Alaska Bush Pilot Walk around : Bush flying the Pilatus Porter PC-6 a popular bush plane : 2023

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Join me as I follow Alaska Bush Pilot on the pre-flight walk around of The Pilatus Porter PC-6 bush plane.
Philipp does bush flying in the Alaska back country in the South Central Alaska region.
He also teaches in this porter, as well as use it for utility work, serving the community around McCarthy.
From his summer time lodge, the FlyAlaska Lodge, inside the Wrangel-St.Elias National park, he operates this Porter onto the glaciers and high elevation mountain terrain, around the McCarthy area.
This Alaska bush plane, is very capable machine, and carries a lot of weight.
The Pilatus Porter PC-6 saw production from 1959 - 2022.
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0:00 Introduction
0:52 FlyAlaska Lodge
3:41 Pilatus Porter PC-6 Walk around at the lodge
5:10 Turbine Conversion - Pratt & Witney PT-6
6:24 North Atlantic Ferry from Europe to Alaska
8:11 Landing gear 35" bushwheels and 10" wheel from Berringer
9:25 Cargo conversion
11:55 The Porter Trap Door
15:25 The Cockpit
15:55 Avionics
17:22 Manual Flaps and trip
20:27 Ski pump
20:45 Maintenance and Pilatus factory support and spare parts
21:55 Backcountry Alaska communities and air support

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@JeremyJoubert Год назад

So although Pilatus aren’t making them anymore, you can order one in kit form if you just order all the parts in the catalogue!

@fredblogs 11 месяцев назад

I skydived out of one several times in Spain at 13000 ft free fall to 2.500 ft and the Pilatus was landing below us. It was on the ground before we could get down. Great aircraft.

@grant209 8 месяцев назад

The Australian Army operated Pilatus PC-6B Turbo Porter from the late 60's till the mid 1990's when they were retired from service. An awesome STAL aircraft to watch, so versatile

@ringingears251 5 месяцев назад

I fell in love with this plane after watching Never cry wolf when I was a kid.

@PeterNGloor 2 месяца назад

in the movie it looked like it was very expensive - too much to replace the old Beaver...

@johndavidwolf4239 Год назад

I have never seen a Swiss machine that was not perfectly made,

@TroyOttosen-jg7tt Месяц назад

As a longtime Alaskan, flying with the best AK pilots over the years, I will take a beaver or Cessna 185 anyday!😳

@PeterNGloor 2 месяца назад

two skydiver-safety features: the guard on the horizontal stab AND a guard in front of the tailwheel. But it looks easier to drop from the floor hatch.

@ebazerkhairetdinov1089 Месяц назад

Amazing airplane 👍🏻

@bernhardeigenhuis3522 Год назад

Lekker Deon, daai aksent sal ek orals herken !!! Groete van Wes van Lanseria SA

@brandonjerue1205 Год назад

Not just the Porter but anything PILATUS ❤️🇨🇭🛩️ The PC-24 is the only private jet worthy of ALASKA BUSH FLYING

@michealfaulk5149 Год назад

Last flew on a Porter in Vietnam. Was there Sept 65- Dec 67. Air America gave me rides back to base frequently. Thanks to Bill Pratt. They can do everything they did in the movie. Thank you, Mel Gibson.

@flyer5769 Год назад

My dad started with air America in 1967. I got there 1968 at 10 years old. He flew porters's, DC-3's, C-46's, I don't know if you flew the Volpar. Also he flew in Vientiane, Laos.

@pclayton5063 Год назад

I was thinking that looks what Air America was flying when I was in Vietnam.

@michealfaulk5149 Год назад

@@pclayton5063 They had a slew of unusual aircraft. Dornier, a twin, was what Bill Pratt normally flew. C46s, the Porter, aero commander twins. Helio Couriers, also a good performing STOL.

@Harpoika 4 месяца назад

Pc6 is my all time favourite aircraft

@10gsplus 7 месяцев назад

As much as neccessary and as little as possible ... beautiful.

@larrynoe6162 6 месяцев назад

I am a pilot and can appreciate this magnificent machine. Oh and I own a Rolex and several nice Tissots.

@56thSPSk970 Год назад

Yes, I too was first introduced to the Porter in Vietnam/Thailand in 70'. Twice sence then, for me its the ok only aircraft in the sky..... A terrific airplane!

@danielmarcou2040 3 месяца назад

this guy is living the dream!!!

