Comments on: Episode 39 – Toronto, Part 1: Mecca for Beaver Lovers http://greatarcticairadventure.com/blog1/2008/09/09/episode-39-%e2%80%93-toronto-part-1-mecca-for-beaver-lovers/ The Adventures Of Doug And Mark As They Circumnavigate Canada In Two Beavers On Floats Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:02:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kerry Sim http://greatarcticairadventure.com/blog1/2008/09/09/episode-39-%e2%80%93-toronto-part-1-mecca-for-beaver-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Kerry Sim Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:25:22 +0000 http://greatarcticairadventure.com/blog1/2008/09/09/episode-39-%e2%80%93-toronto-part-1-mecca-for-beaver-lovers/#comment-139 Doug, I find myself offering a suggestion about your desire to acquire a "handle". Be careful what you ask for. Some years ago I participated in an Air Dash (like a rally)that required participants to fly from Mountainview Ontario to Delta BC in a tailwheel airplane that cruised at 100 mph or less. It took most of us the better part of a week to complete the journey. My trusty steed was a Fleet 80 Canuck - and I acquired a nickname... it was "armpit"... any guesses what inspired the name? By the way, I notice you are going to "the Soo" (Sault Ste Marie) then along the Superior shore. Would you waggle your wings as you pass Wawa Ontario - it was just north of there, at Hawk Lake, that I had my first Beaver flying job. Cheers Kerry Doug, I find myself offering a suggestion about your desire to acquire a “handle”. Be careful what you ask for.

Some years ago I participated in an Air Dash (like a rally)that required participants to fly from Mountainview Ontario to Delta BC in a tailwheel airplane that cruised at 100 mph or less. It took most of us the better part of a week to complete the journey. My trusty steed was a Fleet 80 Canuck – and I acquired a nickname… it was “armpit”… any guesses what inspired the name?

By the way, I notice you are going to “the Soo” (Sault Ste Marie) then along the Superior shore. Would you waggle your wings as you pass Wawa Ontario – it was just north of there, at Hawk Lake, that I had my first Beaver flying job.

Cheers
Kerry

]]> By: Delone Krueger http://greatarcticairadventure.com/blog1/2008/09/09/episode-39-%e2%80%93-toronto-part-1-mecca-for-beaver-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Delone Krueger Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:28:38 +0000 http://greatarcticairadventure.com/blog1/2008/09/09/episode-39-%e2%80%93-toronto-part-1-mecca-for-beaver-lovers/#comment-138 Thanks for the wonderful narratives as you make your way on this exciting adventure. It makes it live and looking for the next blog. Delone Moses Lake C210 Lover Thanks for the wonderful narratives as you make your way on this exciting adventure. It makes it live and looking for the next blog.

Delone
Moses Lake
C210 Lover

]]> By: Brett B, Toronto, ON http://greatarcticairadventure.com/blog1/2008/09/09/episode-39-%e2%80%93-toronto-part-1-mecca-for-beaver-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Brett B, Toronto, ON Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:43:44 +0000 http://greatarcticairadventure.com/blog1/2008/09/09/episode-39-%e2%80%93-toronto-part-1-mecca-for-beaver-lovers/#comment-137 I enjoyed reading of your trip in the Toronto G&M and from my office, I can see your a/c on Apron 1 at CYTZ, right next to my own - a C-182 amphib which I took up along a similar arctic route in August ...following the Northwest passage between Coppermine and Bathurst Inlet. It was a dream of mine to do this trip; your excellent website is a fun way of re-living the adventure. Further, it seems that you've made the right friends in town - Russ Bannock taught me to fly a Beaver ...one of the first excercises we practiced was the dead stick landing!! I enjoyed reading of your trip in the Toronto G&M and from my office, I can see your a/c on Apron 1 at CYTZ, right next to my own – a C-182 amphib which I took up along a similar arctic route in August …following the Northwest passage between Coppermine and Bathurst Inlet. It was a dream of mine to do this trip; your excellent website is a fun way of re-living the adventure. Further, it seems that you’ve made the right friends in town – Russ Bannock taught me to fly a Beaver …one of the first excercises we practiced was the dead stick landing!!

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