Old Documentary on Canadian Bush Pilots

[TheRealNFK]

I was searching online for images and video of various float planes when I stumbled on this video. It's about twenty minutes, but really worth watching if you have any interest in aviation or the Canadian North.

 

[Patrick Carlson]

8 hours ago, TheRealNFK said:

I was searching online for images and video of various float planes when I stumbled on this video. It's about twenty minutes, but really worth watching if you have any interest in aviation or the Canadian North.

 

Fascinating video. I believe we see the de Havilland Beaver in action as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver

[TheRealNFK]

2 hours ago, Patrick Carlson said:

I believe we see the de Havilland Beaver in action as well

That's what I thought at first as well, but the float planes operated by Northway Aviation in this video are actually Noorduyn Norseman, an older design than the DHC-2:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noorduyn_Norseman

I've also found a page that discusses a little bit of the making of this documentary:

http://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2011/09/23/bush-pilot-canada-history-comes-alive/?ntpg_src=links&ntpg_sid=cw_fb_20110926

[Patrick Carlson]

Yeah that was just my guess by the look of the plane. Thanks for the heads up and the additional reading. I'll check it out. I'm not any kind of pilot but I love all things aviation. 

[cekivi]

That was a very interesting video from the NFB. Too bad bush planes are slowly fading into history...

[hauteecolerider]

It's interesting that most of those old planes were the Norsemen - I was watching a documentary (Unsolved Mysteries or something like that) about the disappearance of Glenn Miller. They talked about the plane he was in - you guessed it - a Norseman, and the problems plaguing this type of plane, even though it was a tough old bird popular with many bush pilots. Just don't fly it in freezing rain!

[elloco999]

Thanks for sharing this vid. Will have a look at it tonight

[SEAplane]

I believe I'm required to post in this thread 

 

Enjoy

Take a moment to look up :

Seattle

• NWSeaplanes
• Kenmore Air

Vancouver

• Van City

[cekivi]

There's also still bush pilots and small plane operators to support communities and industries that do not have year round ocean or road access