Interesting Video that I think was done in 2013, much information was left out and the Video was made to be expanded on...leave it to the government...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlI2qAzQh9U
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noorduyn_Norseman
Okay the reason I posted this here and not in the Forum Video Section was to hopefully create some General Discussion...
One needs to watch the entire Video, it is short and interesting to say the least.
Facts that were left out:
-Canada was mapped several times by:
...Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force
...Canadian Air Force...(between the World Wars)
---Royal Canadian Air Force
-Bush Pilots and Commercial Aviators were mostly Discharged Royal Canadian Air Force Pilots who either started their own Flying Operations or flew for some one else after the end of World War One and World War Two.
-Many flew in the State of Alaska also.
-The narrator mentions there are no Bush Planes being produced now however what he failed to mention was the DeHavilland of Canada DHC-2 "Beaver" and the DeHavilland of Canada DHC-3 "Otter" have had their airframes and power plants constantly upgraded.
-There is talk of putting both these aircraft back into production as there is nothing that can replace them anywhere in the world.
-Water covers most of our planet and what the narrator failed to mention is that there are several new aircraft concepts being developed that will be able to use both the water and the land to operate off of.
-Transport Canada is involved in the International Seaplane Association, something I just read.
-The narrator mentioned that Red Lake (Canada) was the busiest airport in the world, not bad for a seaplane/floatplane base...
-According to the narrator the day of the Bush Pilot is over...hmmm...I think not...
-Canada has more lakes, bays and rivers than all the other countries in the world combined...a fact.
(no all Canucks do not live on house boats...
)-Much of the Canadian North is serviced by aeroplane as there are no roads into many areas and the Boats/Barges do not always make it into many communities prior to the freeze up.
Sure many of these communities have paved landing strips but many do not.
-I do not believe the day of the Bush Pilot acting as the middle man between purchasers and sellers is over either.
-Not sure what you folks think but I had a good chuckle when the one owner of the Bush Flying Company referred to his pilots as Truck and Bus Drivers...
Perhaps he does have a point.
-Bush Flying is still very prominent in Canada, the only way into some fishing and hunting camps is by the bush plane.
-Has the romance of Bush Flying gone
Perhaps that is the question to be answered.
-Myself, I do not think so. We can still jump into a Bugsmasher (Piper, Cessna etc.) and fly for miles and not see a vehicle or building and that is still in Southern Ontario. There are not as many remote fishing and hunting camps in Southern Ontario with access by aeroplane as there used to be but one can still fly for miles and perhaps several hours in a Bugsmasher and not see what we consider as civilization.
-The romance of flying will always be with the professional aviator as long as their career remains a profession and does not become a job...
-The General Aviation aviator will always find romance with flying, why else would they pay the cost of a hours flight if they did not
