Twin Otter IFR Flight to Canada

Bringing a DHC-6 Twin Otter to Canada for maintenance.

[@bobvester6448]

These twin otters are just bullet proof. Not the quickest, but built to last. Big fan of the single otter as well. Love the sound of that big radial piston engine out front.

[@jabom99]

An old bush pilot told me that the single Otter was better than the Beaver for developement of the north. You could load 4x8 plywood in it.

[@lebojay]

To the pilot: welcome to Canada! To the plane: welcome home! 😎 🇨🇦

[@scotabot7826]

Nice one, Loved it!!

[@SigmaWolf-in2mr]

The best plane ever made. I was in the Air Force, an Air Frame, Tech on these planes. They are built tough, power to weight is spot on.Snow, water and desert sand. STOL abilities are amazing.

[@Boffin55]

Such an amazing aircraft that after they stopped production in 1986, nothing was anywhere near as good, and went back into production in 2009

[@jeffreyatvars148]

Great with floats.

[@SigmaWolf-in2mr]

I agree. They fly in and out of our harbor. The Otter family has a few cool planes.

[@Repented008]

Are they hangar queens?

[@turbopropsandtailpipes7654]

@@Repented008 The exact opposite.

[@noah5889]

I worked at a company that specializes in remanning of otter wings, flight controls, stabilizers etc. and also did entire hulls and took them to 0 time. They also own the STC for the vista liner windows on that otter. They were made originally for the Grand Canyon airlines. There’s a high chance that bird or at least parts of it was at my old facility, love the twin otter

[@SamSeibold]

Hey Noah! Thanks for watching. The STC for the vista liners is owned by Twin Otter International Ltd. Many think it is Ikhana/Aevex which isn’t correct. It’s a great aircraft!

[@Beargizmo3]

As a passenger the Twin Otter was my favorite airplane. Took many a trip from COS-DEN (Stapleton) and back enroute to business flights. Loved sitting in the front row watching the crew work. Great video..thank you. Love the sound of those engines and the reversing. I lived close enough to COS that I could hear them on calm cold nights.

[@prof.heinous191]

My favourite seat also!

[@BaumannJA]

Good old Rocky Mountain Airways

[@Beargizmo3]

Loved them

[@prof.heinous191]

Have to echo Beargizmo here, Twin Otter my favourite also, as a passenger in the mountains of Borneo. Love the sound of these babies coming into land, from the inside or the outside (nicely captured into Rock Springs!)

[@bernardanderson3758]

Love flying the Twin Otter years ago and would not hesitate to do it again

[@LetsGoOutdoors]

Well that was fun! I worked as a Public Affairs Officer for 418 City of Edmonton Squadron, which operated the Twin Otter aircraft. I had the opportunity to fly in the Otter on numerous occasions, from attending air shows in Spokane, Washington to visiting remote communities in Northern Alberta. It was a pleasure to be a virtual passenger on your flight to Calgary!

[@bobdubolina]

Excellent video! Pure flying without annoying music.

[@SMcda]

exactly, just a sound pilot applying his trade

[@allanhaggett]

I love that aircraft type so. As a Canadian I have been lucky enough to fly in it. You seem like a really solid pilot and it was a well-done video.

[@trackside8279]

The most enjoyable 1000hrs of my career......

[@Steven-bl3mn]

N723AR always brought us home

[@dougfisher7197]

Great video -- as a previous Commander 500B plot, anything with a high wing and two engines is great to fly.

[@rockfishmiller]

Harbour Air, Nanaimo to Vancouver, what a pleasure to be aboard a Twin Otter.

[@jamesstephenpeyton3305]

This was a great bird to fly. Back in the day it was a daily hop across Hudson Strait to Frobisher Bay

[@rezamostafid8810]

The whole flight had a romantic touch. Hope to see more from you....

[@_MikeCanada]

Holy.... The best video ever!

[@svengilson]

There is Nothing like the sound of a PT6A and feathered prop. The soundtrack of my time in Northern Quebec.

[@dmacpher]

Used to commute twice daily in a twin otter! Awesome planes

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Looking very nice. Thank you for sharing your flight here. ☺

[@Buzzkill-wn7tf]

Flown a few times on Twin Otters up here in Canada. Never have seen the view from the cockpit. Very cool. These planes are legendary up here.

