The Canadian “Flying Half-Ton Pick-Up Truck"

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Take it from Harrison Ford that THIS is One Cool Airplane. He Flew one in a Movie… and then wanted his very own. This is the Story of the very remarkable “Olivia” de Havilland “Beaver” Bush Pilot’s Airplane being rescued from an Aviation Boneyard in the Arizona Desert… and then getting literally Re-Built ...from the Floats Up:


...and an excellent Walk-Around of this Airplane (Airborne Pick-Up Truck):

 

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Beavers are cool planes; STOL-capable. They're often turned into float planes, which is what the version the DDW and I flew on was config'd as when we visited Misty Fjords Nat'l Monument near Ketchikan, AK, several years back.

I sat in the front 'passenger' seat on the way back, next to the pilot. Must've been a million dials, gauges, and various instruments on the bulkhead. I was in geek heaven 🤓

The service we used was headquartered just a few hundred feet from the one that had the mid-air collision over there a couple of years ago (was on the national news; I looked up the story to make sure it wasn't 'our' pilot that crashed.)
 

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