Simviation Forum - For Patchz (Larry)

Oct 22^nd, 2010 at 12:20pm

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Hi Larry...

Sorry no Winglets but I did see a picture of a Turbo Otter and Turbo Beaver somewhere with Winglets just can't seem to find them.
Just to let you know we heard the DeHavilland Caribou's that were used by the United States Army and sold are all being re-engined but not sure with what. They will also be upgraded with new glass cockpits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou

Look closely and you will see the cabins in the background...

Oh and that is the Northern Lights...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug
P.S...Kind of makes you want to grab a rifle, outdoor clothing, several bottles of JD with lots of coke and ice, some food, jump into the old vehicle and go camping...doesn't it... Grin

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #1 - Oct 22^nd, 2010 at 2:28pm

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Wow! Those Northern Lights are incredible Cool

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #2 - Oct 22^nd, 2010 at 2:32pm

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Wow! That is an awesome picture Doug. And the cabins and lake look very inviting. Wish I was there. Thanks for sharing.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #3 - Oct 22^nd, 2010 at 5:09pm

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Wow........SimV picture of the year Shocked

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Reply #4 - Oct 22^nd, 2010 at 7:09pm

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Thanks Mark, Larry and Matt...

Looking forward to seeing some picture Ken "Rifleman" said he could post.... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #5 - Nov 13^th, 2010 at 7:51am

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P.S...Kind of makes you want to grab a rifle, outdoor clothing, several bottles of JD with lots of coke and ice, some food, jump into the old vehicle and go camping...doesn't it...

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Reply #6 - Nov 13^th, 2010 at 11:12am

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I think if I saw all of those colors in the sky, I would get very suspicious of whatever I was drinking. Grin

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Reply #7 - Nov 13^th, 2010 at 11:43am

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Good morning all...

It was late evening and we were on a flight home along the east coast of Hudson Bay about midway up. I was in the left seat smoking my pipe, the first officer sound asleep in the bunk. It was about 22:00 hrs I think, long time ago. Our flight was in the Consolidated Canso/Catalina/PBY5A which we used when the bay was open and when froze over we landed on the bay in Douglas DC3s/Daks/C47 on wheel/skis. There were very few land strips at that time on either coast of the bay.

Everything went in by barge once a year if it could get all the way down and back before freeze up or by air.

Most days ran well past fourteen hours (14) until Transport Canada finally stepped in for the civvies. Oh yes aircraft like land vehicles came with ash trays back then... Grin

We would see the Northern Lights quite a bit on those flights and we have seen them in Southern Ontario many times as well.

What was awe inspiring was from cruise about ten thousand feet we would see the Northern Lights and when we looked out the cockpit at the bay below we would see all these little lights as well. It looked like floating villages and towns in the water but it was the stars reflecting in the water amongst the Northern Lights.

Sometimes if I was bored I would descend to three or four thousand feet and open the cockpit windows in the Canso or Dak and puff away... there were no VORs then and we used ADF when we could tune in a beacon. GPS was well in the future.

I bet the college boys in their suck and blows don't do that type of flying now, cost of fuel and too many regulations... Grin

Yes the Northern Lights were just one of the many splended things Mother Nature gave us bored aviators... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #8 - Nov 13^th, 2010 at 4:33pm

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Darn. I'm in the wrong country.

Carlo Wink

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Reply #9 - Nov 14^th, 2010 at 4:47am

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Darn. I'm in the wrong country.

Carlo Wink

I sometimes get the same feeling Carlo.
Well, at least the wrong latitude. Roll Eyes

On the other hand, they have bears and mountain lions up there. We just have snakes, coyotes, skunks, and armadillo. Cheesy

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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