[@JW-gb6hq]

Nice work and enjoyed the vid. Thanks 👍🏻

[@jimmyjoe6159]

The Twatter is a beast!

[@rmiller640]

Very cool. Nice to see a flying video Sam

[@mtnman1]

I’ve got bout 30 jumps out of one of these. Absolutely love that bird.

[@deansiracusa3966]

This is great! Please film more of these!

[@SamSeibold]

More on the way soon!

[@Michael-iw3ek]

Such a cool plane!

[@MichaelWillems]

I’ve ridden as a passenger in twin otters in Nigeria and Libya, as well as the UK

[@nicholasm5465]

These TO's fly from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly in the UK - a 12 minute hop from Lands End. The full power run up on Scilly (a 600m runway with 1:33 gradient at either end) is thrilling. Also the feeling on approach when it feels as it you are almost slowing to a stop in mid-air!

[@gustavolopez-kn3cj]

Thanks men! It so beautiful video, i hope for more

[@airman329]

Great Video! Had no idea Grand Junction was uncontrolled. Keep that in mind when we are given Grand Junction as an alternate.

[@SamSeibold]

Gjt is controlled during normal hours. Can’t remember off the top of my head but I think the tower opens at 0600

[@The.Silent.Traveler]

Great Video 👍🏻

[@fallguy747]

Flew em' in Alaska. Totally awesome.

[@airman329]

Smooth like lava!

[@dougbrown8331]

I have time logged in that airplane, Working for TOAR was a cool job!

[@jeremythebeer8609]

This is the plane that makes me want to become a pilot.

[@engineeringoyster6243]

Lovely video.

[@ElAnciano92071]

My wife and I got a ride serveral years ago on the DHC-6, but I think it was probably a model 400, as it had a beautiful glass cockpit. The one I occaisionaly fly... in FS2020, is a model 300 with pretty much the same instruments as yours. Alas, I have been spoiled by glass cockpits now, and find the steam gauges to be a bit busy. I did like the twin VOR displays when I used to fly radials in FSX though. The glass cockpits in the CT182T and the 208B Caravan share one dial for GPS, VOR1, and VOR2. I really like the Twin Otter's short field performance, as evidenced at St. Bart's. They universally make the turnoff while ALL others go to the end and turn around! :D The DHC-6s (and 4s) have flapperons too, which I normally only see at STOL competitions. ;)

[@rightrudderkurt]

Great video. Flying into my home city. Wish you were assigned 35R.

[@anthonywalsh2164]

I flew on these in the Solomon Islands many times, where they land on small island runways (when the grass is mown!).

[@dougkathydavies3024]

Man, you sure pull those pitch levers a long way back!

[@deanc.5984]

Those engines sound great, can listen to them more. Nice flying kid.🍺😎

[@robertgarland9342]

Thanks for sharing this. I love the twin otter. It's always been my fav of the small twin turbo props. I always wanted to be a pilot but unfortunately My hearing and middle ear imbalance wouldn't allow me to become a pilot.

[@merc340sr]

I love the Twin Otter too. I especially love the sound even though the cabin noise feels like it's going to break your ears off on take off.

[@woodywoodlstein9519]

Wow these are so well made it’s single pilot ? Only problem with this plane is it’s so slow. ! lol. Other than that. It’s a life saver. True workhorse. A legendary plane like its dad. The single.

[@57Jimmy]

“Hopefully not wake anyone up here…” Answered my question of morning or evening flight!😂

[@karlo246]

this is SO underrated

[@madmikemackas]

I love super early morning flights

[@yankeeairpirate1799]

Reminds me of my Caribou days ..... power from the ceiling....C-7.

[@ricknash3055]

That was fun to watch you land at YYC where I plane spot

[@FlyingBlueSky]

Welcome to Canada 🇨🇦😜🇨🇦

[@raginroadrunner]

I knew a guy in Grand Junction that had two otters.

[@gretareinarsson7461]

Great sirplane

[@ohlays9187]

did you drop it off at the dehavilland facility in Calgary or also know as Longview aviation services cause if so i work there

[@91rss]

another shop in that area for them also.

