Let’s See Some Beavers
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With the recent mention of the Dehavilland Beaver in another thread…..I thought I’d start a separate thread here. The Beaver always seems to be the subject of numerous outdoor photographers….especially when it comes to fishing in Alaska. I enjoy flying in them as well as photographing this vintage aircraft. They often are the highlight of my Alaska trips. Please post ’em if you’ve got ’em. I’d like to see how you all incorporate them into your photos. Here are a few of mine:
Talkeetna Air Taxi – Ruth Glacier, Denali National Park
Branch River Air Service – Naknek River, King Salmon, Alaska
Van Hartley – Branch River Air Service – somewhere over the Alagnak River, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Talkeetna Air Taxi – Talkeetna, Alaska
Katmai Air – Brooks Camp – Katmai National Park
A few Beaver tidbits…..The DeHavilland Company was purchased by Viking Air of Victoria B.C. Viking currently manufactures a limited supply of replacement parts. DeHavilland named its aircraft after animals….hence the Beaver. The larger version is known as the Otter.
Here’s a neat website where the author is attempting to account for all 1692 Beaver aircraft. You can see which ones are unaccounted for, still in services, crashed, etc.
Great thread.. Love that shot with the bears and the first shot with the skis!
Flying in a Beaver over Alaska was one of the best experiences I haver had! The memory has always stuck with me and I took quite a few photos. I’m heading back next summer and the flight is one of the things I am looking forward to the most!
Here is the Beaver we flew in http://www.dhc-2.com/cn1237.html
Beaver before us coming in for a landing. I loved the guy in the boat out there with the planes.
Our Beaver Landing on Prince of Wales Island
Waiting to get on
Cockpit
Out the window #1
Out the window #2
Beavers landing in Ketchikan
Landing, Ketchikan Alaska
Docked, Ketchikan Alaska – I’m guessing those must be otters at the end of the dock?
On the tarmac in Talkeetna Alaska (Talkeetna Air Taxi)
Loading Gear
Mountain airstrip. This is the airstrip on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier.
Unloading gear on the glacier.
Cockpit images (a few modern conveniences added – note the CD player) 🙂
Rich .. I really like the “Unloading gear on the glacier.” shot .. Nice capture!
I like that one too. A ridge of Mount Hunter is in the back left.
These are cool photos. I like the one with the Hartzell propeller in it. Hartzells are made right up the road from me, and I have a friend who is a crash site investigator for them. Thanks for the cool photos.
Gotta love a friendly (and capable) pilot.
Great site too! Again I’m looking forward hangin’ around here and living vicariously through your photos and stories minus the baggage found elswhere online. Kudos! Cheers! Plus feedback on these images I’ve had laying around for years (and thinking about printing, see my flikr page) would be good coming from objective fisherbrethren like yourselves.
Thanks again!
Doug
Hey Doug, nice pics on you both web links… Welcome to the boards…
You might want to down load some the Pod Casts, Start with Tibor Nemth, I like that one lots…BTW, you guys need to go check his pics, nice fresh look…
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