@bruwalter8141 Год назад

One of the best Airlines. 🤩👍 Greetings from Switzetland 🇨🇭 The birdplace of PC6 Porter Be blessed in the LORD 😉

@davybloggs1564 2 месяца назад

Excellent video, very informative and interesting. Thanks for posting.

@Renato.Stiefenhofer.747driver Год назад

Thank's for the video, Deon. "Jausen-Brettli" ... sounds more like Austrian/Bavarian German. That is, of course, totally not important. I used to fly the Pilatus Porter a couple of times. It's a helicopter without the danger of too many moving parts. Regards from Far East, flying the four engined pocket knife from Seattle..😉 .. sometimes over Mount St. Elias. Absolutely gorgeous up there. The longest glacier I know of. Still growing. Don't tell Greta...

@flykazan8846 2 месяца назад

Thank you very much for the video. I also have experience flying the PC-6. It's an amazing aircraft. I flew in Africa and encountered high crosswinds several times. Landing this plane in a crosswind is challenging. I have a question: I hold an ICAO license. Can I work with this type of aircraft in Alaska, for example?

@robertanderson-yx8mo 11 месяцев назад

Engineering excellence

@CoolStyleSir Месяц назад

So Nice

@murdocks8242 Год назад

Awesome bird!

@PeterNGloor 2 месяца назад

it was made to replace the Beaver, and it can do it well. Especially when it got a turbine engine.

@CapitaineNautilus 5 месяцев назад

Hop Suisse !

@Tom-or2bm Год назад

Sehr sympathisch ! "Jausen-Brettli" :-)) herrlich, wonderful ! Vielen Dank - thank you !

@voornaam3191 Год назад

Then hurry! What the BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP are you waiting for? Just asking, one is never too old to change one's mind. Ten years from now, you prolly say thanks, no, thanks. Better do ten years of great flying.

@Tom-or2bm Год назад

@@voornaam3191 ?? hä ?? I think you misunderstood what I said... Btw: I flew gliders for years.

@redbearrc6706 8 месяцев назад

I love this walkaround. Pilatus stopped the production, but I will continue although mine are rc models. I hope that I will fly in a real one someday. Thanks for the nice videos of the Porter.

@kilcar 7 месяцев назад

I believe that type of aircraft was in a James Bond film. I wonder what the stall speed is?

@steveb1739 Год назад

Very lekker boet! Thank you for the walk around, Danke schoen Hr. Phillipe, eine Schöne flugzeug!

@timberskypilot Год назад

I miss flying a Porter!

@chartphred1 Год назад

I could own any aircraft in the world, this would be it.

@capt.robertodegioannis9954 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic aircraft ! 👍

@Thepuffingyank Год назад

back in the 90's. i worked in cordova for great pacific as a dock hand and forklift driver. a colleague of mine would drive out to the bridge and watch the childes calve into the copper oh such memories. my hopes of riding to the bridge we dashed by my misunderstanding of glacial silt aqnd it's roil in ending all movement in the crank thank you sealed bearing crankshaft you performed exactly ass adverLIED it as.. i made it 7 miles. i think the bridge is 50.maybe? i would love to see more ! i need to go back. i love it there

@weallmakechoices7456 7 месяцев назад

Used to fly one. Never felt happier than in it, great aeroplane. Yes the jausen brettli I used to call the 'tea shelf'. Great for the mug of tea & sandwiches, pens, hat, gloves etc.

@EmaaCharlie Год назад

Only I can say it's just like Abig eagle dancing over the poles❤

@villagelightsmith4375 11 месяцев назад

I knew I should have bought one of those things. Pilatus Porter.

@WillemLuntungan Год назад

Pc 6 ❤

@swim2kill Год назад

This was my favorite pc6 walkaround. You can really tell he loves that plane. Are you scottish or south african? Some words sound Scottish and some south african. Cool accent

@RobotoForgoto Год назад

I would love to see this bird and a turbo beaver flying around together in a video. I love them both! 🇨🇦

@DeonMitton 4 месяца назад

Working on that ...

@stantissue2065 Год назад

Eddie Uhl (Fairchild CEO) used to wake me up every summer morning with a relatively low pass over the house on his way from Fairchild in Hagerstown, MD, to Fairchild in Germantown, MD. The Porter was his commuter vehicle. He landed it right in front of the building in Germantown, on about 300’ of landing strip that ran parallel to I270. He also used the FH1100 helicopter occasionally, but did not fly it. His pilot lived across the street from us.

