Seaplanes Types
Tribute to Peter “Rusty” McLeod Part 3
DeHavilland DHC2-T Beaver. In one of his letters to me, Peter advised he was flying a Turbine powered Beaver [ DHC2-T ] and sent me this review. HISTORY. The DHC2 Beaver first flew in 1947 with a production run of 1,657 aircraft by 1967. Over the years DeHavilland Canada built 65 turbine Beavers and a [...]
Beech 18 Seaplane Story
The Beech 18 The well known “Twin Beech” { Beechcraft Model 18, } is a twin-engine, low-wing, conventional-gear aircraft that was manufactured by Walter Beech’s company Beechcraft of Wichita, Kansas. This model saw military service during and after World War 2 and has a huge history of modifications with over 200 STCs [ Supplementary Type [...]
My Favourite Seaplane Part Two
No More Fertiliser, Tourists Ahoy ! A NEW ROLE – MAKING PEOPLE SMILE After many years of operating in their original role, this one and a sister AgCat were bought by Ken Keane, a retired airline captain, who removed all the agricultural gear and converted the hopper to a two seat open cockpit configuration with [...]
Breathtaking Scenery
Breathtaking Scenery – The Maldives
Paradise in your Imagination ? Are you an ardent lover of nature and have painted picture of a paradise in your imagination as one with swaying palm trees, crystalline lagoons of different shades of blue surrounding snow-white beaches? Then you must visit Maldives Islands. As a captivating archipelago of 1190 islands, the Maldives meets and [...]
Breathtaking Scenery – Tasmania
Starting Point As described in My Seaplane Career Part Two, when I arrived in Strahan in South Western Tasmania, I was a very inexperienced seaplane pilot, but with regular almost daily flying, I rapidly became a lot smoother and professional in my work. Ahh – experience is a great teacher, especially when under the watchful [...]
Seaplanes Operators
Vancity Seaplanes Part Two
Aviation is considered to be one of the safest modes of transport, but tragedies do occur occasionally to even the highly skilled and experienced pilots. Sadly, Peter McLeod had the horrible misfortune of crashing a Grumman Goose into an island in dense fog. It shattered Randy having lost [...]
Vancity Seaplanes Part One
Meeting an Industry Legend During the early 1980′s when I did my hours building flying with Vic Walton at Aquatic Airways, very early in my seaplane career, I had the pleasure of meeting a Canadian seaplane pilot who was not quite a legend yet, working here for our very busy Aussie summers. Randy Hanna and [...]
My Favourite Seaplane Part Three.
The Red Baron – New Home When Paul and Carol purchased the Agcat / Seacat / Red Baron they decided to give it a full refurbishment before commencing the operation in Townsville and Magnetic Island, and to this end it was taken to Innisfail Airport for major work. It certainly pays to prepare thoroughly. After [...]
