Kukak Bay, Katmai Wilderness Lodge - Brown bear false charge (full version) Bushpilot Explorer 2024-10-22 | Kukak Bay, Katmai Wilderness Lodge - Brown bear false charge (full version)
Frank Monti in the P47 JUG (INTRO) Upcoming WW2 Episode Bushpilot Explorer 2020-02-29 | Stay tuned for the next upcoming episode of this brave American fighter pilot who fought valiantly in WW2.
B-17 Commemorative Air Force Tour - Vulture Gold Mine Bushpilot Explorer 2020-02-25 | This video outlines a recent list to there Arizona wing of the Commemorative Air Force Museum at Falcon Field, featuring the famous B-17 Flying Fortress named Sedimental Journey. The Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum, a.k.a. Airbase Arizona Aircraft Museum, was established in 1978, in Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona. It is the 10th unit of the Commemorative Air Force and the home of one of the largest Commemorative Air Force units in the world. On exhibit are World War II artifacts, helicopters and classic American and foreign combat planes, many of which are the last remaining warbirds of their kinds.An add on feature is a trip to the Vulture Mine at Vulture City, adjacent Wickenburg Arizona. The Vulture Mine was a gold mine and settlement in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The mine began in 1863 and became the most productive gold mine in Arizona history. From 1863 to 1942, the mine produced 340,000 ounces of gold and 260,000 ounces of silver. Historically, the mine attracted more than 5,000 people to the area, and is credited with founding the town of Wickenburg, Arizona. The town that served the mine was known as Vulture City.More on the Vulture Mine - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_MineMore on The Commemorative Air Force Museum at Falcon Field - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Commemorative_Air_Force_Museum#cite_note-BAHA-1THE STORY ON THE LOST TBM AVENGER N337VT - tbmavenger.blogspot.com#Warbirds #airplanecrash #TBM
3. Airplane Crash REAL LOCATION of TBM Sim - With Episode on Butch OHares Death Bushpilot Explorer 2020-02-10 | This update video includes a chilling flight simulation of the actual 2018 pilot and crew parachute bail out and ultimate airplane crash at the probable location where the 1945 Grumman TBM Avenger N337VT came to rest. This historic treasure is missing and has been lost in the White Mountains of Arizona ever since. This is a preliminary and rough visual simulation from the Google Earth App.The episode opens featuring the little known or told heroic story that unfolded when the legendary F4F and F6F fighter pilot LCDR Butch O'Hare was presumably killed in action during the Gilbert Islands offensive campaign by the US Navy. He was never found. The stage is set in the Pacific Theatre of fighting action in WW2, flying off the "Big E" USS Enterprise (CV-6). Butch flew his las two missions teamed with TBF Avenger pilot LCDR John Phillips, who with his crew calling radar positions of the enemy, led the formation of two F4F Hellcats to the night battle in the black overnight skies surrounding the island hopping US Navy task force. The TBF Avenger played a leading and key role in these night battles.Our Grumman TBM Avenger was featured and marked commemorating duties on the Essex class aircraft carrier CV-17 USS Bunker Hill, which was commissioned in 1943 and fought most of the major engagements against the Japanese Imperial Navy, until near the end of the war in 1945 when it was struck by 2 kamikaze attacks within 30 seconds. These two hits killed many servicemen aboard the carrier and, for the most part, knocked her out of action for the remainder of the war. This story also reflects back briefly on LCDR Frank M. Whitacker from the previous Episode 2A, as he commanded the TBF flying squadron of the USS Bunker Hill.More on the Lost TBM Avenger N337VT - tbmavenger.blogspot.comProbably the BEST BOOK TO BUY on Butch O'Hare's story - amazon.com/Fateful-Rendezvous-Life-Butch-OHare/dp/1557502471/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BMKA1132TMJH&keywords=fateful+rendezvous&qid=1581298651&sprefix=fateful+rendezvou%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1More on LiDAR aerial searching - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LidarMore on CV-6 USS Enterprise - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CV-6)More on CV-17 USS Bunker Hill - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bunker_Hill_(CV-17)#Warbirds #airplanecrash #TBM
2. LiDAR Search for the Lost TBM Avenger - Update 2 Bushpilot Explorer 2020-01-30 | This update video includes a summary overview of the LiDAR aerial survey search process to be undertaken in the spring of 2020. The survey will attempt to locate the lost 1945 Grumman TBM Avenger N337VT, which has been lost in the White Mountains of Arizona for almost 2 years.The stage being set in the Pacific Theatre of fighting action in WW2, this airplane commemorates duties on the Essex class aircraft carrier CV-17 USS Bunker Hill, which was commissioned in 1943 and fought most of the major engagements against the Japanese Imperial Navy, until near the end of the war in 1945 when it was struck by 2 kamikaze attacks within 30 seconds. These two hits killed many servicemen aboard the carrier and, for the most part, knocked her out of action for the remainder of the war.The story of LCDR Frank M. Whitacker is highlighted, along with other pilots and crewman that served in the flying squadrons of the USS Bunker Hill.More on LiDAR - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LidarMore on CV-17 USS Bunker Hill - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bunker_Hill_(CV-17)More on the Lost TBM Avenger N337VT - tbmavenger.blogspot.com#Warbirds #airplanecrash #TBM
The Mad Trapper of the Rat River - A Quest To Find The Relic Bushpilot Explorer 2020-01-16 | Ron is planning to fly up to Alaska summer 2020 in the 208 Cessna Caravan Amphib. This video describes the second of two substantial side missions that may be chosen to be included in that trip, or on a following trip in future years.The task will be to travel to the Northwest Territory's far northwestern corner, to a hamlet called Aklavik. Then after refueling, commence the journey to the actual site of the Mad Trapper's cabin on the Rat River. Based on a recently uncovered clue, Ron will attempt to follow his trail in order to locate a certain associated relic that is most likely buried under those arctic grounds. #MadTrapper #Seaplane #RatRiver
