Some of my shots. I hope pictures like these get better in the future. I recently upgraded my equiptment Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here is another few of the Red Bull P-38 at Nellis Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Always my favorite growing up. I actually got to go in this one (PA474) at RAF Coningsby as a kid. Huge life highlight, just wish they had digital cameras back then !! Image Unavailable, Please Login
You would like Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia even better! [sorry for the phone photo] Image Unavailable, Please Login
Heaven in Seattle! Next month is the 65th anniversary of the first flight for DHC-2 Beaver. Please post your Beaver photos to celebrate!
The Dambusters..first thing that comes to mind. http://www.thedambusters.org.uk/ Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Almost heaven. Sign me up, please. Holy s*^t what a photo! Every guy likes a Beaver. There is nothing like being a passenger, knowing this big bird is taking you fishing somewhere roads don't reach, and experiencing water taxi/run-up/lift-off/flying/landing on water/scooching (is that a word?) up to a crude dock in this rotary behemoth. Last time, in Northern Ontario, if I recall correctly the bush pilot stated it took seven gallons of av gas to get 'er off the drink. Fabulous experiences that we'll all continue to treasure.
The turbine Beaver is nearly off the water before a piston one gets on the step. What's really impressive is the turbine Otter landing. Flat pitch on approach and a touch of beta to stop in a very short distance.
Our little house sits right under the inbound / outbound track of Kenmore Air's Beavers and Otters as they go to and from the San Juan's and Canada. I never get tired of hearing them and watching them as they peacefully rumble by. I had a very nice and interesting flight in a privately owned Beaver 10 years ago when we flew up to the Queen Charlottes to take reference shots for a painting that I had to do. I got to fly it back and I think that I mentioned it before of getting into a strong headwind that took us down to 45 MPH ground speed. A change of altitude brought the speed up again and we had a lovely flight back to Lake Washington. It's no wonder that so many of the well heeled guys here have them...not here but also Harrison Ford has one. Nice bird.
kind of reminds me of the M7 Maule, a current day, in production work horse, I have been around a few Beavers but never flown one... not as large as a Beaver, the Maule is a great airplane for use in the bush away from improved landing strips... if there is a headwind one can almost make it take off like a helicopter... we got it so we could have better access to great fishing and hunting grounds... it really qualifies as a fun airplane
I agree, the Maule is a great performer and fun to fly. My niece's boy friend has one and I got to fly it 2 years ago in Santa Rosa. We took the family dog, a big Labrador named Daisy, who slept comfortably in the back seat. I thought that its being so short coupled would make it a bit dicey on the ground but it wasn't. A fun airplane and comfortable for its smaller size. I apologize if I keep chiming in.
No problems with chiming in Bob, I feel sometimes I am being forward in posting here. Only a week to go before Beaver 65 - here is one on the grass! Image Unavailable, Please Login
I've always had a thing for the old flying boats, the big Boeing B314 being my favorite. A large framed print of this shot hangs in my breakfast nook. As I found out later, this is the same Pan Am plane (18602) that had to take "the long way home" after the outbreak of WW2, which is an incredible story recounted in the book The Long Way Home, by Ed Dover. A terrific read! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thought you might like to see another 314 that I painted for the book, " Ernest K. Gann's Flying Circus."
On 16 August 1947 DHC-2 Beaver had its very first flight. Happy 65th to a great old work horse! Image Unavailable, Please Login
a few of my favorite from our Oshkosh trip Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yes, it was just amazing seeing that routine. And the 195 was my favorite. I envision them arriving at the airport by leadsled to board the plane!
I've flown in these on several occasions, thanks to Kenmore Air. All over Puget Sound. Water take-offs and landings are more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
