I love the smell of a Beaver in the morning. Thanks for bringing us along. Cheers

I flew the Beaver in the Army. Loved that airplane!

Thanks for sharing the vid of the epic Beaver! Love the tagline, "We'll take you there."

Thanks for the video on the carb ice issue in your Beaver. My son recently aquired a motorcycle drivers license. He took my bike (KTM 640SM with a Dellorto PHM42 carb) to work today. On his way home, o few minutes after start, he described the engine as to behave erratically and finally it died. Wheather was misty and ca +3°C (~37°F). After the engine stopped it started again and worked ok. I told him that this was probably due to carb icing. He would not believe me. So I showed him your video. And the debate was over.Thanks Jim! Yours Janne, from Sweden.

My Grandpa flew a Cessna 185 on floats for almost 40 years. I'm lucky to have gotten to ride with him more than a few times. Nerves like ice.

Thanks for video. Having been in one of these in Sydney in the 90's, what completely turned me on, was the 9 cylinder engine and the noise it made on startup, taxiing and flying. That plane was somewhat older than this one in the vid. As a car mechanic in the 70's - having trained on vintage cars - I very rarely now, have the radio or music playing when driving, so I can listen to the engine sound. Any tink, clonk or rattle, out of the ordinary, highlights trouble ahead. And, it keeps me aware of the road situation.

One time my father and I flew into a remote lake in British Columbia in one of these. It was my one and only ride in one and I was blown away by how awesome it was. That engine, the heavy duty nature of everything about the plane, the silky smooth ride, and did I mention the exhaust sound? Just amazing. I admit to being disappointed that the flight out was in a Cessna float plane.

As a guy just beginning to start pilot training, I am very glad I found this. Amazing. There are two reasons I decided to fly: the De Havilland Beaver float, and the Lockheed Electra 10E. I will probably never get to fly either of them, but I can do it vicariously on KZfaq! Thank you very much for posting this.

I got to ride in one about 300 miles in Alaska in 1970. It was a beat up wreck. Yours is 🍒. Thank you for the memories. It was a blast to fly in It. Cabin full of people. 😊

Bring back a lot of memories. I have about 300 hours in a Beaver and that engine sure sounds good. THANKS

Watch the interplay between pitch and power. Beautiful. I used to fly on Beavers from Kenmore to Victoria pretty frequently; a real treat for aviation geeks.

"Anywhere you wanna go! ...within reason..." That was epic, looool

Love listening to these engines tick over on cruise

Full carb heat ON (partial application could cause additional carb icing) 2) Leave carb heat ON until normal engine power returns 3) Monitor engine power and re-apply carb heat as necessary Remember, when carb heat is applied, the warmer air will inherently cause a reduction in engine power.

Thumpity Thumpity..I just love those Radial Engines!

Beautiful country Jim. I will fly with you any time... wait! bring your Beaver and ProCam down under and share some southern hemisphere hospitality! More vids if you can manage please.

I recoverd a plane that sunk in this lake several years back...it was 160 ft deep, brought it to the surface and eventually it was hauled out by helicopter...this video brings back memories for sure.

In 2006 a friend and I paid for a sightseeing flight around the San Francisco Bay area. This was in a float equipped Beaver at Sausalito. I was seated to the right of the pilot. It was a twenty minute flight south over the Golden Gate down the coast, then east and over Candlestick Park (since demolished). Then north with Oakland on the right and downtown on the left, proceeding over Alcatraz, finally landing back on the north end of the bay. We lucked out on the weather, it was clear and sunny, unusual for the bay area! 90 knots @ 1000 feet.

Thank you for the ride ! love it

We had Sea Pane in the Maldives It was just the coolest thing Seeing the pilot and his mate in short and bare foot really added to it Great post

I've flown in a 1948 Beaver a number of times hunting in northern Ontario, Canada out of Rainbow Airbase in Parry Sound. The Pilot even let me fly for about 1/2 hour on the way out last time. A dream come true for me! I have flown in many small and large airplanes but the Beaver is a unique experience for sure

