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Bushplanes, floats and radials!

Post by Richard from Rotterdam »

Hi All,

after posting my first two pics in the Dinosaur topic, I thought it might be nice to start a new one with one of my favourite topics: Bushplanes!

Pics are not the greatest quality, scanned with a normal flatbed and no photoshopping done. But, still some of them are quite nice to see I think. And of course I will be waiting for your postings!!

I hope to borrow a slide scanner soon to get more old pics digitized. Have quite a few more beauties waiting (Otters, Norseman, Beech 18 etc.)

OK, here goes:

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taken at Kenmore Air Harbor, WA in 1995 before catching a flight in one to Victoria BC.


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No radials on this one, but still a Beaver! Ketchum Aviation at Lake Hood AK in 1993.

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Lake Hood AK 1993.

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Sound Flight seen at Renton SPB, Seattle WA in 1995.


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Taken at about 23h00 local time at Lake Hood AK in 1993.


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Renton SPB, Seattle WA, 1995.


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Lake Hood, AK, 1993.

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Willow Air, Willow SPB AK, 1997.
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Post by Gonzo »

Richard,

I hope you will have very soon a slide scanner, because I can't wait to see the other planes you mentioned!
Nice pictures!! :o
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Great shots! Got my first taste of these birds earlier this year and just love'em!
Like the bare metal Beaver especially...
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Absolutely among my favorites as well (as Richard knows since long :wink: ) !
But erhm, if I start scanning these too I will really run into problems with my time... I'll have to leave it at this Provia slide for now.

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Beech 18 C-FCSN at dusk, Campbell River, B.C. (Vancouver Island), 16jun06.

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Nice one Erik! One still missing from my list... (boohoo), will dig up some Beech 18s at home of the worldfamous Rusty Myers! Still have some prints somewhere.

In the meantime I came across some other prints in the office, so scanned them this morning. Here goes:

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Definitely a treat, the Noorduyn Norseman! Dutch design from the 1930s still alive and kicking! This one was seen at Red Lake, Ontario in 1999. We caught a ride on one of its sisters.

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Our ride for a flight to Victoria, BC at Kenmore Air Harbour in 1995. A converted DHC-3. I must say I was quite impressed by this Turbo Otter. What a climb out at Lake Washington!

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Seen at Renton SPB in 1997.

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Well what to say about this beauty... Used to be the spotter plane at Port Alberni for the FIFT Martin Mars firebombers. I believe it now flies somewhere in Germany?

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Also a proper bushplane, although some people will just refer to it as a propliner. Everts Air Fuel's "Hot Stuff" on a fuel delivery at Port Alsworth, AK. Very hard place to get to, as it is in the Lake Clark nature reserve, across the Cook Inlet from Kenai...

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...and this is how we got there! you might spot Hot Stuff's shadow on the glacial lake underneath.

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Beautiful pilot seat view on the trip back.
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Hiya,

First my appologies for the following pics. I'm not an expert in photoshop.

Went to Canada in 2005 with my sister to visit distant relatives and combined this visit with some spotting.
I visited the region once before in 2001, but that was some sort of hit and run week...

This time i had two weeks and visited different locations. I also took my sister and our host with me for my first ride in a float equiped aircraft:

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One other spot i had to visit, was Doug Ronan's privat water runway. I mailed Doug if a visit was possible and got a very nice reply back.
The day i decided to visit Doug, i couldn't reach him by phone, so i took a gamble he was at home. Upon arrival, he wasn't there,
but his dad was and after a short chat i scooped the place, looking for some nice pics.

When i was finished, Doug arrived home and we also had a nice chat:

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C-FDLA, parked at the end of Doug's 2000 ft X 75 ft (private) water runway. (His home is on the left in the photo...)

Hope you enjoy these two pics...

Bye, Chris.
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Fantastic in-flight shots! We want more!
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Hiya,

Found a scan from my 2001 Canadian visit on an old website (Geocities):

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Location unknown, but probably in my database... ;)

And one from Markham [CNU8]:

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Did some more digging at home and found another couple of prints to filll this topic. Once again the quality isn't al that, being that they are made from so-called digiprints (slides printed on photopaper) then scanned on a flatbed.

But here goes:

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Ketchum Airways is/was one of the biggest Beaver operators out of Lake Hood AK (1997)

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Kenmore Air Turbo otter N3125S taxiing in at their Victoria SPB docks. (1995)

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The Pilot of a Kenmore DHC-3T pulling out of Lake Union in downtown Seattle. (1995)

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A Gorgeous Otter at Homer SPB AK resting on a gorgeous evening in September 1997.

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For the Beaver Lovers (ahem) among us, this C-FOBT is a real treat. It's s/n 3, which makes it the oldest flying Beaver in the world! Owned by Rusty Myers Flying Service, it operates out of Fort Frances ON and their northerly base Savant Lake ON. Flying tourists and goods to and from their cabins out on the remote lakes in Northwestern Ontario. Fishing and hunting with a Beaver. How cool is that!

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Shot is a bit blurry as OBT was pulling about 3Gs overhead. A Beech 18 of Rusty Myers taking off from Savant Lake.

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Dressed with a sharkmouth the Beeches of Rusty Myers really stand out. The way they are flown does quite give the fighter experience to the tourists in the back....

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C-FRPL and C-FOBT doing some formation flying...
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Post by Thermal »

Like the Beech 18 and the C-46 Commando pics. Very nice birds.

That sort of flying sure beats transporting 200+ tourist to Playa del Wodka in a big aluminium tube :twisted:

Just returend from Tanzania, not to many floats or radials there. But a lot of bush to make up for it. :wink:

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Post by Denmen »

Wow :shock: nice pics and planes!

Some bushplanes in Surinam:

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Post by Richard from Rotterdam »

Another couple of pics.

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A nice banking manoeuvre of Twin Beech C-FRPL over one of the quarter million lakes of Northwestern Ontario, in the Summer of 1999. Our pilot was Brad, a very good guy, flying for Rusty Myers at the time. Unfortunately we lost contact afterwards...

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Moored on the edge of Lake Clark at Port Alsworth is this fine Otter N90574 of Lake Clark Air. They also had a Beaver present. September 1997.
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Two more:

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Normally these small thingies are not my cup-of-tea for photographing, but the "trial-shot" of this Cessna came out quite well.

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Another Beaver. This one had a Vargas-style pinup painted on the tail.


That's it for now. Other Beaver-lovers out there: start posting!!

Richard.
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