@dewiz9596 Год назад

Awesome plane!

@alexgeorge2993 Год назад

Great video and in my humble opinion it is the ultimate bush plane!

@cdalton3169 Год назад

Beautiful aircraft!!!!!!

@TinkerToby 3 месяца назад

Even these little planes are over a million.

@space1commander 11 месяцев назад

What a beautiful Machine and thanks to every one for making this video possible and what an amazing pilot.

@lancesay 7 месяцев назад

during the secret war from 1960 to 1975, in laos, #air #america #airamerica, flew these #pilatus #porter pc-6 is known by locals by not understanding english or know how fully pronouncing the word porter, they called it Pocter. these Pocters were like dragon flies flying high in the sky of laos going from lima sites to lima sites. what a memory. maybe one of these days, i would love to see one of these Pocters flying again in laos, that would be so cool going from lima sites to lima sites.

@maxthechief6456 7 месяцев назад

I know that aircraft, worked on that from 82 to ˋ05 on S/N 856 in the Austran Airforce👍

@robertmannel4446 Год назад

I'm a newbie wannabe. In love with the DH-2 Beaver. And in love with this airframe, now. Just love how important these planes service the Puget Sound and North thru Alaska. I love this!

@skypilot249 Год назад

Thanks a lot, especially on a rainy day here in Switzerland when I can't fly my "Red Bull" Pilatus Porter, a beautiful scale model of course, wingspan 52", electric powered. I just love Pilatus Porters, besides Beavers, Twin Otters and other bush planes 😊 Can't wait until the skydive season starts and I can go for a ride along with the skydivers but me, I prefer to enjoy the pretty fast steep dive back to the airfield 😄

@brianmelanson5124 10 месяцев назад

That’s awesome, we’re on the other side of the park, in HAines Junction Yukon. Real cool bird

@xforged2021 11 месяцев назад

Nice plane　Nice view　Nice life.

@reto4214 Год назад

Great video!

@trudeauphobicmooseater7263 Год назад

Awesome tour of your PC-6! Lots of well designed features that out do the DHC 2Turbo Beaver, which went out of production in ‘67… I operate CFOED, TB # 9 with a 4 blade MT out front…thinks you might like it; we sure do. MT has the STC…

@rubenhenson131 Год назад

Awesome

@daveblevins3322 Год назад

I seem to remember something like this from my visits to Thailand and South Vietnam. 1972 &/3. Air America I believe.

@P-CROZIER Год назад

Wonderful to see this and see the flying, we had these in Papua New Guinea, the original PT6 was upgraded from the Dash 20,to the Dash 27 and finally to the Dash 34... We flew 3 of them at Sky Dive Dubai... And a friend of mine flew 1 in Jordan for parachutists...

@josephcooksley3219 Год назад

Amazing

@hendo7798 6 месяцев назад

Really interesting and well presented video , very enjoyable thank you 🙏

@liammcinnis8750 Год назад

Awesome video, would love to watch some of your experiences with Tropic Ocean Airways if you have some footage

@Wobbler619 11 месяцев назад

Great for skydiving too!

@diegoerazo5453 10 месяцев назад

on my wish list.

@volkerjansen3901 Год назад

Wonderful video and plane! Looking forward to more videos from Alaska :)

@DeonMitton Год назад

Thanks a lot!

@terryterry1655 7 месяцев назад

pilatus still supporting Porter in terms of spare parts

@michaelguerin56 Год назад

Thank you Deon and Philippe for an excellent video. I have subscribed.

@AlaskasFlyingCowboy Год назад

Nice job Deon!

@DeonMitton Год назад

Thanks Gary! Looking forward to next time! Will send you stills from the photo flight soon

@glennoropeza3545 10 месяцев назад

If anybody wonders what a Pilatus Porter is capable of doing just watch the movie Air America with Mel Gibson and Robert Downey jr! I was amazed at the planes ability to land on a very short dirt runway on a mountain! I'm sure it was done by a Hollywood stuntman but these planes can do what others can't! Yes the plane maybe easy to fly like a Supercub but make no mistake the porter is a big bird!

@kilcar 7 месяцев назад

Leave it to the Swiss to build such a piece of art as that aircraft.

@HMVIERA Год назад

Great Video! I’m also a big Pilatus Porter Fan😊

@DeonMitton Год назад

Great ! Thanks for the feedback - it's a very capable platform

@stonecreek94 Год назад

Tolles Flugzeug

@sski Год назад

Wanted one all my life.

