And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Not at all. I've seen a 400lb skidder tire lashed to the struts on a Single Otter to deliver it to a gold mine in NW Ontario and canoes are everyday cargo. Adding an external load reduces the maximum weight due to the parasite drag. A 30lb canoe reduces the available payload by 150lbs IIRC. The skidder tire was the only cargo on that flight.
Here's an unusual load that one of my colleagues remembers from his apprenticeship.
On July 18, 2018, about 1900 Alaska daylight time, a float-equipped De Havilland DHC-2 (Beaver) airplane, N9878R, impacted tree-covered terrain following a loss of control during the initial climb from the Willow Seaplane Base, Willow, Alaska. Of the three people on board, the airline transport pilot died at the scene, and the two passengers received serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed by a postcrash fire. The airplane was registered to Laughlin Acquisitions, LLC, and operated by Alaska Skyways, Inc., dba Regal Air, as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 visual flight rules on-demand passenger flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and company flight following procedures were in effect. The accident flight originated from the Willow Seaplane Base about 1900 and was destined for a remote, unnamed lake about 61 miles northwest of Willow.
Does that additional external load violate or negate the aircraft's "air worthiness" certificate?
ReplyDeleteNot at all. I've seen a 400lb skidder tire lashed to the struts on a Single Otter to deliver it to a gold mine in NW Ontario and canoes are everyday cargo. Adding an external load reduces the maximum weight due to the parasite drag. A 30lb canoe reduces the available payload by 150lbs IIRC. The skidder tire was the only cargo on that flight.
DeleteHere's an unusual load that one of my colleagues remembers from his apprenticeship.
https://imgur.com/TKmGyRx
I think this is the same plane here
https://regal-air.com/alaska-air-charter/external-load-charters/
Al_in_Ottawa
Expensive, but you gotta get the materials for the cabin up there somehow....
ReplyDeleteI've seen Beavers with 3 rowboats on 'em. One under each wing and a third strapped to the belly. Headin up to the Fish camp.
Not unless you crash....
ReplyDeleteStill cheaper & faster than bringing in the tools to make your own lumber.
ReplyDeleteYou've got to love Alaska.
ReplyDeleteThat is one beautiful airplane..........
ReplyDeletehttps://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20180719X32511
ReplyDeleteOn July 18, 2018, about 1900 Alaska daylight time, a float-equipped De Havilland DHC-2 (Beaver) airplane, N9878R, impacted tree-covered terrain following a loss of control during the initial climb from the Willow Seaplane Base, Willow, Alaska. Of the three people on board, the airline transport pilot died at the scene, and the two passengers received serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed by a postcrash fire. The airplane was registered to Laughlin Acquisitions, LLC, and operated by Alaska Skyways, Inc., dba Regal Air, as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 visual flight rules on-demand passenger flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and company flight following procedures were in effect. The accident flight originated from the Willow Seaplane Base about 1900 and was destined for a remote, unnamed lake about 61 miles northwest of Willow.