How many flights can you fit in an afternoon? I managed six: From Kenmore's Air Harbor to Lake Union in a piston Beaver and the next 5 legs with this Turbo Beaver -  the direct comparison is amazing. This one climbs like an elevator. The routing took me from Lake Union to Rosario and Deer Harbor (both on Orcas Island) and on to Roche Harbor than back to Downtown Seattle's Lake Union and on to Kenmore at Lake Washington. 

Thanks Craig and all the others at Kenmore for your hospitality!

I wish cameras with sound were already invented! Not one, but 2 Curtiss C-46 and three DC-3 live in Gimli, Manitoba - and at least the two Curtiss are very much alive and kicking! This one I heard already from the main street turning into the airport road. Not the best weather but still quite a sight.

The final destination of my road trip: Red Lake, Ontario - the Norseman capital of the world. This one belongs to Viking Outposts and in front you can see Larry Mordens russian built Ural motorcycle and his dogs. Larry is a veteran Bush pilot with lots of storys to tell. By his own account he has been flying for a hundred years and literaly every type of bushplane - Beavers, Otters, Norsemans, DC-3s - and one of those even straight into an ADF antenna....  and survived!

Thanks Enid, JB and Larry for your time. And regarding flying in the Norseman I will not give up and try again next time!! 

Here in Ontario you can still find an amazing amount of active bushplanes. Most of them take fishing parties to remote outposts on lakes through out north-west Ontario such as this Beech 18 which here sits at its dock in Ear Falls, waiting for another load of fishermen..... and me!

I was lucky enough to fly on the right cockpit seat from here to Carrol lake, about 35min from its homebase and only accessible by air. What a great flight. Thank you so much, Eddie for making this possible ! A Dream came true.

Tillamook, Oregon

Strange bird! After the Guppy-days are over in Europe, these birds have become a rare sight. This one lives in Tillamook, Oregon at the air museum - I think the former operator is not so hard to guess. This one is actually a Mini Guppy and still has its original Piston engines. 

Fuer Olaf: ich war ja noch gar nicht fertig! Nur kurz im Whirlpool gewesen. Hier ist der andere - ganze 7 min Flugzeit habe ich in dieser Kiste verbracht auf dem Linienflug von Lake Union (LKE) nach Kenmore (KEH). Wie Du siehst, komme ich mit meiner Kamera ganz gut zurecht - many thanks nochmal fuer mein Type Rating auf meiner neuen EOS!!

This is the second plane from today on the short hop from Lake Union to Kenmore Air Harbour on lake Washington. 

As good as it gets!  Bessser gehts nicht: This is one of my rides for the day: a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 "Beaver" N72355 (the other one being N50KA a DHC-3 Otter) - and not just for a short hop. I flew from Kenmore Air Harbour to Rosario and on to Lopez Island and on to Lake Union. Even though this was probably my tenth trip to the San Juan Islands it still amazes me. The scenery is just breathtaking.

Back at Lake Union I had to change planes into the Otter for the short 8 min hop to Lake Washington.