Alaskas Kiska & Attu Islands - Seaplane Mission Bushpilot Explorer 2020-01-10 | The question will be: WHICH MISSION DO YOU WANT TO GO ALONG ON FIRST?A --- Ron is planning to fly up to Alaska summer 2020 in the 208 Cessna Caravan Amphib. This video describes 1 of 2 substantial side missions that may be included in that trip, or on a following trip in future years. This mission will be to explore strategic parts of Kiska Island where almost no one can access and where almost no one, if anyone, has been. Ron will attempt to land and document WW2 artifacts that had been left by the combined US and Canadian Naval invasion force, which landed on this beach and liberated the island in the spring of 1943. Kiska Island is located in an extremely remote region at the end of Alaska's Aleutian island chain that splits the churning and dangerous Bering Sea to the north and the open Pacific Ocean to the south. The climate there is engulfed in a unique semi-permanent low-pressure system, which yields constant high winds, heavy rains and dangerous foggy weather conditions.B --- The next episode will give an overview of the other planned mission, which would be to travel to the Northwest Territory's northern edge in an attempt to try to locate a certain unfound relic of the famed Mad Trapper the Rat River.#Kiska #Seaplane #WW2
Alaskan Brown Bear Standoff at Caribou Kill Bushpilot Explorer 2020-01-03 | Alaskan peninsula brown bear approached as he was caping his caribou kill. Who won? --- Not him.Year: 1995. Location: On the Alaskan Peninsula, 2 miles south in the tundra from the banks of the Kvichak River. Dropped off by boat several miles downriver to the west from Igiugig, which feeds from Iliama Lake.After the incident, Ron was able to make it back to the river bank just as darkness fell, only to find that the boat which was supposed to wait for them had departed. They were marooned. With bloody hands and arms, while guarding their caribou capes and meat, the two men had to hope that the growing number of bears moving around them would not move in all the way. The ordeal was far from over.
A Merry Christmas from our Christmas Village to Yours! Bushpilot Explorer 2019-12-26 | A short cruise thru our Christmas Village at home. Merry Christmas 2019!!!
5. In Search of Franklin - Sad Ending for this Hudsons Bay Company Fur Trading Post - Episode 5 Bushpilot Explorer 2019-12-22 | Join Ron in this presentation of Episode 5, traveling with him on one of his arctic expeditions. This segment highlights a mission departing Churchill, Manitoba while flying his DHC-2 DeHavilland Beaver amphib floatplane. This was a side mission to his series of trips in search of clues and relics related to the famous Franklin Expedition of 1845, which was lead by Sir John Franklin. He was just one of the many unfortunate officers and crew from this British Admiralty doomed voyage. None ever returned, and not one person survived. The highlight of this episode shows Ron flying into the barren lands of Manitoba to explore an abandoned Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post.We begin departing from Churchill to explore a place called Sloop Cove, a location where sailors of the 1700's etched their names into the rocks which enclosed the ancient harbor. Next it was north to to the cursed Marble Island, then refueling at Rankin Inlet. Finally, after departing Rankin Inlet, Ron fly's southwest into the Barren Lands to set down on a sand and gravel runway in an attempt to hike 6 miles to ultimately explore and document the remains of a historic fur trading post, long since abandoned.To learn more about this particular Hudson's Bay Company trading post and see many pictures of the artifacts, go to: http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.com/2011/06/historic-hbc-site-relocated-caribou.html_______________________________________________________________________________________Ron Carlson has spent over 15 years exploring northern parts of Nunavut, spending much of his time surveying areas on King William Island and other surrounding areas, in search of the 2 famous lost ships that long ago departed from England in an ambitious attempt to find the holy grail route of the fabled Northwest Passage. This was to be a journey of destiny. The ships; HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were ultimately both permanently beset in the shifting arctic sea ice, and from there, all of the 120 plus officers and crew were then ultimately doomed to endure a very long and suffering fate._______________________________________________________________________________________TO COME - The BOOK that will be published on the records and stories of Ron's adventures, dangerous encounters and discoveries, including the chapter describing Ron being the first to discover one of the two famous ships, first in 2011, then again in 2012, as he looked down upon and photographed the silhouette of the wreck, today known to be HMS Erebus, in the calm waters from far above.See more on each step of Ron's expeditions on his blogs:http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.comAnd the expedition during the summer of 2012:http://bushpilotexplorer.blogspot.comLearn more about the Lost Franklin Expedition:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition#franklinexpedition #FurTrading #Hudson'sBayCompany
4. In Search of Franklin - PLANE DOWN - Episode 4 - EMERGENCY LANDING, polar bear comes too close. Bushpilot Explorer 2019-12-07 | Join Ron in this presentation of Episode 4, traveling with him on one of his arctic expeditions. This segment highlights one of his earlier search missions; stopping in Churchill, Manitoba while flying his Cessna T206 amphib floatplane, on his way up to King William Island, Nunavut. This was one of a series of trips to search for clues and relics of the famous Franklin Expedition of 1845, which was lead by Sir John Franklin. He was just one of the many unfortunate officers and crew from this British Admiralty doomed voyage. None ever returned, and not one person survived. In this episode Ron encounters an in-flight emergency while flying northward along the coastline of Hudson Bay at an area known to have the highest density of polar bears in the world.We begin departing from Pickle Lake, Ontario northwest to Gillam, Manitoba, overnight, while not knowing that the port wing fuel cap was left unsecured; causing avgas to continuously siphon out into the airstream