Lac-Sébastien, north of the Saguenay River, is a floatplane paradise. Air Saguenay was based on that lake, and dozens of shoreline residents have their own. From a friend's house on the shore, I observed a great number of take-off and water landings. Mostly Cessnas and Beavers. Once arrived an Otter of Air Saguenay taking its position for a take-off, so loaded that the floats barely emerged over the water. I naively thought that the take-off would be difficult. Ha ha! The take-off took only half the length normally needed by a Cessna. I was deeply impressed.

Yup - brings back memories. You'd hear those things for miles.

Nice airplane the otter. I got 1800 hours, flying an otter in northern Saskatchewan in the nighten seventies.

Who could hit thumbs down? This is a beautiful old aircraft planes like this opened up the remote northern areas thanks for sharing with us

@rangerrick8220

3 жыл бұрын

There's always some idiots who have to thumb down...

@mothmagic1

11 ай бұрын

They still provide a valuable service today and will continue to do so for years to come

So much quieter than a Beaver lifting off.

Excellent film footage and sound.

Sounded like it hardly used much more power than when idling. impressive.

I loved the piston Otter, balanced controls,easy to fly, miss it.

My brother Jim loved flying the Otter, turbo Otter especially. "On that old Otter, the tail was the boss" he says.

@jeanlapointe8016

3 жыл бұрын

If the tail was the boss there was no pilot in the airplane... :)

Looks heavy

I need more videos of otter airplanes I like watching those planes

Oh those were there the best years of flying. Thompson, Churchill, Baker Lake, Whales Cove, Rankin Inlet, Eskimo Point, etc. The true north

@sheilameredith

9 жыл бұрын

sheilameredith True pilots fly round engines

@bgiesbrecht101

8 жыл бұрын

+sheilameredith Amen to that. My dad flew out of Wabowden way back in the day; Otter/Beaver/185. I grew up around this stuff. Finding a radial Otter video on youtube is rather rare. I still have relatives up there and go back every so often...mainly for the pickerel, ha.

@rangerrick8220

3 жыл бұрын

Truly brings back memories - I used to fly in planes exactly like that in Ontario for the MNR. Big yellow birds we called them. I remember listening to them take off and drift away for miles in the quietness. Sounds of the north.

Fuselage top has an airfoil profile!

❤ good

I just flew on this plane a week ago.

I dream to control it...🤔👀

Super old craft.

If you're a pilot and you don't want to fly an otter...I don't want to know you!!

He had a maxed out take off weight...

@Spawnmmjtf2

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment the exact same thing.. that otter was loaded…. But not overloaded …. Maybe the density alt that day was bad…

!!!!!!!!

Why so many seaplanes there ? I love those planes.

@amilton2128

3 жыл бұрын

No roads. That’s why Bush planes were invented

So, There are traditional radial engine Otters, and turboprop Otters? So like those planes that Kenmore Air has, that look like this one from the windshield back , but are turboprop, Those are Otters too, right? Wrong?

Love these radial engined otters. Too bad it isn't DHC-2 so I can crack the obligatory Beaver joke. ;-D

@nakinajay

6 жыл бұрын

Scrapheap71 crack it anyways lol

@yarmanriver

6 жыл бұрын

Or Twin Otter

Yeah, he looks a little heavy.

Who's the Prius owner (pronounced "pree-ass") who hit the thumbs down?

@BobbyTucker

3 жыл бұрын

Some Broke dick, no doubt.

Same model as Keith Watson's...Wawa.

I am Try to by an DHC otter

Cc

Old things still work perfectly, the progressives want to end that, hence the harder to find 100LL.

@mr-uc4me

Жыл бұрын

Nah, get the lead out completely- terrible stuff.