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sub-arctic wrote:Wow there are more aviation people on here than I first thought. Im an AME up here working on DHC-5's the only two civil registered in north america! (not sure if there are any civil ones left flying in the world currently actually asides from ours )

I'm not hard aviation though. I'm at YQQ fixing ground based nav-aids (ILS, TACAN).

sub-arctic wrote:Wow there are more aviation people on here than I first thought. Im an AME up here working on DHC-5's the only two civil registered in north america! (not sure if there are any civil ones left flying in the world currently actually asides from ours )

I love Buffs, I've got a grand total of 9 hours 40 minutes of flying in Buffs on search & rescue missions. They were 442 Squadron's (Comox's) planes, flying out of Calgary back in 2003.

I too am an AME, graduated almost 2 years ago from SAIT, now working at Western Avionics. Judging by Wikipedia, Sunwest Arctic Charters and Ethiopian Airlines are the only 2 civil operators left.

But Viking Air (the owner of the DHC-5's type certificate) has proposed restarting production for the Canadian Forces' Fixed Wing SAR requirement. I'd like to see that, rather than buying C-27s and the money going to Italy.

I almost accepted an AME position with Great Slave Heli. in Yellowknife, but ended up turning it down. If I hadn't there would be at least 2 Delicas in Yellowknife.

Yeah viking is the TC owner for them, however from what we have heard they have no current plans to start production again until they get a military contract it seems. I have a few friends that work at GSH! in fact they are next door on the airport! Aviation is a very small community it seems

Gotta tell ya.. the Buffalo is one of those machines that I've always wanted to fly. Big-ass Twin otter.. a guy could have some serious fun with that!

DeHavilland rules.

sub-arctic wrote:Yeah viking is the TC owner for them, however from what we have heard they have no current plans to start production again until they get a military contract it seems. I have a few friends that work at GSH! in fact they are next door on the airport! Aviation is a very small community it seems

Viking is busy ramping up the Twin Otter production, which is going very well. Agreed, until they get a contract they wont build, but they probably wont get a contract if they aren't building. Drat!

Do you know Alex Schubel at GSH? I know him through car rallies in Kelowna.

Erebus wrote:

sub-arctic wrote:Yeah viking is the TC owner for them, however from what we have heard they have no current plans to start production again until they get a military contract it seems. I have a few friends that work at GSH! in fact they are next door on the airport! Aviation is a very small community it seems

Viking is busy ramping up the Twin Otter production, which is going very well. Agreed, until they get a contract they wont build, but they probably wont get a contract if they aren't building. Drat!

Do you know Alex Schubel at GSH? I know him through car rallies in Kelowna.

I can't say I have heard that name before, asides from the couple of guys I know, we generally do not associate with the helicopter folk

There are some videos of the buff doing some wild takeoffs and landings, there is one floating around of it landing in a soccer field!

This is my favorite for sure, our machine, pretty old video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmjb6TDdB0M

Here's one of a Buff landing, backing up to its touchdown point, and taking off again. All in 1 minute 45 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7lRlpPbERo

Quality of the video isn't the greatest

I've walked by your Delica many times at Western Avionics when we park over at Skyservice (on a Timmies run), always wondered to whom it belonged...

alti2d wrote:I've walked by your Delica many times at Western Avionics when we park over at Skyservice (on a Timmies run), always wondered to whom it belonged...

Now you know! Your profile shows you are in Fort Mac. Do you really fly down to YYC, then walk to do a Timmies run?!?!?!

Erebus wrote: Now you know! Your profile shows you are in Fort Mac. Do you really fly down to YYC, then walk to do a Timmies run?!?!?!

Yes. That's how we roll in the Mac.
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