maxhopper502
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http://youtu.be/bYv6Y4Qq96A
A little video of my office for anyone interested
A little video of my office for anyone interested
Very awesome footage!
I had the opportunity to watch several dusters operating, while I was training in Suriname.
One of the pilots was a relative of one of the trainees we were working with, and put on quite a show.
Awesome (but crazy!) flying
Stay safe up there.
OD
Every time we spray this property the farmers son clambers around the hills videoing. This is about the 5th one he's done (not all me) and he seams to have a real talent with the camera and editing.
For the last 12+ years of my career, Learjet 60.
We have a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver on EDO floats.
aw heck...if they won't post pics in the natural habitat...how about one in an unnatural habitat?
....float planes have the same rep up north as workhorses...not just transportation....
Here is one in you could say was in its unnatural habitat. A Beaver I flew a while ago as you can see by the date stamp, on Wipline 6000 amphibious floats. I loved flying that one.
The D-18 was a blast to fly; noisy, slow( by today's standards), not forgiving of any inattention on the ground, but comfortable & solid. A good day in the airplane was a satisfying experience. The 690B, like all the Commanders, is a reliable, efficient, fast airplane to fly. Tracks an ILS like it was on rails, & goes where you put it. Inflight stuff is a joy. A bit noisy, & it can be an absolute terror on the ground. Word is; "if you can taxi a Commander, you can fly it". The issue is the sensitivity in the nose steering/brake response. Good short field characteristics; 90 kts across the fence; instant response from the Garretts when you need it; in short, a joy to pilot
I wonder if it looks like Marin's Beaver...hopefully he'll post some pics soon. Classics are always a pretty sight.
I've put up photos form our Inside Passage flights in posts in the past. They're all in the archives somewhere.
Nice Beaver, Jetstream ... I almost traded the Scout for a Beaver on wheels not long after I bought it, probably should have but the Scout was so darn versatile ... not to mention cheap to fly compared to the Beaver. Hard to believe we don't have any Beaver pics from Marin's many trips up the west coast.
Here are the 'Duster pics. Red one came to a bad end after an engine failure followed by an encounter with a barbed wire fence at just the wrong moment. The blue Duster was another of those "what was I thinking" when I sold it things ... the Mong was the twitchiest short coupled thing I ever drove on the ground ... in the air it was purely therapeutic.
... they let us take one of their Beavers in June to BC and SE Alaska for fishing and camping trips.This past June? Cool, got any photos of that trip? We just want to see a Beaver doing what they are meant to do in that part of the world.
Our own aircraft belong to one of our businesses and we do not discuss the specifics of our business ventures nor our customers on public internet forums.
Oh, c'mon, are you leasing them (plural?) to the CIA or something?
... they let us take one of their Beavers in June to BC and SE Alaska for fishing and camping trips.
This past June? Cool, got any photos of that trip?