@ackack612 Год назад

A very good presentation. My only quibble would be not asking how a German pilot ends up as an Alaskan bush pilot...gotta be a good story.

@aaronteuscher2303 Год назад

He is Swiss....

@ackack612 Год назад

@@aaronteuscher2303 ...and speaks german, (albeit swiss german?) as his first language.

@nomad8994 Год назад

Actually work in Aircraft maintenance out in Lake Hood Anchorage. See a PC-6 across the street every once and while its red and white. One of those planes that’s cool and weird looking at the same time.

@danielepatane3841 11 месяцев назад

Switzerland is a country full of mountains so they built the Pilatus pc6 keeping in mind their territory this is the main reason why it performs so well in the bushes...this is my humble opinion

@robertneven7563 6 месяцев назад

hello, i jump more then 400 jumps out off the Pil,

@neiwtonpereira8807 Год назад

Cool! I need to make some flights at this location in Flight Simulator, I need the ICAO code for this aerodrome please

@Noone-rt6pw 11 месяцев назад

A turbine as an engine??? Helicopters have them. A previous video showed a long nose Cessna looking plane where it crossed my mind a turbine could be laid in the engine compartment. It crossed my mind with the long nose, a channel through the plane could be intake and exiting thrust of a turbine as the original MIG with a prop as well. I never heard of this combination, however, on a smaller plane, a small turbine could be laid in with a channel through the plane, then a prop in front of the intake, with thrust exiting the rear, where the thrust and prop would need to be synchronized so one doesn't impose drag on the other, but to feed and complement one another. There may need to be modifications to the prop as pitch, diameter (length), cupping and being adjustable as well. But both complementing one another. It wouldn't be efficient I do not suspect at startup and slower speeds, but might give shorter take offs with more thrust, becoming more efficient flying and especially long distance.

@toddmaley2031 Год назад

Is that a helio courier

@bernhardecklin7005 Год назад

Is it a former Flugwaffe PC-6?

@KonstantinosSoulis Год назад

I learned about planes from simulators. If I was possible to turn back the time i will just learn good English and study for a pilot.

@calinutza33 Год назад

It’s never too late to becoming a pilot , it’s only very expensive ‘ 😢

@user-ct1nv1yb7n 9 месяцев назад

ใช่รูปทรงมันได้กว่ามันคิดแล้วก็สร้างเพื่อสิ่งเดียวสั้นที่สุด

@dtsh4451 Год назад

Just a pity Pilatus stopped building the PC-6😢

@dougb27 Год назад

I hear the pc-48 is gonna be even better.

@cinemantics231 Год назад

@@dougb27 what's the PC-48?

@flyer5769 Год назад

So when was the Porter certified for flight in the US?

@stantissue2065 Год назад

I would guess it was around 1963 that the deal was done with Fairchild. I think I have documentation on it but it is packed away at the moment. It was flying in the mid 60’s out of Hagerstown.

@Moonbahmemories 11 месяцев назад

Clutch cargo isgo

@user-ct1nv1yb7n 9 месяцев назад

คลิปนี้เพิ่งปล่อยมาไม่นานเครื่องอยู่ในสภาพใช้งานจ่ายเงินใช้ได้เลยคิดว่าอย่างนั้น

@user-ct1nv1yb7n 9 месяцев назад

เขาน่าจะขายแน่นอน 100% ถ้าคุณตกลงราคาได้

@goatfarmmb Год назад

Pilatus has discontinued the PC-6 this year

@MattMorris481 4 месяца назад

Look at that it even has a mother law seat all the way in the back or if you got one of those Karen passengers that won’t stop complaining.😂

@travers114 Год назад

Classic neutral Switzerland, where every plane as standard has bomb bay doors haha

@user-ct1nv1yb7n 9 месяцев назад

ถ้ามีคนถามซื้อต่อคุณเต็มใจที่จะขายไหม

@savagecub 5 месяцев назад

So I take it the pilot spends less than 30 minutes above 12500’ ???

@DeonMitton 4 месяца назад

except when he's using supplemental O2

@warjacare 8 месяцев назад

Every few seconds a new scene. Disturbing.

@wagnergitirana Год назад

If customers from Colombia and Mexico are buying a lot of this specific aircraft… well, then you shouldn’t be so surprised… that drop cargo bay, more likely is the main feature for a more “specific clientele” !