Bringing a DHC-6 Twin Otter to Canada for maintenance.
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@bobvester64488 ай бұрын
These twin otters are just bullet proof. Not the quickest, but built to last. Big fan of the single otter as well. Love the sound of that big radial piston engine out front.
@jabom998 ай бұрын
An old bush pilot told me that the single Otter was better than the Beaver for developement of the north. You could load 4x8 plywood in it.
@lebojay8 ай бұрын
To the pilot: welcome to Canada! To the plane: welcome home! 😎 🇨🇦
@scotabot78266 ай бұрын
Nice one, Loved it!!
@SigmaWolf-in2mr8 ай бұрын
The best plane ever made. I was in the Air Force, an Air Frame, Tech on these planes. They are built tough, power to weight is spot on.Snow, water and desert sand. STOL abilities are amazing.
@Boffin558 ай бұрын
Such an amazing aircraft that after they stopped production in 1986, nothing was anywhere near as good, and went back into production in 2009
@jeffreyatvars1488 ай бұрын
Great with floats.
@SigmaWolf-in2mr8 ай бұрын
I agree. They fly in and out of our harbor. The Otter family has a few cool planes.
@Repented0088 ай бұрын
Are they hangar queens?
@turbopropsandtailpipes76548 ай бұрын
@@Repented008 The exact opposite.
@trackside82798 ай бұрын
The most enjoyable 1000hrs of my career......
@Steven-bl3mn8 ай бұрын
N723AR always brought us home
@noah58897 ай бұрын
I worked at a company that specializes in remanning of otter wings, flight controls, stabilizers etc. and also did entire hulls and took them to 0 time. They also own the STC for the vista liner windows on that otter. They were made originally for the Grand Canyon airlines. There’s a high chance that bird or at least parts of it was at my old facility, love the twin otter
@SamSeibold7 ай бұрын
Hey Noah! Thanks for watching. The STC for the vista liners is owned by Twin Otter International Ltd. Many think it is Ikhana/Aevex which isn’t correct. It’s a great aircraft!
@bobdubolina8 ай бұрын
Excellent video! Pure flying without annoying music.
@SMcda3 сағат бұрын
exactly, just a sound pilot applying his trade
@allanhaggett8 ай бұрын
I love that aircraft type so. As a Canadian I have been lucky enough to fly in it. You seem like a really solid pilot and it was a well-done video.
@prof.heinous1918 ай бұрын
Have to echo Beargizmo here, Twin Otter my favourite also, as a passenger in the mountains of Borneo. Love the sound of these babies coming into land, from the inside or the outside (nicely captured into Rock Springs!)
@LetsGoOutdoors8 ай бұрын
Well that was fun! I worked as a Public Affairs Officer for 418 City of Edmonton Squadron, which operated the Twin Otter aircraft. I had the opportunity to fly in the Otter on numerous occasions, from attending air shows in Spokane, Washington to visiting remote communities in Northern Alberta. It was a pleasure to be a virtual passenger on your flight to Calgary!
@Beargizmo38 ай бұрын
As a passenger the Twin Otter was my favorite airplane. Took many a trip from COS-DEN (Stapleton) and back enroute to business flights. Loved sitting in the front row watching the crew work. Great video..thank you. Love the sound of those engines and the reversing. I lived close enough to COS that I could hear them on calm cold nights.
@prof.heinous1918 ай бұрын
My favourite seat also!
@BaumannJA8 ай бұрын
Good old Rocky Mountain Airways
@Beargizmo38 ай бұрын
Loved them
@rockfishmiller2 ай бұрын
Harbour Air, Nanaimo to Vancouver, what a pleasure to be aboard a Twin Otter.
@bernardanderson37589 ай бұрын
Love flying the Twin Otter years ago and would not hesitate to do it again
@dougfisher719710 ай бұрын
Great video -- as a previous Commander 500B plot, anything with a high wing and two engines is great to fly.
@deansiracusa39667 ай бұрын
This is great! Please film more of these!
@SamSeibold7 ай бұрын
More on the way soon!
@jamesstephenpeyton33058 ай бұрын
This was a great bird to fly. Back in the day it was a daily hop across Hudson Strait to Frobisher Bay
@MichaelWillems8 ай бұрын
I’ve ridden as a passenger in twin otters in Nigeria and Libya, as well as the UK
@svengilson7 ай бұрын
There is Nothing like the sound of a PT6A and feathered prop. The soundtrack of my time in Northern Quebec.
@rmiller64010 ай бұрын
Very cool. Nice to see a flying video Sam
@dmacpher8 ай бұрын
Used to commute twice daily in a twin otter! Awesome planes
@LMays-cu2hp8 ай бұрын
Looking very nice. Thank you for sharing your flight here. ☺
@rezamostafid88108 ай бұрын
The whole flight had a romantic touch. Hope to see more from you....
