Flying a 1952 De Havilland Beaver Seaplane to the Florida Keys

[@thegenr8]

Nothing beats the sound of a radial engine or a birds eye view of the Keys!

[@randallr.8394]

Wife and I got the chance to fly on this type at Kenmore Air in Seattle a few years ago..I'll never forget that day.Nice vid!!

[@SirDrifto]

@@randallr.8394 I've heard nothing but great about Kenmore

[@CowboyGarage]

Congratulations! The plane, water and scenery is nice, but finding the right partner for life is even better.

[@SirDrifto]

You got that right!

[@WarrenKimpel]

another nice video THANKS

[@SirDrifto]

Glad you liked it!

[@Rogue0770]

Wow, what an end to the video! Absolutely amazing, and nothing in the title to give it away.

[@jhaedtler]

That Beaver is one year younger than I am! It is in a lot better shape than I am!

[@SirDrifto]

@@jhaedtler she's aged quite well considering how many places its been

[@jchuston]

Oh wow! Major congrats Drifto!

[@SirDrifto]

Thank you so much.

[@merlin43004]

I live in south Miami-Dade and see that plane flying over often. Very distinctive sound. Don't hear that many radials these days.

[@nickwinn]

And congrats on the proposal =).

[@SirDrifto]

Thank you!

[@claudiocabral3303]

Very good! Congratulations!

[@SirDrifto]

@@claudiocabral3303 thank you!

[@jonathanolsen7254]

Leave it to the Beaver, WOW what a bird.

[@mothmagic1]

They get wrecked, rebuilt and returned to service because the world can't get enough Beavers.

[@joycewilcox6404]

Great video! Not used to seeing a Beaver past the Mason Dixon line.

[@SirDrifto]

It's a rare sight these days

[@duncandmcgrath6290]

Almost 30 years in aircraft maintenance and it’s a love hate relationship with the R985. Love the build quality of Dehavilland products though

[@SirDrifto]

Very cool

[@jonachaval1912]

Do these folks still have their Cessna 172-M with floats? It had a modified Lycoming that produced 185 horsepower. Much less expensive to charter than the Beaver. Although the Beaver is so iconic and badass it’s worth at least one trip. But yeah, 27 gallons an hour of 100 octane LL can get pricey.

[@SirDrifto]

Yes they sure do. Tony is a great guy

[@TheMooneyAnomaly]

🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@SirDrifto]

Hey buddy

[@LtGunz]

hey! PIC didn't yell "clear prop" 😁super nice video...floats up! 🛩

[@SirDrifto]

@@LtGunz I heard clear poop 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@duncandmcgrath6290]

He said clear

[@nickwinn]

@0:20 can see my uncles condo.

[@SirDrifto]

@@nickwinn well dang we could have waved

[@jhaedtler]

That is a high hourly fuel burn.We operated 985's in our spray planes and working it was 25 gph and X/C was 19 to 20

[@SirDrifto]

@@jhaedtler that's impressive! I'm actually shocked how well you can get the burn rate down on these. I figured the burn rate would be higher.

[@jhaedtler]

@@SirDrifto Most of the Staggerwings had 985's. At the high fuel burn it would fly well over 200 mph. at 22 gph it would average 180 mph. 985's are great engines!

[@SirDrifto]

@jhaedtler they sure sound nice! Thanks for the info!

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

It's due to the type of wing combined with watery long take off runs thus resulting in fuel consumption upward of 40 gph wot during each operation which if I recall correctly averages 20-40 minute scenic flight hour. She is thirsty but lovely contrasted against the dainty Cessna 206.

[@jhaedtler]

@@anthonyrstrawbridge What RPM and MAP are you running?