Crazy Float Planes!

[@billy.g3597]

The floatplane looks so graceful when they are at full plane, riding the step to take off.

[@cdnshark19]

Thank you Jerry and Gilly for all your hard work this week! It's been awesome seeing ANC again!

[@Robbie31]

Loving the sea planes a bonus from the big planes 5 wonderful days thankyou jerry gilly

[@aviationin4k258]

Thanks for the shows! It’s been great!

[@albertogarciaarango2411]

Beautiful place...THANKS for your video

[@jakemoeller7850]

I was a passenger on a floatplane that flew to Cordova, Alaska. First and only time, but it left a lasting impression.

[@egpx]

Love a bit of floatplane action, even if I missed it live as it was the middle of the night back in Blighty! I know Canada has proven a bit of a problem for BJTV live streams but I’d love to see some floatplane action at Vancouver Harbour along with a bit of big jet action from YVR.

[@Aussie_Pilot]

Finally getting the chance to watch your ANC videos. Great stuff as always Jerry & Gilly. I don’t know if anyone mentioned it but a lot of pilots were doing extra taxing to warm the engine up, Since you can’t sit still with the brakes on and do it. Flying floatplanes is such a buzz…

[@phb7]

What a fabulous place

[@AbandonedUK]

Thank you so very very much J&G for this week's amazing streams. A much-needed distraction after losing our wonderful Monarch...long live the King! one of our best trips...so all the best for the future. highlight's were too many to mention (simply red) sing it jerry! 😁

[@shaihuludthe8th]

That ole Beaver is sweet!

[@billy.g3597]

It must have been a spectacular sight to behold, a Catalina or a Sunderland taking off.

[@rabh6746]

What a fantastic end to 5 amazing days, loved watching the float planes👌The highlight was the windsock finally coming to life of course🤣Thank you Jerry and Gilly for all of your hard work in bringing us these amazing shows, you guys are the best👌

[@specforged5651]

They’re all “air cooled”, not just the radials. Keep up the good work! Awesome!

[@Too519]

you are a good Dude

[@billy.g3597]

I wonder if the floatplane has a plimsol line on the float to calculate weight ?.

[@richardcobb356]

Where is this place anyway?

[@jimsoque4380]

@@richardcobb356 Hey Richard, my thoughts exactly! Look up The Lakefront Hotel, Anchorage AK or the Alaska Aviation Museum on Google Maps, it is quite impressive!

[@specforged5651]

Most of the floats you see are aluminum. Some are fiberglass, but not many. The fiberglass in most cases would be much heavier than aluminum. Just a FYI. There are carbon fiber/ composite floats available, but there are very few out there and they are extremely expensive. You will start seeing more and more though. Composites are growing in leaps and bounds. And remember, Cessna stoped producing aircraft in the early 1980s (started again in the mid 1990s) for the most part. Most of the aircraft you’re seeing are 1960s and 70s. With of course the Beavers being much older, 1940s and 50s.

[@mr-uc4me]

You could add wood and inflatable vinyl to the list. Wood very rare these days but lots of the inflatable (Full-Lotus) floats about, mostly on the lighter stuff (2 place) and probably none on anything commercial.

[@deanalaska1]

Great video. The first plane landed much shorter. It's more likely they were parking closer to your hotel. The second landing was longer (and smoother). There was nothing wrong with the first landing. Thanks for the great videos. And yes, they are floatplanes.

[@BellaBolton5469]

Got yr flight up on my Flight Tracker so will follow it back to Frankfurt.

[@Beana10]

When we come to Alaska, we love to go to the Airplane Museum at Lake Hood, and watch take offs and landings. There is an old ATC tower there. Also, if you think the moose was an adventure, book a day trip to Brooks Falls and go see the bears catching salmon. PS you can only get there my float plane or boat.

[@stephenparkins3552]

In 1964, just about a month+ after the earthquake, my brother took me on a silver salmon fishing trip to the Deska River in a 1959 Cessna 180 on floats. It was owned by a friend of his... N57H is the tail number and I hear it is still based at lake Hood after all these years!

[@phb7]

What are all the little sheds for ? Paul

[@tanagra2]

Excellent filming. (Are you staying in a hotel by any chance)? He took a long run because he is heavy

[@Tglass]

Glad you made it to the seaplane base, it's been on my bucket list for some time. They have a 24hr webcam too. Speaking of GA in the US, you made a comment on the order of "EAA, whoever they are" at the start of your tribute to the queen stream a week or so ago. EAA is responsible for Airventure in Oshkosh. Yearly the largest gathering for aviation In The World, (as you say). Most of the pilots in this video are probably members. Check them out. Tom Glass, EAA 1291029.

[@Dazzer-tt3vt]

just watch the water planes what are the cables hanging off the plane under the skids and on the back

[@billy.g3597]

Does a normal private pilots licence cover floatplane operations ?.

[@egpx]

Yes, as long as you add a floatplane rating to your licence.

[@billy.g3597]

@@egpxMany thanks for the reply.

[@sychambers5440]

Some of the fur trappers and gold miners from the Yukon fly various aircraft themselves...they are all long in the tooth and have faced many dodgy situations.... there are the real Indiana Jones of the world....they have a fix for everything and have my full respect!!

[@dancolley4208]

The long take-off run is likely due to the smoothness of the surface of the lake. If there was even a minimal amount of rippling on the water's surface, the "suction"] would be reduced. That force is actually holding the floats onto the surface of the water. I THINK it is called surface tension but in uncertain about that, too. The net effect is like inducing an artificial weight or "gravity" into the weight and balance calculations. I know this is a raggedy attempt at explaining what is going on and for that, I apologize for that. My Dad was a flight engineer on US Navy PBYs and he related a story to me about smooth-water take-off. If the water in they bay they operated from was glass-smooth, the PBY could not get airborne in the distance they had. Their solution was to run several boats that generated tall wakes up and down the take-off path and roughen the surface slightly. That was generally enough to allow the PBY to get airborne. Another technique used was to move the yoke gently and smoothly for and aft. That would create a pilot-induced "bounce" which may be enough to overcome the forces keeping the plane from getting airborne.

[@ronaldgulliver6636]

flight simm 2020 does have float planes and you can take off and land on lake hood

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

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[@adamearhart1189]

The are aluminum