during the next morning's flight. On that trip leg, after circling over the famous HBC York Factory, which was built in 1684 - and then passing over multiple polar bears at low altitude, the airplane's engine suddenly quits, forcing Ron to make an emergency landing in conditions less than ideal. A polar bear approaches close, is then driven back, search and rescue helicopter arrives, then 4 days later the airplane is recovered. Finally onward to Churchill, with a short stay to see the many interesting sights there._______________________________________________________________________________________Ron Carlson has spent over 15 years exploring northern parts of Nunavut, spending much of his time surveying areas on King William Island and other surrounding areas, in search of the 2 famous lost ships that long ago departed from England in an ambitious attempt to find the holy grail route of the fabled Northwest Passage. This was to be a journey of destiny. The ships; HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were ultimately both permanently beset in the shifting arctic sea ice, and from there, all of the 120 plus officers and crew were then ultimately doomed to endure a very long and suffering fate._______________________________________________________________________________________TO COME - The BOOK that will be published on the records and stories of Ron's adventures, dangerous encounters and discoveries, including the chapter describing Ron being the first to discover one of the two famous ships, first in 2011, then again in 2012, as he looked down upon and photographed the silhouette of the wreck, today known to be HMS Erebus, in the calm waters from far above.See more on each step of Ron's expeditions on his blogs:http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.comAnd the expedition during the summer of 2012:http://bushpilotexplorer.blogspot.comLearn more about the Lost Franklin Expedition:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition#franklinexpedition #shipwreck #HMSErebus
3. In Search of Franklin - A TOMB - Down deep in quicksand / Finding human remains - Episode 3 Bushpilot Explorer 2019-11-29 | Join Ron in this presentation of Episode 3, traveling with him on one of his arctic expeditions. This segment highlights a mix of search missions, flying his DeHavilland Beaver amphib floatplane above and onto King William Island, Nunavut. In this episode Ron is focused on searching shorelines and inward lands looking for the possible hidden location of Sir John Franklin's fabled tomb. Franklin was the expedition's leader, and he was just one of the many doomed officers and crew from the British Admiralty's doomed expedition of 1845. None ever returned, and not one person survived.Searching the mosquito swarm infested inland tundras and ocean shorelines, next a kit fox stealing the GoPro camera down into it's hole, then back to Gjoa Haven for a landing at the airport for supplies, then flying out to the northwest and landing on the ocean, after that then another lake access search location, testing the shotgun, sneaking up on a herd of muskox, encountering other wildlife, followed by the dangerous close call lesson of the ocean's tidal mud-flats, a relaxing moment catching arctic char, departure to another search location and then finally, the finding of ancient human skeletal remains within a shallow near the surface tomb, with most of the bones and skull still preserved._______________________________________________________________________________________Ron Carlson has spent over 15 years exploring northern parts of Nunavut, spending much of his time surveying areas on King William Island and other surrounding areas, in search of the 2 famous lost ships that long ago departed from England in an ambitious attempt to find the holy grail route of the fabled Northwest Passage. This was to be a journey of destiny. The ships; HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were ultimately both permanently beset in the shifting arctic sea ice, and from there, all of the 129 officers and crew were then ultimately doomed to endure a very long and suffering fate._______________________________________________________________________________________TO COME - The BOOK that will be published on the records and stories of Ron's adventures, dangerous encounters and discoveries, including the chapter describing Ron being the first to discover one of the two famous ships, first in 2011, then again in 2012, as he looked down upon and photographed the silhouette of the wreck, today known to be HMS Erebus, in the calm waters from far above.See more on each step of Ron's expeditions on his blogs:http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.comAnd the expedition during the summer of 2012:http://bushpilotexplorer.blogspot.comLearn more about the Lost Franklin Expedition:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition#franklinexpedition #shipwreck #HMSErebus
2. In Search of Franklin - BOAT PLACE - Episode 2 Bushpilot Explorer 2019-11-25 | Join Ron in this presentation of Episode 2, a video traveling on one of his arctic expeditions. This segment highlights a trip that was undertaken back in the year 2011, flying his DeHavilland Beaver floatplane over Erebus Bay, after landing at Gjoa Haven on King William Island, Nunavut. In this episode Ron talks about his 2011 theories at this haunting place in this high arctic region called "BOAT PLACE”. This is the location where a handful of starving English sailors huddled together and slowly froze to death. These were just some of the many doomed crew mates from the British Admiralty's Expedition of 1845 led by Sir John Franklin. None ever returned, and not one survived.After Ron visited this site, he correctly theorized and published in November of 2011 that at least one of the ships was remanned - based in part on his observations of the live conditions here on the ground at Boat Place. This was was concluded partly based on the fact that the lifeboat's tantalizing final rest position was pointing back to the two mother ships when first found by the initial search party. Indeed, the two ships, HMS Erebus and Terror were to come to rest on the ocean floor very far apart. Ron's short thesis published here:http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.com/2011/11/location-of-ships-maybe.html_______________________________________________________________________________________Ron Carlson has spent over 15 years