14 Days to Alaska by Troy Hamon

14 Days to Alaska by Troy Hamon

Author:Troy Hamon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Publication Consultants


CYXS. Me standing next to the mighty Tri-Pacer at Prince George, while the deHavilland Beaver behind me relaxes for the winter before it will be put on a trailer and pulled down the runway behind a pickup before taking off and flying away to another summer of work on the water.

As we checked the airport weather update for Prince George Airport, CYXS, the wind on the runway was a slight breeze from the north… but the wind was from the south up where we were. Another long straight-in traffic pattern, but this time with a tailwind. Another new challenge. We got stabilized in our descent, a bit tricky with a tailwind, and then as we dropped below the trees the tailwind died away and we set right down. Pretty nifty. Tailwind for approach transitioning to a mild breeze from in front at 50’ agl. And the landing was almost okay. I’ve said that so often now that you’d think I could get one right, but after all, I am only flying one landing every couple hundred miles…

We fueled up and Quinn took a picture of me standing next to our cute little bug smasher with a really nice deHavilland Beaver on floats behind me. A couple weeks after the end of the trip, he sent me an email about that airplane. Seems there was a web video he thought I should watch. Was it the same plane? I cued up the video and sure enough, there it was. It was on a flatbed trailer and was being towed behind a pickup truck out on the runway at Prince George. Behind the airplane was a fire response vehicle (or two? Don’t remember…). The pickup truck races down the runway and gets the whole shooting match up to speed, while the pilot in the Beaver rides along until takeoff speed is achieved, then uses the big old radial engine to take off from the trailer, flies over the truck, and out of there! Unbelievable!



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