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Another Outstanding, "wish I was there" video, Jim! Heck, I'm 60 years old and the last time I held a yoke in my hands was when I was 14. My father took me on several of his "practice flights" in a rented 172 and let me hold the plane level a few times, lol. He actually let me take off once but then, the 172 will T/O by itself if you get it going fast enough, lol. I never got a license and was never in a cockpit since the last part of my 14th year. Since 2009, I spent $$$$ and a lot of my spare time, behind my flight-sim yoke and sticks. I learned how to build high-perf computers so I get get the best 3rd party, Flight-sim scenery, mesh, aircraft, etc. ("add-ons") and maintain a solid 36 fps frame rate while flying. (It's a very serious computer and flight-sim system but it is a Home PC). The Dehaviland Beaver DHC-2 and Twin Otter are two planes I fly at least 4 times every week for years, (seriously). Nothing is better than the real thing but money and time are some serious obstacles. I can probably beat the "time" part but the money is something I can't get around. So, as soon as I finish this post, I'm setting up my Yoke system and I'm going to Lake Isabel to fire up my Beaver! It won't be the real thing, but it's as close as I can get! Thanks for the vid, Rich

Enjoyed the ride. Thanks for bringing us along. Thumb up.

My first flight was in a Dehavalin Beaver too ! Into Baker Lake from Greenville Maine with Folsom's Air Service. Great memories off trips on the St.John back in the days when it WAS remote. What an awesome plane they are ! Classic !! thanks for posting

awesome - love DeHavilland big engine sound

Epic backdrop for an epic plane. I could head there and do this thing all day.

Very cool! Just watched this with my 16-mo-old son who has a toy seaplane. Thanks for uploading.

Thanks for the free ride Jim. Was a thrill from front row seat.

Beautiful, the start looked like something out of Far Cry 5, almost didn't look real. Stunning.

Talk about some beautiful country!

B.E.A. utiful - Been around a Beaver, never in one though. (perhaps not the right thing to say today) - but I loved flying, and started with the Cub. Anyway, found you by accident, and that was a great flight!

I've been flying quite some time but I got to admit that is the coolest approach and landing I've ever seen.

Astonishingly beautiful part of the world. Great movie, thanks for posting it.

Out the hole and Gold Bar Below!....Jim I remember one time about 20 or so years ago I was in the upper end of the lake camping, I was out on the lake in my raft fishing, I saw one of the NWSP Beavers coming in from the canyon on the upper end, I started to move but whoever was flying was kinda lining up on me so I stayed put! lolol buzzed about 100 foot over me!....lolol

What a awesome transition in V1,, I never really saw when it happened it was so seamless, second thought right after your transmission declaring takeoff was " sweet, no ATC . Ha Ha, flying like it was once was the norm."

This, Mr.Jim is why you have the best channel on the tube

Very beautiful in then narrow tight canyons...!!

This video is brilliant. Picture quality is second to none. Jim, post more and you MUST link this site to your Twitter account. In fact, I have watched most of your designs and builds. Love the rope work. Link everything to your twitter account. You'll go...stratospheric!!

that landing was awesome !!

I like the Beaver and the scenery is epic!

This is by far one of the coolest things I've seen on youtube.

I went with some friends to Alaska some years ago. On our last day, we had some time to kill so we hired one of these planes for the day. Took off from Anchorage - it amazed me how fast that thing got airborne. We went out over the Kenai peninsula and touched down on some tiny isolated lake and taxied up to a little sandbar island where we got out and had lunch. That plane ride was one of the coolest memories of the trip. I loved the plane - it was loud, old, tons of vibration, but it felt indestructible.

Great video and smooth flying. I love the DeHavilland Beaver

Smooth flyin' there, man. Good job.

my first powered flight was a commercial jet, however in air cadets we flew in a glider , and otter and a buffalo - loved them all.

sweet music at 10:00 Thank You for the flight )

I’ve seen this a few times, love your sky Harley 🤙

Spectacular looking place.. and awesome aircraft and pilot. Love it. Thanks :)

Amazing video ..... It was happy flying with you Thanks..

I loved this video!!! Beautiful place to take off from and that landing kinda scared the crap out of me as ( from never being there) it looked like you were trying to line up with that little river beside the runway as you came around to line up with the lake. Had no idea carb ice could get ya in Summer too. Thanks for what you do!

I would give just about anything to fly in the seat right next to him like I did with my Dad before he passed away when I was young. 😥 God bless you brother. 👍

Nice Aircraft!! Beautiful Video😍

I’ve always loved that the dehaviland beaver was called a bush plane!

Nice plane, flying and video, Thank you!

I know the man that flew the very first,Beaver off the assembly line.His book is called They call be Loepy.He live in BC,he signed me book.

Absolutely beautiful!!

There's no music like the R- 985 on climb out. The old Twin Beech had 2 of them and was a symphony- especially for gearheads like myself. If I recall correctly it had a 5 minute full take off power setting limit and sounded best when throttled back for extended climb out. (Listening from the ground of course). Just call me an old A &P tech from the 70's.

