After
sailing Haefen across to Vancouver Island Jeff and I needed to get back to the
mainland to pick up our car. We decided to fly from Nanaimo Harbour to Vancouver
Harbour in a de Havilland Beaver float plane. August 2009. Click on each photo
to open a larger version.
Nanaimo
Harbour
Taxiing
out into the harbour.
Taking off from Nanaimo Harbour. (You might want to turn your sound down
while watching this video, it is an old Beaver after all.)
Shortly
after takeoff.
A
look at the cockpit of a de Havilland Beaver
Shortly after take off from Nanaimo Harbour we fly
past Protection Island
Flying
over the Strait of Georgia, looking north (port /left side) towards the
coastal mountains.
Looking
south (starboard/right side) at Gabriola Island.
BC
Ferry - one of the new super c-class vessels - crossing the Strait of
Georgia.
Entrance
Island and lighthouse, about 6 miles east of Nanaimo.
Sailboats
on the Strait of Georgia
Towboat
and barge, with ferry and coastal mountains in the background.
After
sailing Haefen across to Vancouver Island Jeff and I needed to get back to the
mainland to pick up our car. We decided to fly from Nanaimo Harbour to Vancouver
Harbour in a de Havilland Beaver float plane. August 2009. Click on each photo
to open a larger version.
Nanaimo
Harbour
Taxiing
out into the harbour.
Shortly
after takeoff.
A
look at the cockpit of a de Havilland Beaver 
Flying
over the Strait of Georgia, looking north (port /left side) towards the
coastal mountains.
Looking
south (starboard/right side) at Gabriola Island.
BC
Ferry - one of the new super c-class vessels - crossing the Strait of
Georgia.
Entrance
Island and lighthouse, about 6 miles east of Nanaimo.
Sailboats
on the Strait of Georgia
Towboat
and barge, with ferry and coastal mountains in the background.