exploring northern parts of Nunavut, Ron Carlson has spent over 15 years exploring northern parts of Nunavut, spending much of his time surveying areas on King William Island and other surrounding areas, in search of the 2 famous lost ships that long ago departed from England in an ambitious attempt to find the holy grail route of the fabled Northwest Passage. This was to be a journey of destiny. The ships; HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were ultimately both permanently beset in the shifting arctic sea ice, and from there, all of the 129 officers and crew were then ultimately doomed to endure a very long and suffering fate._______________________________________________________________________________________TO COME - The BOOK that will be published on the stories of Ron's adventures, dangerous encounters and discoveries, including the chapter describing Ron being the first to discover one of these two famous ships, first in 2011, then again in 2012, as he looked down upon and photographed the silhouette of the wreck, today known to be HMS Erebus, in the calm waters from far above.See more on each step of Ron's expeditions on his blogs:http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.comAnd the expedition during the summer of 2012:http://bushpilotexplorer.blogspot.comLearn more about the Lost Franklin Expedition:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition#franklinexpedition #shipwreck #HMSErebus
1. In Search of Franklin - BOAT PLACE - Episode 1 Bushpilot Explorer 2019-11-16 | Join Ron in this debut presentation Episode 1, a video traveling on one of his arctic expeditions. This segment highlights a trip that was undertaken back in the year 2012, flying his DeHavilland Beaver floatplane and landing on an uncharted lake at King William Island, Nunavut, a two mile hike from there to a haunting place in this high arctic region called "BOAT PLACE” - this is the location where a handful of starving English sailors huddled together and slowly froze to death. These were just some of the many doomed crew mates from the British Admiralty's Expedition of 1845 led by Sir John Franklin. None ever returned, and not one survived.After Ron visited this site, he correctly theorized and published in November of 2011 that one of the ships was remanned - based in part on his observations of the live conditions here on the ground at Boat Place, and the fact that the lifeboat's tantalizing final rest position was pointing to the northwest when first found by the initial search party. Indeed, the two ships, HMS Erebus and Terror, were to come to rest on the ocean floor very far apart. Theory published here:http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.com/2011/11/location-of-ships-maybe.html_______________________________________________________________________________________Ron Carlson has spent over 15 years exploring northern parts of Nunavut, Ron Carlson has spent over 15 years exploring northern parts of Nunavut, spending much of his time surveying areas on King William Island and other surrounding areas, in search of the 2 famous lost ships that long ago departed from England in an ambitious attempt to find the holy grail route of the fabled Northwest Passage. This was to be a journey of destiny. The ships; HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were ultimately both permanently beset in the shifting arctic sea ice, and from there, all of the 129 officers and crew were then ultimately doomed to endure a very long and suffering fate._______________________________________________________________________________________TO COME - The BOOK that will be published on the stories of Ron's adventures, dangerous encounters and discoveries, including the chapter describing Ron being the first to discover one of these two famous ships, first in 2011, then again in 2012, as he looked down upon and photographed the silhouette of the wreck, today known to be HMS Erebus, in the calm waters from far above.See more on each step of Ron's expeditions on his blogs:http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.comAnd the expedition during the summer of 2012:http://bushpilotexplorer.blogspot.comLearn more about the Lost Franklin Expedition:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition#franklinexpedition #shipwreck #HMSErebus
In the Woods Mercer 2019 Bushpilot Explorer 2019-11-11 | Ron and Kodiak-the-black-lab on a mission in Mercer Wisconsin, setting out in search of wildlife. Cool surprise at the end.
1. LiDAR Search for the Lost TBM Avenger - UPDATE 1 Bushpilot Explorer 2019-11-04 | We are close to reaching an agreement with an organization that would send up an airplane equipped with a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) platform to search for the lost TBM Avenger. VERY expensive. Let's hope we can work to a deal and get this going.#Warbirds #airplanecrash #TBM
Seaplane Water Landing - Skyline Tour at Low Altitude Bushpilot Explorer 2019-10-07 | Ron embarks on a short sightseeing trip with some of his friends from Partners by DESIGN, Inc.Departure takeoff from Waukegan Airport (KUGN) to the shores of Lake Michigan to see the skyline of the city of Chicago. However, halfway there, they encountered a line of rain squalls developing, which dictated a change in plans. 180 degree turn around and flight back to the northwest - to Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. Water landing on moderate winds and waves, then takeoff and landing at the adjacent airport, Grand Geneva (C02).After a trolley ride to the main lodge, then lunch, it was back to the airport for take off home. As they approached the Waukegan area, the rain squalls had moved out. So they headed back to the shores of Lake Michigan and descended low above the water. Southbound tour of the city of Chicago's skyline, then back again to Waukegan Airport to conclude the itinerary.#Seaplanes #Chicago #LakeGeneva
Alaska with DHC-2 Beaver Flying - Shipwrecks & Bears; with a False Charge Bushpilot Explorer 2019-10-03 | Ron with his two sons, Danny and Nathan north to Alaska. (cellphone vid)After flying commercially and landing in Anchorage, the first stop was Kodiak Island for a week. Hooking up with local seaplane charter Andrew Airways, the boys went mountain flying, toured some lakes and explored the ruins of a very old abandoned whaling station.Then next up was a week in the Katmai National Park to see large grizzly bears up close and catching snow crab for dinner. False charge by a mischeiveous adolescent bear. Lastly, a close call face-to-face encounter with large grizzly bear at the lodge beach; video taken at the concluding moments of the encounter as it moved away.#Seaplanes #Grizzlybear #Kodiak
