Colin Leighfield Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 When last here in October 1998, I took a flight in a De Havilland Beaver seaplane from the Harbour, up to 9,000ft. over the glacier and landed on a remote lake about 4,000ft above sea level. This time I booked a flight on the Mail Run, down the Gulf and landing at Salt Springs and Bedwell Island. On the return flight I was up front with the pilot Henry, a young Australian. This time the plane was a De Havilland Otter, single engined. Originally fitted with a Pratt and Whitney radial, many were converted to turbo-prop some time ago and this was one of those. Also in use were Beavers and Twin Otters. I greatly enjoyed this, one of my ideas of heaven is to live in Canada and own a DH Beaver seaplane. Seeing the beautiful art-deco style De Havilland logo still in place in the centre of the panel made me realise again just how much we have lost. Edited By Colin Leighfield on 05/07/2015 03:43:38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Wow that looks fun, can we expect a Beaver or Twin Otter in depron on the horizon Colin? Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 I have to confess that I'm a fan of the Beaver and the Otter, but they have been done fairly frequently and therefore come behind the Wicko Warferry in the to-do list, probably six models away. If I do the Otter though, it will have to be the original radial engined version, not the less charismatic (if efficient and reliable), gas-turbine conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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