@Buzzkill-wn7tf7 ай бұрын
Flown a few times on Twin Otters up here in Canada. Never have seen the view from the cockpit. Very cool. These planes are legendary up here.
@nicholasm54658 ай бұрын
These TO's fly from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly in the UK - a 12 minute hop from Lands End. The full power run up on Scilly (a 600m runway with 1:33 gradient at either end) is thrilling. Also the feeling on approach when it feels as it you are almost slowing to a stop in mid-air!
@JW-gb6hq8 ай бұрын
Nice work and enjoyed the vid. Thanks 👍🏻
@Michael-iw3ek8 ай бұрын
Such a cool plane!
@fallguy7478 ай бұрын
Flew em' in Alaska. Totally awesome.
@airman3298 ай бұрын
Great Video! Had no idea Grand Junction was uncontrolled. Keep that in mind when we are given Grand Junction as an alternate.
@SamSeibold8 ай бұрын
Gjt is controlled during normal hours. Can’t remember off the top of my head but I think the tower opens at 0600
@mtnman18 ай бұрын
I’ve got bout 30 jumps out of one of these. Absolutely love that bird.
@jeremythebeer86096 ай бұрын
This is the plane that makes me want to become a pilot.
@engineeringoyster62438 ай бұрын
Lovely video.
@gustavolopez-kn3cj6 ай бұрын
Thanks men! It so beautiful video, i hope for more
@jimmyjoe61598 ай бұрын
The Twatter is a beast!
@rightrudderkurt8 ай бұрын
Great video. Flying into my home city. Wish you were assigned 35R.
@The.Silent.Traveler10 ай бұрын
Great Video 👍🏻
@robertgarland93429 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. I love the twin otter. It's always been my fav of the small twin turbo props. I always wanted to be a pilot but unfortunately My hearing and middle ear imbalance wouldn't allow me to become a pilot.
@merc340sr8 ай бұрын
I love the Twin Otter too. I especially love the sound even though the cabin noise feels like it's going to break your ears off on take off.
@deanc.59848 ай бұрын
Those engines sound great, can listen to them more. Nice flying kid.🍺😎
@dougbrown83318 ай бұрын
I have time logged in that airplane, Working for TOAR was a cool job!
@woodywoodlstein95195 ай бұрын
Wow these are so well made it’s single pilot ? Only problem with this plane is it’s so slow. ! lol. Other than that. It’s a life saver. True workhorse. A legendary plane like its dad. The single.
@_MikeCanada7 ай бұрын
Holy.... The best video ever!
@airman3298 ай бұрын
Smooth like lava!
@anthonywalsh21648 ай бұрын
I flew on these in the Solomon Islands many times, where they land on small island runways (when the grass is mown!).
@ElAnciano920718 ай бұрын
My wife and I got a ride serveral years ago on the DHC-6, but I think it was probably a model 400, as it had a beautiful glass cockpit. The one I occaisionaly fly... in FS2020, is a model 300 with pretty much the same instruments as yours. Alas, I have been spoiled by glass cockpits now, and find the steam gauges to be a bit busy. I did like the twin VOR displays when I used to fly radials in FSX though. The glass cockpits in the CT182T and the 208B Caravan share one dial for GPS, VOR1, and VOR2. I really like the Twin Otter's short field performance, as evidenced at St. Bart's. They universally make the turnoff while ALL others go to the end and turn around! :D The DHC-6s (and 4s) have flapperons too, which I normally only see at STOL competitions. ;)
@dougkathydavies30248 ай бұрын
Man, you sure pull those pitch levers a long way back!
@57Jimmy8 ай бұрын
“Hopefully not wake anyone up here…” Answered my question of morning or evening flight!😂
@ricknash30558 ай бұрын
That was fun to watch you land at YYC where I plane spot
@madmikemackas8 ай бұрын
I love super early morning flights
@yankeeairpirate17998 ай бұрын
Reminds me of my Caribou days ..... power from the ceiling....C-7.
@karlo2468 ай бұрын
this is SO underrated
@FlyingBlueSky8 ай бұрын
Welcome to Canada 🇨🇦😜🇨🇦
@gretareinarsson74618 ай бұрын
Great sirplane
@raginroadrunner7 ай бұрын
I knew a guy in Grand Junction that had two otters.
@ohlays91878 ай бұрын
did you drop it off at the dehavilland facility in Calgary or also know as Longview aviation services cause if so i work there
@91rss8 ай бұрын
another shop in that area for them also.