DeHavilland Beaver - Camping on the Turtle Flowage with my Son Bushpilot Explorer 2019-10-01 | Camping with my youngest son Nathan on a wilderness island in the Turtle Flowage, in northern Wisconsin. (all cellphone vid)The wild and wonderful Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in northwestern Wisconsin, preserved by the state, is considered a mecca to both land and water recreation. Outstanding fishing and Camping opportunities abound. Plenty of islands to choose your own campsite. First come / first serve. We searched and circled with our DHC-2 Beaver to find our special campsite.Walleye are the dominant species most often targeted, but smallmouth bass and elusive 50-inch trophy muskie are sought out as well.The outstanding wilderness aesthetics are a major attraction. The Turtle-Flambeau Flowage is managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to protect the plant and wildlife communities and preserve its scenic qualities. The flowage has the highest number of bald eagle, osprey and common loon breeding pairs of any Wisconsin lake. Shore birds and migratory waterfowl use the flowage as a breeding and staging area.The Wisconsin DNR allows primitive camping for free on a first-come, first-served basis at designated sites, all only accessible by water.#Seaplanes #Camping #TurtleFlowage
LIVE Airplane Post-Bailout & Survival Clips - 2018 TBM Avenger Crash N337VT Bushpilot Explorer 2019-09-15 | tbmavenger.blogspot.com/2018/06/tbm-avenger-lost-in-white-mountains-of.htmlThis segment includes live cellphone video clips taken by pilot and crew-mate as it happened, immediately after bailing out of a burning 1945 Grumman TBM AVENGER, over the rugged White Mountains wilderness area of Arizona. The main purpose of this video is to give Searchers more clues on what the terrain and topography looks like on location - on the ground. For example; Tree spacing, Underbrush density, Topography, Etc., in order to help for organizing and setting up search techniques and logistics.IMPORTANT - If you have NOT read or heard about this tragic incident, go to this link and READ THE FULL STORY FIRST as told by the pilot, so you understand the details of what happened in order to put these videos into context:tbmavenger.blogspot.com/2018/06/tbm-avenger-lost-in-white-mountains-of.htmltbmavenger.blogspot.comNBC News report - youtube.com/watch?v=jo6jz4Xj6Gc&t=24sPlease help us find this historic treasured airplane. The reward has been increased to $30,000.00 USD and is valid until expiring on August 31, 2020.Email any information on the location (first and only to): ifoundtheairplane@gmail.com. You can also email any questions there.#TBMAvenger #AirplaneCrash #PlaneCrash
AIRSHOW 2019 / T-28 WALK-AROUND Northern Illinois Airshow at Waukegan (KUGN) Bushpilot Explorer 2019-09-09 | This weekend the 208 Caravan Amphib was center stage at this airshow for families to get up close and feel what it's like to sit in the LEFT SEAT.This video is snippets in sequence of Ron walking around at the airshow, which includes a nice line up of jets and warbirds, the "Dragon's Fyre" jet truck and a walk around of an award winning North American Aviation T-28 Trojan. Includes flybys ranging from L39's to the amazing Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, affectionately nicknamed “The Warthog".All day families stood in line to tour inside the Cessna 208 Caravan Amphib, and we happily obliged. Lots of fun kids with big smiles, maybe some are now future pilots.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
MACKINAC ISLAND Flight - Grand Hotel, Airplane Crash = RUNWAY CLOSED Bushpilot Explorer 2019-09-07 | To the Island of "Somewhere in Time".This week Ron takes his Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian back to the northeast to Mackinac Island in Michigan to check out the attractions. Ken Franzese is the copilot, with his wife Julie in the back, along with Ruth.Departure from Waukegan Airport VFR on a temperate sunny and hazy summer day, ATC flight-following across Lake Michigan with calm waters, then dramatic views at low altitude northbound following along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan.The landing and island itinerary almost had to be canceled on the spot. Upon arrival in the airspace the group was notified by the Mackinac Airport staff that the runway was closed just hours before because of an airplane accident on the field. As Ron and Ken circled the island observing the runway, the NOTAM landing restriction was suddenly lifted and the 208 Caravan Amphib was able to land and resume the plan.Tour the famous Grand Hotel, lunch on the patio at the "Jockey Club" and a lot of walking and browsing through downtown Mackinac.Link to story about TBM Avenger N337VT warbird down, parachute bailouts and wilderness survival:wmicentral.com/news/apache_county/a-tale-of-survival-and-the-search-for-a-lost/article_c249ee52-d03a-5c5f-8ca3-979d37feda32.htmlLink to story about the airplane that crashed onto the Mackinac Airport grass median:http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2019/09/piper-pa-32rt-300-lance-ii-n31934.html?m=1Movie Trailer for "Somewhere in Time":youtube.com/watch?v=9uicvPZSKIM&t=30sDVD for movie "Somewhere in Time":amazon.com/Somewhere-Time-Collectors-Christopher-Reeve/dp/B00004W46I/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=movie+somewhere+in+time&qid=1567813242&s=gateway&sr=8-1Find more information on the Island at:mackinacisland.org/stay/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwh8jrBRDQARIsAH7BsXdmWPvkCnIg5weuTrSljyBKVMRe1Jyl7Md8et5jHqMOTvfJpDNbb6QaAnbDEALw_wcBanden.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackinac_Island#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Ludington State Park Flying Adventure - STUNNING DUNES, LIGHTHOUSE Bushpilot Explorer 2019-08-29 | This week Ron takes his Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian northeast to Ludington Michigan to explore the dramatic dunes and amazing formations at the Ludington State Park. Sean Sullivan is the copilot, with his expectant wife Krystal in the back, along with Ruth and Nathan Carlson.Departure from Waukegan Airport VFR on a stunning cool summer morning, flight following across Lake Michigan with low to moderate swells, then finally crossing over back to land at the state park. Water landing on Hamlin Lake within the park, taxi and beach tie-up. Dramatic nature scenes as the group hikes into the dunes. A picnic lunch, then off the water followed by a low pass for the boaters. Then finally back across Lake Michigan towards home ending with a runway landing at Waukegan Airport (KUGN).Find more information on the Park at http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?id=468&type=SPRK#LudingtonStatePark #Ludington #Seaplanes
