Collecting the D18....
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:11 pmHi all,
Have just completed my last little BFU job up at Ketchikan, the job was to fly up from BFU North & collect an old Beechcraft D18 that had been brought into Ketchikan International.
Having flown back from Foxcamp to BFU North to get a clean change of clothes, I had a quick dinner & then decided to get cracking, the weather report wasn't looking favourable for the next few days & all of us at BFU North were eager to get the D18 to it's new home.
As I headed back out in my Husky, bound for Ketchikan Intl, the weather was already turning for the worse, the clouds were coming in & the rain that we had been promised had started to show itself:
Making my way to Ketchikan, hoping to get there & back with the D18 before the bad weather that had been forecast materialised:
Hmm, not looking too bad on the weather front, but those brooding clouds could be heralding the arrival of some nasty weather:
Arriving at Ketchikan International. It looks like I may have to bide my time & wait for this weather to clear before I take the D18 up for my first flight in it, not worth risking a plane I'm unfamiliar with if there may be a storm brewing:
Down at Ketchikan:
Finding somewhere to park. Time to go & find this D18 & figure out what sort of state she's in:
Cheers,
TSC
Part 2 Here
Have just completed my last little BFU job up at Ketchikan, the job was to fly up from BFU North & collect an old Beechcraft D18 that had been brought into Ketchikan International.
Having flown back from Foxcamp to BFU North to get a clean change of clothes, I had a quick dinner & then decided to get cracking, the weather report wasn't looking favourable for the next few days & all of us at BFU North were eager to get the D18 to it's new home.
As I headed back out in my Husky, bound for Ketchikan Intl, the weather was already turning for the worse, the clouds were coming in & the rain that we had been promised had started to show itself:
Making my way to Ketchikan, hoping to get there & back with the D18 before the bad weather that had been forecast materialised:
Hmm, not looking too bad on the weather front, but those brooding clouds could be heralding the arrival of some nasty weather:
Arriving at Ketchikan International. It looks like I may have to bide my time & wait for this weather to clear before I take the D18 up for my first flight in it, not worth risking a plane I'm unfamiliar with if there may be a storm brewing:
Down at Ketchikan:
Finding somewhere to park. Time to go & find this D18 & figure out what sort of state she's in:
Cheers,
TSC
Part 2 Here
