ray Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I took this one of the Finning Gazelle around 1990. The was a seagull in the foreground, and with the camera angle, it looked like the gull was being chased. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullcap Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 C-GDUG is purple one on fires near ft smith 1983 c-GOCA catching a lift on barge Liard River C-GOCA at Ft Simpson 1983 C-GOCA tail north of Wrigley 1983 C-GOCA south of Nahanni Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullcap Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Bob Thurston with back to camera giving preflight briefing to me for first vertical reference lesson. What an awesome man and instructor he was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zishelix Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Great images Skullcap! Thanks for share. One more of C-FEMF: SA342J C-FEMF departing Vancouver Int Apt March 87 (Photo: Mike Head) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGP Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I was in Dryden in1974 working with Kenting.I was with Hugh Ross and Jerry Flesher,we had FFZM an S-58.Have put those pics on here already.Cheers.Viking had a pile of 500 working on that fire.We were day based out of Vermillion Bay.Also worked fires with Bob Thurston in Gypsumville Manitoba the year before he departed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zishelix Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I wonder if any of you gents might have a photo of those "stretched" Gazelle C-GSDZ which belonged first to Creighton Holdings and then Finning Tractor & Equipment Co. back in 1980s. Seems impossible to find... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullcap Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Turbowest had one in Ft Simpson, was brown and beige I think. But somehow with a fuel cap missing the fuel sucked out of tank and caught fire and burned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullcap Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 c-femf was a SA341G as the 342J was or is not certified in Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Mike Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Bob Thurston with back to camera giving preflight briefing to me for first vertical reference lesson. What an awesome man and instructor he was.Thirsty Bob was a great fellow, we had him up here helping us on a drill job in the Chilcotin, early 1980's. Between him and Bob Holt, you couldn't get any better entertainment! (unless Transport Canada inspectors entered the room!!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullcap Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Yes he was full of fun and entertainment. When I was landing on the towers in Saskatchewan in 80s he'd tease me about being a suicide jockey,,,,,next tour he was on the machine. But he was smarter than I was and had it down to a science, 30 seconds per landing, only enough gear in machine for what they needed on that tower. I left too much gear in machine, get in get something get out,,,back and forth,,,etc. You could learn more stuff from him just listening to his stories than most could teach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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