Fly by Devils Island Sea Caves in the Apostle Islands Bushpilot Explorer 2019-08-20 | Join Ron in his Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian on his latest flying adventure back up to the Apostle Islands off the Bayfield Peninsula in Wisconsin, with Eric and Lisa Kunkel - and their faithful dog Roxy. A slow pass at Long Island at the LaPointe Lighthouse, then zigzagging north around many of the Apostle Islands at low altitude culminating with stunning views from the 208 Amphib of Devils Island and the famous sea caves that had been carved by the waves into fragile arched formations within the cliffs over hundreds, if not thousands of years.Discovering that the boat launch to the south was washed out and there would be no hiking north to the site, the group decided to fly back south to land on the water at the beaches of Long Island for sandwiches and refreshments. Then off from the water and up above the clouds to the south - back to Lakeland Airport (KARV) in Arbor Vitae, Minocqua, Wisconsin. #Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Beat the Storms - The Night Flight Home (Devils Island Trip) Bushpilot Explorer 2019-08-18 | Dramatic video of the sea caves at Devil's Island in the Apostle Islands were the main focus for this trip. That episode coming out soon here, and up next.In looking a day ahead at a bad weather system moving in the next day, Ron decided to fly home from the Devil's Island weekend trip last night. Today (Sunday) would have been "IFR + Real Handful" with all the heavy thunderstorm activity from Wisconsin down to Illinois.This short video is an out take from the Devil's Island trip, a smooth ride home with stunning city lights below. Here is the Saturday night flight approach and landing on Runway 23 at Waukegan Airport (KUGN).#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Beluga Whales & Frozen Sailor Mummies (OLD VIDEO, sorry low rez) Bushpilot Explorer 2019-08-14 | From my expedition blog - http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.comThis is a short old video taken during one of my high-arctic expeditions to King William Island in Nunavut (Canada), in search of the doomed missing ships and crew from the famed Franklin Expedition of 1845.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expeditionHere I come upon a location where 12 of the Franklin sailors gave up and starved to death in and around their lifeboat, which they had dragged in vain up to 50 miles back and forth, hoping to find the Back Great Fish River in hopes to row to salvation in Yellowknife. They never made it.And here they cannibalized each other until only one man was left, whose clothed skeleton was found as when he died; still sitting in the corner of the lifeboat, with shotgun frozen in each arm, still locked and loaded.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Apostle Islands Lighthouse Adventure - with the Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian Bushpilot Explorer 2019-08-13 | Join Ron as he flies to the Apostle Islands to explore the LaPointe Lighthouse on the beaches of Long Island.Starting with the departure from Lakeland Airport in Arbor Vitae (Minocqua) Wisconsin in Ron's Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian, the flight heads northwest to Long Island Wisconsin. Water landing, anchor at the beach and exploration of the 1858 Lighthouse complex.Then a water takeoff and back in the air to the north to investigate some of the other Islands in the Apostle group. Low flight viewing rocky cliff shorelines on Hermit Island, Oak Island and overflight of Madeline Island.Then the southerly return flight home, landing back at Lakeland Airport.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Cessna Caravan 208 - Northwoods SURVIVAL TRAINING / DOUGLAS A-1 SKYRAIDER #Adventure Bushpilot Explorer 2019-08-02 | Join Ron Carlson flying inside the cockpit of the Cessna 208 Amphib N188SF up to Lakeland Airport (KARV) in Arbor Vitae / Minocqua Wisconsin. Next we head over to the Lodge, where Ron demonstrates fire-starting techniques to the little tikes, at the end with no tools or utensils - just bare hands. After the Wisconsin trip, get back in the cockpit with Ron for the flight back to Waukegan Airport (KUGN) VFR, again with full take off and landing sequences.Lastly a full walk around and oral overview of an actual Douglas A-1 Skyraider, which was parked outside on the ramp at Waukegan Airport.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Randy Swift Day - FINAL CUT (with Extensive Preflight Procedures) Bushpilot Explorer 2019-07-21 | The full episode of "RANDY SWIFT DAY".Flight in the 208 Cessna Caravan Amphibian N188SF from Waukegan Airport (KUGN) to our lake in Mercer Wisconsin. Extensive preflight checklist procedures featured.Then after unloading at the dock, we head out for lunch nearby at the famous LITTLE BOHEMIA Lodge & Restaurant, site of the famous John Dillinger Gang shootout with FBI Agents ("G-Men") which occurred in April of 1934. This was featured in, and filmed on site, for the movie "Public Enemies".Next we takeoff and fly to Minocqua Wisconsin; Lakeland Airport (KARV), runway landing.And finnaly a visit to our airplane hanger to see the WW2 museum relics and Randy's new acquisition: a royal blue 1977 Chevy Monte Carlo drag racer. The Chevy 557 big block engine roars to life with Randy behind the wheel.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Randy Swift Day! - THE TRAILER (Sneak Peek) Bushpilot Explorer 2019-07-17 | Stay tuned for the full episode, coming out soon - "RANDY SWIFT DAY".Flight in the 208 Cessna Caravan from Waukegan Airport (KUGN) to our lake in Mercer Wisconsin, then takeoff and flight to Minocqua Wisconsin; Lakeland Airport (KARV), landing and visit to our airplane hanger to see the WW2 museum and Randy's new acquisition - a royal blue 1977 Chevy Monte Carlo drag racer. The 557 big block engine roars to life with Randy behind the wheel.
