, Palm Springs California.
Watching your content, style and production evolve the last while has been great to see. Good stuff!
Great video, Alex. Flew in a Dash 7 from Toronto Island to Dorval in 1988 with an outfit called City Express. They usually flew Dash 8's but one Friday night had to get their lone 7 out of mothballs and I was on it. Great plane, smooth flight. As I remember the seat backs did not recline. More videos with classic aircraft would be really cool.
Wonderful sound of those engines! A symphony!
Nice job Alex, I had the unique opportunity of flying on one a few years ago on a training flight from YYC-YQF-YYC with a few circuits of YQF thrown in for good measure. The aircraft does have a distinctive amount of noise and vibration with those four engines! The STOL performance is very impressive.
I am very glad UA-cam put this video in my feed. A little more than a couple decades ago when I first got my start in aviation fueling airliners at KTPA Gulftream Airlines (Now Silver Airways) was operating DASH-7's and Shorts 360's as regional transports. I have always had a love for pretty much any 4 engine aircraft and this is absolutely at the top of the list. Such an amazing aircraft from a bygone era.
Still beautiful. Timeless design.
Thanks again Alex, for yet another sensational video. It was exciting, educational and fun too. The cockpit views were really stunning especially when landing. Wow. I have been on Dash 8s and never thought there might be Dash 7s. The interiors are similar and comfortable too. I was impressed that as you boarded, each seat had its own complimentary bottle of water all impressively standing straight up. Again, thanks again for an impressive video. Cheers, Colin.
Dash 7 and 8 rule the world!
I was a "guest" left seat pilot in a PanAm D-7 (No passengers) just before they went bust. My friends were check airmen, and took me for a ride. Way cool.
nice a lot of the dhcs don’t get enough love especially dhc 1-5
I was fueling this aircraft in YXE when westwind was shut down and using charters for their flights. To cool Such a cool plane.
The cutest, prettiest, coolest and most amazing passenger-aircraft ever build, and definitely the best sounding aircraft overall, love thát RRRRRR that it makes sometimes, it take me straight back to my childhood where Maersk air operated them.
-And as someone once said, the wet dream of all bush-pilots....
X-plane has a quite good model, but the sound is completely off, if just someone with the resources and abilty did a sound-package for it....
Incredible video Alex!! Man I am so wish I was there!!
I used to work for Air Wisconsin back in the 70's, with a fleet of Sweringen Metros, B99's and Twin Otters. After I left they upgraded to Dash 7's,, 10 I think, and Bae 146's
Hi Alex! I was on this flight too! I flew over from LHR for 24hrs to do this. I only juat found the video though - great surprise! Keep up the good work! Atb, Toby
You just got a big thumbs up. Thank You and Air Tindi for making this update possible.
Nice video of a rare bird. You can see the similarities between the 7 and 8 series, I had one flight in a 8 Q300 that was fun with a short take off and landing, wich is not often done on that route. The braking action was actually painfull, and my stomach was sore a few days, but it was worth the experience.
What a neat experience...thanks for sharing!!!!
Totally worth it the traffic from Abbotsford to Vancouver is insane
Quel magnifique son ! J'adore le son des moteurs. Ce doit être un excellent vol ! 👀👍
What a neat little plane!
oh them -50's and having to do combi interior was always a pita. awesome vid
1:44 “We were told the pilots will stretch out the flight for as long as possible”
Tower, 804 going around forgot to get a inflight snack
APPLAUSE APPLAUSE APPLAUSE. OUTSTANDING VIDEO. I WISH I COULD OF GONE WITH YOU. GREAT VIDEOGRAPHY. THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH. WHERE'S THE 1,000,000 LIKES BUTTON.
You absolute legend
Thank you for the video... I have an old childhood memory, or pieces of it, and your seat position and camera did confirm the seat position in the aircraft for me on that day.
Now I will just have to ask my parents if they recall the date, then I may be able to find out which aircraft it was on that day, it has long since left Widerøe though :(
Awesome! I used to love watching the Time Air Dash 7s coming and going at YXD, such graceful aircraft.
I love the Dash 7. I remember when it, and the Twin Otter, were the mainstay of regional airline Allegheny in the PA/NJ, USA area. It's up there with the Fokker F-27's that I saw with Ozark airlines when I was a kid growing up in Illinois. But that Dash 7 short field action is the best.
Great synchonized harmonics on those huge props. Excellent video. Its just as if one were with you. Thanks for the free ride!
The Last time I saw A Dash 7 was back when I was a kid growing up.