[@stbdtack123]

youre in a twin otter alone omg , climb straight up...

[@BG-re1pr]

Hi Sam could you share which camera you used to film this video? Thank you

[@SamSeibold]

GoPro hero 10

[@bellofello1]

What does the knob beside your yoke do out of curiosity?

[@SamSeibold]

It’s called the tiller, used for nose wheel steering

[@bellofello1]

@@SamSeibold oh cool! I haven't watched many videos of twin otters doing their thing yet. Are the pedals connected to the nosewheel at all? Or is it all in the tiller?

[@ExtremeRecluse]

That is a cavernous cargo bay

[@madmikemackas]

Single pilot? Wow. Nice

[@jorgemassiah2188]

Crazy right .. that’s a two pilots crew aircraft

[@SamSeibold]

Operators that transport passengers use two pilots a lot but it’s a single pilot aircraft

[@bernardanderson3758]

Did a few jump runs

[@jozsip]

I did a few jumps out of these as well. Great plane, fast ride to altitude.

[@MonkPetite]

I have been flying planes like the “Twotter” all my life . Watching U tube pilot channels a see loads of pilots juggling that yoke. Even on bigger airliners like 737. Loads of micro inputs during the approach. Like a naval aviator aiming for the flight deck. I wonder what lesson plan made those pilots do that. How tolled / teaches you ? Obviously a 80 ton plane your inputs has less effect due to the slow speed thus sluggishness. Know your plane, trim it correctly, stabilise and don’t fool around with te controls to make the landing nicer. This why you never get a feel for it.

[@Compromised-yk9mc]

Does the Twin Otter have an APU?

[@philipsoper4673]

No

[@SamSeibold]

Nope

[@Slash-58o]

I thought you needed 2 ppl to fly these?

[@ExtremeRecluse]

Who invented dual controls connected inside the cockpit. Two separate yokes is much less confusing.

[@lebojay]

If you think this is confusing … have you seen the ones where there is only one yoke, and the whole thing swings from one side of the cockpit to the other depending on who wants the controls? Some Beavers and Bonanzas are like that. Maybe Otters too, I don’t know. To give the other pilot the controls, you have to literally give him the controls because he doesn’t have any until you do!

[@IseiNabuka]

IS THIS REAL

[@SuperDenonciateur]

where in Canada?

[@JayJayAviation]

Watch the video

[@Damremont18]

Calgary

[@jorgemassiah2188]

Isn’t this aircraft rated for two pilots ?

[@keninvic2627]

When carrying passengers.

[@MichaelWillems]

I’ve been on these as a passenger with only one pilot.

[@dmacpher]

@@MichaelWillemsIIRC there is an exemption in Canada for twin otters under 17(?) passengers for specific airlines like Harbour Air (might have only been the single otter, can’t recall)

[@MichaelWillems]

@@dmacpher I sat in the copilot seat several times on Brymon airways, from London to Plymouth and v.v., in the 1970s. That’s what started my enthusiasm and it’s why I eventually learned to fly (with a first solo in Hong Kong in 1986)…

[@RonKris]

I need to practice my vocal fry on the mike.

[@yobringitondown5565]

Are you using the turn signal at 8:46? 🤷🏼‍♂️😆🤣😂😆

[@SamSeibold]

Lol! It’s called a tiller, for nose wheel steering

[@ExcitedAquariumFish-wv1ib]

I dream to own one of this plane hire a pilot.

[@igormazzola6559]

Why you sound like barry White?

[@randybell5461]

Who in thier right mind would want to go to Canada.

[@sergeyvyatkin]

Video is cool, but this North American vocal fry (fake voice) makes me sick... lol

[@johnzheznyakovskiy7514]

Ok boot

[@sergeyvyatkin]

@@johnzheznyakovskiy7514half right face! Front leaning rest position move!

[@JimMacintosh]

Should say flight to Alberta. Canada sucks, Alberta is awesome.

[@cessna688]

holy float

[@weepeeteeee]

who''s leaning the plane or we

[@TheRutlandPilot]

Probably the worst designed cockpit i have EVER seen! wow that's awful!