FULL EPISODE Glassy Water Landing - Seaplane Flying in Minocqua WI - 4th of July 2019 Bushpilot Explorer 2019-07-07 | Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian touring lakes of the Northwoods in Wisconsin. Based out of Lakeland Airport (KARV) in Arbor Vitae, Minocqua/Woodruff Wisconsin. Low flight over lakes, water takeoffs and landings, including a dramatic close up smooth "glassy water' landing, with camera view from underside of the Cessna 208 Caravan amphibian.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
4th of July Sneak Peek - Glassy Water landing Bushpilot Explorer 2019-07-04 | View from the underside of the Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian on a smooth glassy water lake landing. Taxi to the pier.Full video of the takeoffs, low flights and landings on Minocqua area and Turtle Flowage lakes - coming soon.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
C208 Flight to Holland MI - Haworths HQ Bushpilot Explorer 2019-06-28 | Flight to "Tulip City" - Holland Michigan in the Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian, to visit Haworth's Corporate Headquarters.Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian N188SF.Departure from Waukegan Airport (KUGN), flight across Lake Michigan at 5,500 feet, landing at West Michigan Regional Airport (KBIV), drive to Haworth furniture company's corporate HQ campus, return to airport.#Seaplanes #Holland Michigan #Cessna
14 Year Old Successfully Pilots a C208 Caravan Bushpilot Explorer 2019-06-20 | Fathers Day weekend - Father & son fly up to Minocqua Wisconsin. Glassy water lake landing. ENCOUNTER WITH HUGE BLACK BEAR. Breakfast at Paul Bunyan's Cook Shanty. A visit to the legendary North Country Taxidermy in Hazelhurst Wisconsin. IFR flight back home - RNAV LPV approach into MINIMUMS, Runway 5 at Waukegan Airport (KUGN).#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Water Landings on Lake Geneva & Pancakes at Bessies Diner Bushpilot Explorer 2019-06-03 | Cessna C208 Caravan Amphib N188SF VFR Departure from Waukegan Airport (KUGN).First to Bessie's Diner at Janesville Airport (KJVL) for some outstanding pancakes, then over to Lake Geneva for some water landings. Next landing at Geneva National Airport (C02) and the the porter shuttled me into town. Checked out a few stores in downtown Lake Geneva, then back home to Waukegan Airport.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Birdys 2019 Wisconsin Fishing Trip Bushpilot Explorer 2019-05-20 | This week we head up to Boulder Junction Wisconsin in the Cessna 208 Caravan Amphib.See some of the preflight checklist procedures for the 208 at our departure point at Waukegan Airport, located in the Chicagoland area. Then our host David Burden hops in with his gear for the flight up to Lakeland Airport (KARV) in Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin.Boulder Junction is next, and after a 20 minute drive, we grab lunch and pick up some fishing gear there. After some early fishing, the rest of the boys finally roll in. See the full crew catch some nice fish, as the smallmouth bass get bigger, and bigger --and even bigger, capped off by a 6 pounder caught by Andy Christensen.Great dinners and poker filled the evenings. Great memories!#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
#SAFETY - Wheres the Copilot? Caravan 208 - Flight from The University of Kansas to Chicago Bushpilot Explorer 2019-04-22 | SLEEPYHEADS! A beautiful warm and sunny 2019 Easter weekend at KU. The University of Kansas is located in Lawrence Kansas.Picking up Danny and his frat brother buddy "Cam" from Jayhawk country in the C-208. Video highlights include scenes from the on-campus Oread Hotel, golf, lunch and hitting the bars. #Seaplanes #Adventure #CessnaDeparture for the flight home from Lawrence Municipal Airport - scenes from in the cockpit on the return flight and arrival to Waukegan Airport, located in a suburb north of Chicago.
Join Me in the Cockpit - Flight Home from Minneapolis, Weather (Instrument Flight) Bushpilot Explorer 2019-04-07 | I flew this Thursday commercially up to Minneapolis Minnesota (via American Airlines) to pick up my airplane and fly it home, back here in Chicago.Model: Cessna 208 Caravan Amphib, turbo prop jet, 11 passeneger.After I had landed in Minneapolis, I checked into the Radisson Blu, which connects to the Mall of America. Checked out the sights, which included an impressive indoor theme park. Great for kids! Also ESPN happened to be hosting the Dos Equis 3-on-3 B Ball tourney right there in the mall. The NCCA Final Four B Ball tournament is being hosted right now there in Minni. Late lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. Then the next day I headed over to Flemming Airport and flew home. Had to file IFR (Instrument Flight Rules). Had weather to contend with, but nothing intense. It was light instrument work, smooth sailing... landed at Waukegan after sunset. Stunning city lights below. Check out the outside wing camera, a dramatic view.It was a fun trip.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
WW2 Hanger In Minneapolis Bushpilot Explorer 2019-04-05 | Getting the plane final prepped in this World War 2 era hanger. I feel like I’m in a time machine.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
The Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship Bushpilot Explorer 2019-04-05 | I am up in Minneapolis picking up my airplane today. Staying at the Radisson connected to the Mall of America, and happened upon the ESPN telecast location for the tournament. They were gracious enough to let me come inside to check it out. The tournament starts today, so I will definitely check it out. Stay tuned!