Outstanding video report Alex! What an amazing flight experience. Huge like!! Cheers Matt
Glad you guys enjoyed it. Was fun helping to plan out more than just another run up to Bella Bella ;)
Thanks for this, I did similar fan trip years ago on NWT Air Electra from Edmonton to Abbotsford...best way to see the show!
One of the few aircraft that can one can say “we dropped in”
What a great idea!
Great video.☺️ I’ve heard of a Dash-8 Plane, but I’ve never heard of the Dash-7 plane.☺️
yeah i often forget about dhc 1-5 and 7 because there aren’t used as much as dhc 6 and 8
your best video so far.the pilots probably enjoyed the flight as much as you did.
Awesome video
Awesome! I was in a car just on the west side of the airfield watching you guys do the "overhead break". Very cool!
Gotta be 25 years or more since I saw one at CYXD. GREAT captures of a VERY rare frame.
15 second takeoff roll. WOW!!!!!
How times have changed. They can't even make 4 engines work on massive jetplanes let alone turboprops. Great video!
Alex, thanks for the vid, brought back some great memories. Got my PPL in the building just to the west of Signature, Used that runway many a time. Abbotsford just happens to be my home, and I work over in that big hanger on the east side of the airport. Have been in aviation since 79. Keep it up
Great video...thanks for the upload
Vancouver is a beautiful city! Cool opportunity, great video! Thanks for sharing!
Talk about a short take off! You weren't lying!
I had the special experience with to fly with Berjaya Air in Malaysia from Kuala Lumpur Subang to Tioman island. First of all the Dash 7 is special and second special is the airport of Tioman island. The day I was flying it was not so good wind situation in Tioman. That's why the pilots made 4 go arounds at the first time. Then we head to Johor Bahru for refuling. After that we head again to Tioman. Performing another 5 go arounds. So we head second time to Johor Bahru for refuling. It was already late afternoon so that's why pilots told us, that they will try it one more time and if it will not work, then we will fly back to Subang airport. At around 8 pm we landed in Subang. Reason for this was stronger tail wind than allowed at Tioman. On the next day wie landed at Tioman with the first aproach. This was really awesome trip.
Amazing!
Takeoff in 12second! 😎
Incredible and beautiful airplane.
love the dash 7 4 engine turbo prop! a beautiful and powerful propliner for sure. thanks for sharing this for us enthusiasts!
I changed my A/C flight from Edmonton to Grande Prairie to Pacific Western (I believe) Dash 7 just to say I had ridden one. I loved the 4 engine turboprops because it reminded me of the old Electra,. Viscount, Britannia, and Vanguard days. I still miss them although the current Q 400 comes about as close as one can get. Great video. Thanks very much. I bet you had a blast!
Had the pleasure to ride on some of the old AirBC aircraft back in the early days
When you flew back to YVR, I was expecting to see Eye Trapper spotting there :)
Awsome aircraft, and awsome performance! Tnx for sharing this experiance with us!
Always thought the -7's four engine design was an oddity when the -8 after it had two. But I suppose that was due to the higher power Pratt PW120 series engines being available.
Phenomenal.
Very nice aircraft and flight, thanks for taking me along.
THAT is INCREDIBLE!
I'm also 6'8", and fascinated by the Dash 7. I think I'll like it here on this channel!
You probably will, as he mentions his height in every single video I think.
@@adrianwapcaplet2773 I mention it so that newer viewers don't see me crammed into a seat and assume that's normal for everyone, but I agree, it gets a bit tedious for the repeat viewers. Will change it up.
This was amazing to watch! Love the channel and reports :)
Super awesome!
Well, you just hit another Subscriber, me!!! And yes, I’m also Canadian! Hello from YYZ! 😉
I got a picture of that from the observation area in late July 2019.
this and this planes sisters are my favourite planes..dash 7, dash 8 and the q400..thank you lovely video..God bless..
Once again an excellent video of an awesome aircraft, Alex. Great work!
I recall many years ago, the twin engine dash had problems with landing gear so Danish students put up a fun video where we had to try to get airborne with out the gear falling out:)
Humming Bird of the North . Stop on a Dime & Give U Change ! Memories , YYZ , Mohawk-Planker .
Great chance.Pity not many left in service. I used to fly the -6 now that’s an airplane you should ride in. Also try the -2 to Victoria another beauty.
Alex...glad you enjoyed that nice flight! Dont forget the incredible amount of fun everyone can have with a monster pc and xplane 11...using VR headsets makes it as real as possible today...no longer an arcade flight simulator! And get this...the Dash 7 is available for xplane 11, so now you can fly this four engine wonder yourself in vr! Everything is available to fly, GA, helicopters, jets, from piper cub to A380's! Heres the link to the dash 7...forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/41882-dash-7-150-for-x-plane-11-ver/