Simviation Forum - Spring Anyone? Pt. 2

Mar 6^th, 2011 at 3:35pm

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Some more winter shots at the hangar.

Turbo Beaver on skis... with the ice crystal halo again

Plugged in and staying warm for her next flight later today...

Only another couple months until GHY is back in all her glory... Grin

(The lakes don't thaw until end of April / beginning of May)

Taxiing in after a maintenance run-up.

Thanks for looking,

Stay warm! Grin

Wade

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Reply #1 - Mar 6^th, 2011 at 7:44pm

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Awesome shots Wade...well done... Wink

I kind of figured you Western boys didn't fly your float buggies off the snow like some of us Ontario folks do.... Roll Eyes

Just kiddin Wade... Grin

Good luck on your flying... Wink

OOPs just noticed...they left the skis down on those parked aircraft...something we never did...they were left in the up position so they would not freeze to the ground....what is the reason for that Wade...

I also notice the Beaver on floats has the flaps left down?

One of the things the readers can take notice of in this picture with the Beaver on floats is the rope hanging down from the port and starboard wing tie downs.
This is to allow dock hands to use when parking the aircraft at the dock.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #2 - Mar 7^th, 2011 at 11:14am

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Drool drool slober drool.
I just love your aircraft and your photo work. Shocked

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Reply #3 - Mar 10^th, 2011 at 12:34am

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You have access to some beautiful aircraft there!

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Reply #4 - Mar 16^th, 2011 at 7:08pm

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Flying Trucker wrote on Mar 6^th, 2011 at 7:44pm:

I kind of figured you Western boys didn't fly your float buggies off the snow like some of us Ontario folks do.... Roll Eyes

OOPs just noticed...they left the skis down on those parked aircraft...something we never did...they were left in the up position so they would not freeze to the ground....what is the reason for that Wade...

I also notice the Beaver on floats has the flaps left down?

One of the things the readers can take notice of in this picture with the Beaver on floats is the rope hanging down from the port and starboard wing tie downs.
This is to allow dock hands to use when parking the aircraft at the dock.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Doug, I have seen videos of floatplanes taking off on snow... never seen it in person though... must be an eastern thing? Grin

I'm not sure why the skis on the Turbo Beaver are down, maybe becasue it had just come back from a flight and was going out again shortly...

I believe the flaps are left down on the Beaver to let snow slide off the back. Grin

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Reply #5 - Mar 19^th, 2011 at 2:55pm