Beaver Conversion

[Bandit650]

whiowhio : Thanks for that link...no, I haven't seen it before. Very interesting...

To the recent posters re: Twin Beaver conversion. I'm afraid we've kind of done the Beaver joke thing already, but thank you for your contribution. I suggest you go google and follow the links, I expect they'll be lots of related websites for you to enjoy

[Arclite01]

650 Why the fascination with the beaver anyway ??

Arc

[Bandit650]

Just finished a superb book about a guy flying the DH Beaver for the army, it sounds like a truly wonderful aircraft.

[whiowhio]

650
You must mean
"Think Like The Wind" Alex Kimball
Compulsive reading"
Not DHC-2 but PA-18 (mostly) in Aleyeska
Suggest "Wager The Wind" - The Don Sheldon Story James Arness
An excellent read........
After you go to Victoria Harbour on Vancouver Island, Tyee Spit at Campbell River is one of my most favourite places in the world (as is Heriot Bay just down the road from my 'other place" on Quadra Island) - great photos and that wonderful "chugging whine of a Whitney Nine" reverberates the air! See also www.vancouverislandair.com, for one.....
BEST
Rod.

[gasax]

Campbell River cewrtainly did it for me. As I walked around the corner of the road and saw that row of Beavers on floats.........

Mind you the pierhead leap of one of the pilots who fired up his Beaver, untied, got called from the office, started to talk and then noticed his aircraft was making off did richly amuse me.

As did flying through 'Hole in the wall pass' and Quantum river. Brilliant place

[Bandit650]

The book I read was "Think Like a Bird" by Alex Kimbell. Couldn't put it down.
Certainly aroused my interest in getting in a Beaver asap (sigh, I thought I would be able to resist yet another pun..sadly not.)

Thanks for the recommendations - will take a look.

[paco]

Isn't there one at Loch Lomond? You should n't need a conversion, surely, as it will be in the blanket class rating?

I've often thought of getting a few hours in again on the old girl, but that one might have floats

phil

[whiowhio]

650 & Paco
I stand corrected, it is of course "Think Like A Bird".
Pritty sure the DHC-2 at Loch Lomond is not serviceable. Blve it was hoped to start an air service to west scotland using this? However, a service using a Cessna Caravan recently started to Oban, plus charters - see www.lochlomondseaplanes.com/ if you not aware - stunning shots!
Rod.

[Arclite01]

Fantastic Book

I like the story about gliding to Wallop from Greenham Common, and the story of the overloaded helicopter takeoff over the cliff............

Best book I read in a long time................

Arc

[Chuck Ellsworth]

The DHC2 Beaver is probably the easiest float plane there is to fly.

Also if you want to get some dual on one there are lots of places here in the Vancouver area who you can buy dual time from....the biggest problem is finding one with dual controls operational.

I won't try and advise you on the other beaver because I never did figure out how to operate one without running into real problems that I could figure out how to solve.

[Gertrude the Wombat]

The DHC2 Beaver is probably the easiest float plane there is to fly.

It's the easiest anything that I've ever tried to fly - it just flies itself. (Er, this was when I was handed the controls - a throwover stick, not dual, somewhat to the concern of the other passengers! - in the cruise on a charter; I didn't get to try take-off or landing.)

[effortless]

I had the pleasure of one at Old Sarum back in the dark ages. I almost landed itself and at Old Sarum that was a bit of a trick to accomplish.