When the turbine power is 'not enough'..

This movie was shot at 'Flying Beavers' in Vancouver, or, how they call a place more officially - 'Harbour Air' Float Plane Base at the Vancouver International Airport's South Terminal.

It was not a great pleasure to do 'plane spotting' in such a pouring rain, in the dusk of winter evening. Well, there were some 'circumstances', and I was getting a 'kick' out of it 'in my way':)

Look at that mini-tractor! It seems the 'Harbour Air' guys thoughtfully devised and 'tailor-crafted' such a handy and very efficient machine to do the job of pulling planes out of the water at the end of the day. I was writing a post for my blog Clashmaker(dot)com, and the topic was 'the DHC-3 'Otter' turbine, and more powerful piston conversions'. That's how a caption for this clip came from :)

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• DHC-3

[fighterpilot206]

Harbour Express is the callsign right?

[Clashmaker]

@fighterpilot206 'Harbour Air', based in Vancouver

[Clashmaker]

Yes, it is a smart contraption, does its job.

[C19owi94e]

man that is some rain

[Clashmaker]

It was damned rainy!

[celticz21]

@fighterpilot206 Yes Harbour Express. Now that they have bought Westcoast Air they are still 2 seperate airlines. Westcoast Air has the callsign Coast Air.

[102Eman]

@diamondpilotdan how do you think a turbo beaver on floats would get up a cement ramp under its own power anyway, bud it's not a fricken amphib so you have to use a beaching gear!

[DiamondPilotDan]

WHAT!? it couldn't get up there on it's own power?? wow

[willsgotrythm42]

LOL!!! the small airport in winston salem, nc is like that, you drag the airplane across the road to the shop!!!

[steaksauseA1]

@Clashmaker Harbour Air is the company, Harbour Express is the Callsign. two different things

[steaksauseA1]

@Clashmaker Harbour Air is the company, Harbour Express is their call sign though.

[1onevo]

REALLY !! So a waste of time !

[fighterpilot206]

@Clashmaker ok cause when i was riding in the co-pilot seat from victoria i noticed it said harbour express