Twin Otters
 

Who currently in the world uses Twin Otters For there operation and can anyone direct me to any info on performance figures for the craft?

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BA. And to multi-runway international destinations such as...

Barra...

Bombardier for data. They bought DHC in 1992.

Twotters never die. Real pilots have a twotter in the logbook. Bet Neil Armstrong hasn't.

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Isles of Scilly Skybus for routes between the Isles of Scilly and Land's End, Newquay, Bristol and Exeter. 2 in fleet with rumour of 3rd on the way.

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Approximately 500 in service worldwide with a mix of military, government and commercial operators. Some are operated on wheels, some floats and some skis. Kenn Borek Aviation operate them in the Arctic regions to support Polar expeditions etc:

http://www.borekair.com/

http://www.borekair.com/aircraft_twin.htm

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And transferred Twotter support to Viking Air in Victoria last year. The TC should have followed by now: http://cgi.money.canoe.ca/press_rele...050502160000IG

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I had a nice couple of flights in them over the last week or two, with Yeti Airlines, from Kathmandu to Lukla in Nepal.

Just right for a mountain airstrip at 9000' with a 450m runway and a 10% gradient (VFR only!).:D

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I don't recall the name but I seem to remember an Otter operation that was in Alaska in the summer and the Bahamas in the winter, a 121 float operation.

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British Antarctic Survey have 4 working in Antarctica.

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk

They work out of Rothera Station during the antarctic summer and then ferry up to Canada for the winter and maint.

:cool: Nice old birds even tho one suffered "minor damage" ;) once.

Polarhero. :ok:

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And also visit the U.K. for maintenance.:)

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No they stopped the uk ferry a few years back now, all the work is now done in Canada.

:ok:

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Almost right! VP-FPL was at Duxford (U.K.) 15/7/2005. It was in the U.K. for an electronics refit. I believe the maintenance contract is due for renewal and may already have been re-issued, not sure to whom.

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VP-FBL at the ATC Lasham open day 23/7/05

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=514249

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Cool!! didnt know Bl had come back to Blighty, I knew the contract was up for grabs but hope it stays with the guys in canada tho, nice bunch of mech.

She looks a bit lost with out all her skis tho'

Cheers

Andy

P.s dont happen to know how flew her in do you?

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To find those currently in service under a Canadian registration:
Scroll down, type "DHC-6" in the "Model Name" box and hit "enter".
(I can't give you a direct link)
http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/activep...e.asp?x_lang=e
I don't know about #2 but serial number 8 is still flying hard.
And if you do a little google search with "twin otter", the first link will give you few info on performance.

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I was fortunate enough to have been selected as one of the two engineers with the Air Unit and had two seasons with BAS back in 80-81 & 81-82. What an experience!! We only had the two Twotters and there were only 5 of us in the unit. A marvellous aeroplane, ideal for the job. One,(FAW?), was damaged early 81, the nose gear damaging the bulkhead when bottomed out during take off and had to be dismantled and shipped to Cobham for repair. The following year was an absolute disaster. This was before any hangarage and the a/c were tied down on the airstrip overnight nose into prevalent wind direction. Unfortunately, we were hit by a storm that lasted about 3-4 days and katabatic winds hit the a/c up the chuff, snapped the tie downs bar the nose ones and flipped both onto their backs!!! We then had to dismantle them and crate them up and tow them down to the base. FAQ was brand new and had onlydone a few hours! A disasterous season for the BAS air unit. It was still a heck of an experience though! Oh and POLARHERO, it was a lot colder then!!!!

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there used to be a sceduled service with twinotters on floats between vancouver harbour and victoria. think they still do it ...

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Flew on a couple of Twotters just recently in the Maldives. In fact the Maldives tourism industry would not be sustainable without them, I suspect. Two operators: Trans Maldivian Airways & Maldivian Air Taxi - each operating a fair few a/c.

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Can't give you specifics on performance, but sat in the back of one a few months ago (5 pax) counted 8 seconds from brakes off to rotation.

Fantastic piece of kit for a short field and looked like fun to fly.

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ERA Aviation in Alaska still using them on scheduled regional service. ERA just went bankrupt, unfortunately (but perhaps that doesn't mean much these days in U.S.) I spent some of my formative years in the twotter's dad (DHC3) and it's the most fun I've ever had in an airplane. Hanging 2 PT6s on them totally transformed the performance. The -3 would break ground quickly enough but that lone R1340 didn't pull you skyward very briskly after that.

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Kenmore Air flew (flies) single engined floatplanes from the lake to victoria. Not twotters as far as I know.

Mrs E likes animals and I was able to win her over by promising to show her a Sea Otter. We did see them too, Glacier Bay perhaps, but the atmosphere was frosty for a different reason though she liked Victoria. There also used to be a Hooters Restaurant up there by the lake, another good reason to be cheerful,