Flying the Beaver in Alaska

it's easy to take the beaver for granted because it's always gonna be there for you when that beaver spools up it's not something you can ignore [Music] [Music] to take the tribute that we're performing as long overdue an aircraft like the beaver deserves some recognition was placed in combat it continues to fight a battle it continues to pioneer one of the most rugged places on the planet [Music] [Applause] it's not your ordinary airplane it's not an average aircraft just a glimpse at the beaver and you can tell it was built for war Claire [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] not just the airplane is light flow southeast Alaska built this place I can carry a lot of weight that big wing provides it all kinds of lifts [Music] everybody's baby ones you look here see them all over the place and their stuff it's been done people tried to use other aircraft that they thought would meet or exceed did to have on Beaver and performance and when they showed up to the game it fell short [Music] about 90% of the seat plates on this waterfront are beavers there are no words to describe how reliable the beaver is something better we would be flight I'm Cole I work for a primo expeditions welcome to Ketchikan Alaska the beaver is like a flatbed with wings [Music] that's right yeah all the years in Long Hampton fever was the workhorse Nia you know you can always hear them coming too I can't think of another aircraft that has contributed more to the Alaskan economy and the Davlin beaver its involved in all aspects of our life from transportation to recreation to business to running mail to emergency it's not by coincidence that these beavers are located in the most rugged places the most wild places they're the tool that you need to access those type of places [Music] the de Havilland beaver is one of the most reliable assets on any wilderness team [Music] the Beavers The Last Man Standing it's the airplane that has withstood the test of time for years you've gone without celebrating the strength of this amazing machine and that's really what we're doing [Music] you

Channel: Alaska Seaplane Tours

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Keywords: Flying, Alaska, Backcountry, Misty Fjords, Seaplane, Bears, Beaver, DHC-2, DeHavilland Beaver, Tours, Alaska Seaplane Tours, RdM Pilot/Guide, Ryan McCue, Guide

Id: DxzQ7pbm1W8

Length: 9min 52sec (592 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 11 2019