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De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (N50KA)
Turbine Otter in San Juan Islands, Washington.
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Very nice but I prefer the R-1340 variety
Chalet, the original version with the R-1340 has some pleasing classic lines and was undoubtedly more fuel efficient. But the operators found the turbines to offer more power and less frequent maintenance. It's great that they can keep flying these older aircraft and Kenmore keeps theirs in excellent shape.
I can only see one pilot, in the right hand seat, and he appears to operating the aircraft. Is that standard for that aircraft, given that we fixed wing pilots normally fly from the left hand seat!
The left seat guy (pilot) is likely moving thru the cabin or at the cabin door on the port side... preparing to exit and move down onto the top of the port side float in preparation to secure a line on the pier for docking.
No doubt, this aircraft operating for Kenmore Air normally carries a flight crew of two - a pilot and co-pilot - when flying.
No doubt, this aircraft operating for Kenmore Air normally carries a flight crew of two - a pilot and co-pilot - when flying.
Good question Beegeo and thanks for the response cliff. Kenmore does operate many single-pilot flights, as in this case. The pilot usually does fly from the left seat; this might have been an exception. They're pretty skilled with jumping out after shutting the engine down, and then securing the plane to the pier without any assistance. Seems challenging but they do it well. The turboprop engine helps with taxiing because the prop can be reversed to slow the taxi speed to a crawl.
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Date | Aircraft | Origin | Destination | Departure | Arrival | Duration |
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29-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 08:08AM PDT | Last seen 09:51AM PDT | 1:43 |
28-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 04:05PM PDT | Last seen 06:30PM PDT | 2:24 |
28-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Victoria Harbour (Shoal Point) Heliport (CBZ7) | First seen 12:33PM PDT | 01:15PM PDT | 0:41 |
26-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Seattle, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 04:01PM PDT | Last seen 06:12PM PDT | 2:11 |
26-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Seattle, WA | First seen 12:01PM PDT | Last seen 02:14PM PDT | 2:13 |
24-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 12:20PM PDT | Last seen 01:29PM PDT | 1:09 |
24-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 09:49AM PDT | Last seen 10:37AM PDT | 0:47 |
23-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Seattle Private Number One (WN01) | First seen 01:32PM PDT | 02:28PM PDT | 0:56 |
23-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Lopez Island (S31) | Near Everett, WA | 09:17AM PDT | Last seen 10:13AM PDT | 0:55 |
23-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Roche Harbor (WA09) | Lopez Island (S31) | 08:59AM PDT | 09:07AM PDT | 0:07 |
23-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Roche Harbor (WA09) | First seen 07:30AM PDT | 08:42AM PDT | 1:12 |
22-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 01:04PM PDT | Last seen 02:05PM PDT | 1:01 |
22-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 09:43AM PDT | Last seen 10:30AM PDT | 0:47 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Victoria, BC | Near Everett, WA | First seen 05:29PM PDT | Last seen 06:43PM PDT | 1:13 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Victoria, BC | First seen 03:59PM PDT | Last seen 04:49PM PDT | 0:49 |
21-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 12:33PM PDT | Last seen 03:16PM PDT | 2:42 |
20-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Seattle, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 04:11PM PDT | Last seen 04:18PM PDT | 0:07 |
20-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Seattle, WA | Near Seattle, WA | First seen 02:56PM PDT | Last seen 03:25PM PDT | 0:28 |
20-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Seattle, WA | Near Seattle, WA | First seen 01:57PM PDT | Last seen 02:20PM PDT | 0:22 |
20-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Seattle, WA | Komo Tv (WN16) | First seen 12:13PM PDT | 12:35PM PDT | 0:22 |
20-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Seattle, WA | First seen 09:39AM PDT | Last seen 10:31AM PDT | 0:52 |
19-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Seattle, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 04:05PM PDT | Last seen 06:18PM PDT | 2:12 |
19-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Victoria, BC | Seattle Private Number One (WN01) | First seen 01:46PM PDT | 02:26PM PDT | 0:40 |
19-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Victoria, BC | First seen 12:04PM PDT | Last seen 01:12PM PDT | 1:07 |
18-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Friday Harbor (KFHR) | Near Everett, WA | 06:03PM PDT | Last seen 06:34PM PDT | 0:31 |
18-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Port Orchard (4WA9) | Friday Harbor (KFHR) | 03:37PM PDT | 05:44PM PDT | 2:06 |
18-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Bremerton, WA | First seen 02:07PM PDT | 03:29PM PDT | 1:22 |
18-Apr-2024 | Unknown | Near Everett, WA | Near Everett, WA | First seen 10:03AM PDT | Last seen 11:45AM PDT | 1:42 |
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