Homesick.. great takeoff.. thanks for sharing. Keep the shiny side ^up ^

I buy those carbon monoxide cards above your head often from the Pilot Mall for when we use engine powered machines indoors during demolitions. First time seeing one in an airplane.

Nice spot, thxs for sharing

Ridiculously cool cockpit and view of the nose through the windscreen.

Love it. Ty for the sound too.

Very nice video.

I should imagine that's what heaven looks like, absolutely incredible.

Captivating! Keep doing exactly what you are doing. It has a feeling of being very real, as though we are in the right seat along for the ride (Isn't that what ALL aviation enthusiasts yearn for!?) So many youtube aviation videos these days come across as having been made 'for the camera'.

Delightful vid. Thank you.

Carb Ice in Summer -> 3:08 I will Second that. Cessna 172, High 60's Farenheit, High Dewpoint, on Climb Out. Lucky to have a 40,000 hour Pilot in the Right Seat at the time...

I had a gal-pal that had a very nice beaver.She loaned it out and it was never the same after that.

I keep imagining your stepping on a gas pedal in the beginning. Lol. Very cool.

Carb ice in summer......sure can for sure............ carb heat on!!! luv the vids cheers. thats a really nice lookin spot to be stuck in! Lake Isabel? Tnks for takin me to Lake Washington......nice quiet trip!l

Breathtaking country. I love the Rockies but the Cascades are much prettier. Being from the east coast, they're both the place to camp when it's miserably hot and humid here in Maryland in the summer. Back in June of 2013 I camped about 17 miles from Lake Isabel on the Skykomish river. But summer here isn't all bad either. Unlike California, the water temp at Virginia Beach is around 83 degrees in July. Park your beach chair at the water's edge and enjoy...

Awsome vid, Looking to get my float rating this comming spring then hopefully trying to get into the world of float flying with low hours!

what an awesome experience. I would love to do that for a living.

Beautiful take off...I wish I could go for a ride in a floatplane.....hell I wish I could afford flight lessons....I love to fly

Cool plane, beautiful place

Now this is what I call a Canadian experience.

Beautiful! ! Thanks

I live in Gold Bar and I see you fly over all the time.

There’s nothing better than Canadian Beaver

I had a DeHavilland Beaver once....it was pretty tasty when I got the fir shaved off.

Livin' the dream!

Wow, when I grow up I want to be like you.

Once you own one of these, you have reached a great lifestyle. One day I️ hope to.

Perhaps I was always wrong but I never started the R-985 like you do. I was always told that pumping the throttle was the ideal way to set things on fire.

Love the sound of the engine, the beginnings of imminent doom from 2 carb ice or plugged fuel filter, relaxes me.;

✅Nice ride. ... Thanks Jim. 👍

damn that is beautiful country

That's a True Machine and requires a 'Touch" to fly not some Auto Pilot

Excepcional... Maravilhoso... 👏👏👏 🇧🇷

Jim, I have lived in Alaska the past 37 years ,year round. Funny you mentioned pelican, my grandpa worked at Port Althorp fish cannery outside of Elfin Cove from 1930-1934. Just outside from pelican, you should have taken the job at Kodiak with Andrews Air, flew with Willy who flew treadwell every summer back and forth to Katmai! Check out Island wings air out of Ketchikan web site, a great beaver on floats and great pilot here in Southeast AK.

very exciting..I always wanted to learn to fly but never did :(

Awesome!!

Thanks really cool video make believe bird noise was annoying

2:35 "I coulda sworn I filled er up this morning"

I think theres a Stinson and a Lake at the bottom of that lake. DHC-2 is the right floatplane for that venture for sure

I'm just curious. When you're on step and you give right aileron. Ive seen some other videos where you give Left aileron to pick the pontoon up.. Do you notice one side picks up easier because of prop torque ?

Just dropping a couple friends off, eh? Could enjoy having a friend like you! Have safe and happy flights! Great vid!

At 2:48 you said, ".....ice. Sorry what ice?I really do love this plane...And Jim PLEASE post more videos.

Another great video, Jim, I don't think I heard your harness click, you are wearing it? Just a few little questions and being concerned. God's country, this is such beautiful country. I've got to put this on my bucket list. That was one short take off! Wow! I want a DeHavilland Beaver, lol Your ETA was right on time! Feet wet. lol Thank's again for the ride, I enjoyed it. I'm going to be out there sometime soon.