@BG-re1pr8 ай бұрын
Hi Sam could you share which camera you used to film this video? Thank you
@SamSeibold8 ай бұрын
GoPro hero 10
@madmikemackas8 ай бұрын
Single pilot? Wow. Nice
@jorgemassiah21888 ай бұрын
Crazy right .. that’s a two pilots crew aircraft
@SamSeibold8 ай бұрын
Operators that transport passengers use two pilots a lot but it’s a single pilot aircraft
@MonkPetite8 ай бұрын
I have been flying planes like the “Twotter” all my life . Watching U tube pilot channels a see loads of pilots juggling that yoke. Even on bigger airliners like 737. Loads of micro inputs during the approach. Like a naval aviator aiming for the flight deck. I wonder what lesson plan made those pilots do that. How tolled / teaches you ? Obviously a 80 ton plane your inputs has less effect due to the slow speed thus sluggishness. Know your plane, trim it correctly, stabilise and don’t fool around with te controls to make the landing nicer. This why you never get a feel for it.
@bernardanderson37589 ай бұрын
Did a few jump runs
@jozsip8 ай бұрын
I did a few jumps out of these as well. Great plane, fast ride to altitude.
@stbdtack1232 күн бұрын
youre in a twin otter alone omg , climb straight up...
@ExtremeRecluse8 ай бұрын
That is a cavernous cargo bay
@bellofello17 ай бұрын
What does the knob beside your yoke do out of curiosity?
@SamSeibold7 ай бұрын
It’s called the tiller, used for nose wheel steering
@bellofello17 ай бұрын
@@SamSeibold oh cool! I haven't watched many videos of twin otters doing their thing yet. Are the pedals connected to the nosewheel at all? Or is it all in the tiller?
@ExtremeRecluse8 ай бұрын
Who invented dual controls connected inside the cockpit. Two separate yokes is much less confusing.
@lebojay8 ай бұрын
If you think this is confusing … have you seen the ones where there is only one yoke, and the whole thing swings from one side of the cockpit to the other depending on who wants the controls? Some Beavers and Bonanzas are like that. Maybe Otters too, I don’t know. To give the other pilot the controls, you have to literally give him the controls because he doesn’t have any until you do!
@IseiNabuka8 ай бұрын
IS THIS REAL
@Compromised-yk9mc8 ай бұрын
Does the Twin Otter have an APU?
@philipsoper46738 ай бұрын
No
@SamSeibold8 ай бұрын
Nope
@yobringitondown55658 ай бұрын
Are you using the turn signal at 8:46? 🤷🏼♂️😆🤣😂😆
@SamSeibold8 ай бұрын
Lol! It’s called a tiller, for nose wheel steering
@jorgemassiah21888 ай бұрын
Isn’t this aircraft rated for two pilots ?
@keninvic26278 ай бұрын
When carrying passengers.
@MichaelWillems8 ай бұрын
I’ve been on these as a passenger with only one pilot.
@dmacpher8 ай бұрын
@@MichaelWillemsIIRC there is an exemption in Canada for twin otters under 17(?) passengers for specific airlines like Harbour Air (might have only been the single otter, can’t recall)
@MichaelWillems8 ай бұрын
@@dmacpher I sat in the copilot seat several times on Brymon airways, from London to Plymouth and v.v., in the 1970s. That’s what started my enthusiasm and it’s why I eventually learned to fly (with a first solo in Hong Kong in 1986)…
@SuperDenonciateur8 ай бұрын
where in Canada?
@JayJayAviation8 ай бұрын
Watch the video
@Damremont188 ай бұрын
Calgary
@igormazzola65598 ай бұрын
Why you sound like barry White?
@RonKris8 ай бұрын
I need to practice my vocal fry on the mike.
@ExcitedAquariumFish-wv1ibАй бұрын
I dream to own one of this plane hire a pilot.
@hmausfr9 ай бұрын
I have 1000 hrs + on these (great) plus 200 on the Nomad which was the worst aircraft ever made.
@randybell54618 ай бұрын
Who in thier right mind would want to go to Canada.
@JGB19908 ай бұрын
Should say flight to Alberta. Canada sucks, Alberta is awesome.
@sergeyvyatkin9 ай бұрын
Video is cool, but this North American vocal fry (fake voice) makes me sick... lol
@johnzheznyakovskiy75148 ай бұрын
Ok boot
@sergeyvyatkin8 ай бұрын
@@johnzheznyakovskiy7514half right face! Front leaning rest position move!
@cessna6888 ай бұрын
holy float
@weepeeteeee6 ай бұрын
who''s leaning the plane or we
@TheGanmonMan7 ай бұрын
Probably the worst designed cockpit i have EVER seen! wow that's awful!