THE TURBOPROP JET ENGINE - A Close Look Bushpilot Explorer 2019-02-24 | Join Ron on his trip back to Wipair, Inc. in South Saint Paul Minnesota.The Cessna Caravan 208’s turbojet engine returns after a big tune up at Texas Airmotive, located outside of Dallas, TX. Interior upgrades including new carpet. Stopping by the Minnesota History Center to check out the “Greatest Generation” WW2 exhibit.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
The Doomed Franklin Expedition of 1845 - 8th Grade Graduating Class Presentation Bushpilot Explorer 2019-02-19 | Ron tells about his 15 years of expeditions to the high arctic in search of relics, tombs and the two missing sunken ships of the doomed British Franklin Expedition of 1845.To learn more about his expedition work: http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.comAnd for year 2012:http://bushpilotexplorer.blogspot.comTo learn about Franklin's lost expedition: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition
Arctic Expeditions - The Doomed Franklin Mission of 1845 Bushpilot Explorer 2019-01-17 | This is my presentation at the Chicago Yacht Club about some of the arctic expeditions that I undertook searching for the 2 missing ships and crew of the doomed Franklin Expedition of 1845. To learn more about my expedition work: http://bushpilotdhc.blogspot.comAnd for year 2012:http://bushpilotexplorer.blogspot.comTo learn about Franklin's lost expedition: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition
Seaplane Float Manufacturer - Trip to Wipair (HD) Bushpilot Explorer 2018-12-22 | This was my trip to check out to see how the annual process was going on our new Cessna 208 Caravan Amphib.Located at Flemming Field (KSGS) in Inver Grove Heights, a township in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area of Minnesota, Wipair, Inc. is the world leading premier float manufacturer for seaplanes.Ben always had a strong interest in aviation long before he began working on Wipline floats. As a child, he built his own glider in the backyard of his parent’s home. Out of concern for his safety, his parents dismantled the aircraft before he could take it on its maiden voyage. Ben eventually moved to California to work for Douglas Aircraft for a period of time. He was drafted into the Army Air Forces of the United States before Pearl Harbor and spent time working in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he developed a pre-oiling system to help the performance of the bombers. He was awarded several decorations by the military for this engineering contribution.After WWII, Ben returned once again to his roots in Minnesota and continued his career in aviation, with empasis on innovation, and then founded the company in the 1959 by putting all of his ideas for improvement together and built a new revolutionary float design. Ben’s son Bob began working at Wipline Inc. in 1970 after receiving his aeronautical engineering degree from U of M and spending a few years working for Honeywell.In 1974 Bob expanded our range of services by founding Wipaire, Inc performing maintenance as a certified Cessna service center at Fleming Field.Wipline Inc and Wipaire Inc came together in 1979 when Bob purchased Wipline Inc from his father. The 80’s kicked off with the introduction of the Wipline 6000 Float for the de Havilland Beaver and they skyrocketed from there to many more makes and models. Wipaire celebrated 55 years of building Wipline floats in 2015. Today Wipair dominates the world as the top float manufacturer in the world.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Kansas vs Villanova Bushpilot Explorer 2018-12-15 | Big rematch today here at Allan Fieldhouse in Lawrence Kansas from the defeat last year meated out by Villanova in the 2017 NCAA tournament Final Four matchup. Revenge was given today. GO JAYHAWKS!!
Airplane Crash - Grumman TBM Avenger WW2 Torpedo Bomber - NBC5 TV Evening News Report Bushpilot Explorer 2018-12-12 | Copyright NBC NewsLast May of this year (2018), I was flying my vintage WW2 airplane home with a friend from Los Angeles - and at the worst possible place, the engine had a catastrophic failure, smoke, oil and fire from the front accrues the cockpit. We had to parachute out into the wilderness, and no one knew. Read the report I gave to the NSTB and FAA, with images here:tbmavenger.blogspot.com
Cessna 208 Caravan Trip To Grand Geneva Resort Airport Bushpilot Explorer 2018-12-08 | Day adventure flight - N188SF Caravan Amphibian; takeoff from Waukegan Airport in Illinois near Chicago, short enroute flight and landing at Grand Geneva Airport in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
Trip To The Dick Proenneke Museum Bushpilot Explorer 2018-12-06 | On a slow day I hopped in our Caravan Amphib to check out the museum dedicated to Richard Proenneke, the man who lived alone in the wildeness of Alaska for some 40 years. The flight to Keokuk Airport in Iowa was a little over an hour from Waukegan Airport, in the Chicago area. Then a 20 minute rental car ride to Donnellson, where the museum is located. I brought my black lab Sadie with.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna______________________________________________Richard Proenneke followed his ultimate ambition beginning in the 1950’s by setting out to explore and then settle into an area within the untouched wilderness of Alaska. This area is located within a general region which is now called “The Lake Clark National Park”. Dick, as he was called, was dropped off by seaplane at an otherwise inaccessible place called Twin Lakes. He arrived in early spring - and during that summer and fall, he built from scratch his own log cabin, elevated food cache cabin and later a woodshed / workbench structure with other details. And there he lived alone with just the animals for 40 years. He possessed only the most basic essentials - and a canoe. He lived his life’s dream.He in turn inspired thousands of people to go out and find their true wilderness and live the experience.This video is my day trip to visit his museum, in the town adjacent to where Dick grew up. It is a fine tribute to him. The museum has a partial replica of the actual log cabin, along with many of Dick’s artifacts.Definitely a trip worth taking. Today the log cabin at Twin Lakes, along with all of the structures that go along with it, are all preserved and guarded by the Park Service staff of The Lake Clark National Park. It is somewhere you can still visit by seaplane, and see it as it actually was when Dick was there.
North to Alaska 2018 Bushpilot Explorer 2018-11-20 | Alaska father and sons trip.#Seaplanes #Adventure #Cessna
