Lake Rescue PART2 

This is probably one of the best GA related series in the internet right now!! Greetings from Spain!!!

Best aviation video of the year 2023 (Parts 1 and 2) ! You were "lucky" enough to live this adventure and make this amazing video of it ! Paul is definitely the guy I would like to have on the seat next to mine. The Canadian SAR organization and the SAR Techs are outstanding too... I agree with Tom concerning twin engines (I own a Baron 55) : once the remaining engine brought me to a safe place. Continue the good work

As a career firefighter / rescue medic and a pilot, this was one of the most interesting stories I've had the pleasure of hearing. So happy you guys were not injured and even happier you had such an amazing support system helping you. I loved hearing about the amazing people at the resteront as well. Just a great story, with the best possible outcome.

A fantastic 2nd part to the series. Not only was this inspiring from an aviation perspective and appreciating the services and those around us that help us in times like this, but some of the words and lessons at the end are so applicable to daily life. Looking forward to more videos.

Well done, referring to both the handling of the emergency, as well as the videos…looking forward to seeing the Lake recovery video.

Never been excited about stuff from Canada. But their rescue units was the BOMB!! Most excellent!!

This is a fascinating story even without any of the aviation part.

One of the most informative discussion related to SARs that I watched in a long time. Such that I shared the 3-Part with our COPA Flight 23 and Casara Unit here in North Bay area.

Great to see tax dollars being utilized and applied properly to help some good people in a pinch. I used to fuel Tom's Skymaster at CYFD. Beautiful airplane. Glad to see you both came through without a major scrape.

One of the best saws out there is the Silky. Japanese, high quality and goes through wood like butter. I have one in my snowmobile. Great information you are providing.

Incredible series here. Extremely high production quality, a great story, and a very happy outcome. I hope this series gets the views it deserves! Thanks for sharing this story with us and helping us all become safer pilots.

This is a great message. Thank you for getting this out there. I'm positive you're starting conversations on preparedness in many disciplines.

What an amazing story. This has everything! Aviation, man and machine, professionalism, friendship, procedures, survival instinct. the c130 arriving like clockwork was my favourite. What an incredible story or professionalism from all people involved.

Tom, a GREAT 2 part series. So GLAD all turned out well. CONGRATULATIONS to ALL involved. Much RESPECT and praise to all the rescuers. EVERY aviator ... students and experienced pilots ... should watch these two episodes. Very enlightening and educational. THANK YOU for sharing this experience so we all can learn.

Wow! Just watched parts 1 and 2. You tell the story very well and I took away a bunch of great tips for my own preparedness. Thanks for sharing this. Really well done. Hopefully your future adventure flights are a bit less “eventful”!

Wow! I got recommended this vid off of your Instagram reels post at 2am and thought eh what the heck. These two vids did not disappoint! This is probably the best, coolest, most interesting and informative videos from a first hand experience I've watched in my 10+ years of binging RU-vid almost everyday. Your story with the c130 and the rescuers had me smiling and laughing on what is a less than ideal scenario to say the least. Definitely is a great learning experience and will have me second-guessing what items I should bring with me when I fly from now on, especially in a colder climate. So glad to hear both of you were safe and shared this amazing experience! Will definitely be sharing with some other pilot friends of mine. All the best in the future and safe travels!!

I fly an SR20 routinely from NB across Northern ME and into QC and Southern ON. I’ve always been marginally reassured of survival of an engine failure thanks to CAPS, but I’ve never taken seriously the “what happens next” when I’m on the ground in the woods in remote Northern ME in the middle of the winter with NO SURVIVAL GEAR! What the heck was I thinking?? After watching your videos, I ordered a bunch of survival equipment and I will be putting together a survival bag that will be with me every time I fly. Until now, I have flown all winter long in a low cut hiking shoe that isn’t waterproof…not anymore. Thanks for sharing your incredible story and for lighting a fire under my a$$ to take survival more seriously.

Great videos. Thanks for doing them. Now you need to do a video discussing what you carry in your survival kit. Having been through a survival situation, you have a much better appreciation of what is useful than we who have not.

Not a pilot (but an aviation buff) but really enjoyed this. Well told, explained and learned a lot. Good job by all.

Such a young channel. Such a huge impact. Thank you for these seriously informative and well made videos! I look forward to seeing what else you come up with!

This was an amazing story - Thanks for filming and posting this!

This is an amazing story, glad you were able to get footage🙆🏾‍♂️🙏🏾We can all learn a thing or two from this. Thanks for sharing Tom!

Looking forward to you’re sky master adventures. Gr8 story.

Incredible services that you have. Amazing.

As a glider pilot first, I'm surprised that pilots will fly over an extended forest, say, too low to make it to an open field. Why not circle to a higher altitude, then fly over the inhospitable terrain? Similar reasoning to flying the PAPI on a VFR day... You can't make it on a 3 degree glide slope if your engine quits.

Well done video. Thanks.

Wow! An amazing adventure! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences!!!

Well done my CA friends. Great airmanship all around.

Good talking to you today at the hangar. Watched both parts/videos of the Lake forced landing and rescue. Part2 was incredible, the air search and rescue team was really Impressive.

Lets get this channel monetized - Subscribed. The content of this channel so far is stellar. Look forward to see more :)

Great story.

Great channel and videos.

Incredible!

Thank you fo sharing the experience and the learnings. Very well told. Well done on all accounts to both of you. Also congrats on starting the channel. As fascinating as this two part episode was, I truly hope future ones do not include another such experience! Well done Tom and Paul.

Very cool story and interesting -- I learned a lot. What an adventure!

Hi Paul: Thanks for the great video. What great preparation and excellent execution. So glad this all turned out well. G Silver, MD

Great rescue and details, adventure of a life time .

Great video. I woulda declined leaving the safety of fire plane and equipment.

This was an excellent video!

Great video - everyone who flies over the bush should watch this. - thanks

What a superb story. Glad it all went so well and that you both are okay! And Merry Christmas 🎄🎁!

Amazing rescue and good operation for making a safe landing.

Should be required content for every pilot to watch ! 👍Thanks. BTW what caused the Lake engine to fail?

Those whole story is incredible!! Such a Canadian way to be rescued! Haha

Excellent video, thank you. I live in sunny South Florida, can you put together a list of everything you had and another of what you wish you had?

Great story! Have you been approached by COPA or AOPA to recount your experience? Just listening to this series of videos was a goldmine of knowledge!

This is an incredible video! I’m going to share with as many pilots as I can. I fly out of Ottawa.

Great set of videos on winter survival and what to do and pack for survival. Now in the aftermath what happened to the a/c? How did that get out and also the 300+ kilos of SAR stuff?

Very impressed with all the emergency services provided. Thanks for sharing. Tom is the most safety conscious person I have worked with so very interesting to be reminded not to take preparedness for granted. What happened to the plane?

Very interesting! And I am not an aviation enthusiast, I just stumbled on this video. How did you get the plane off the lake? Edit: I found the video of the airplane rescue!

Good work and good story. There is nothing wrong with a well maintained single engine machine btw.

Excellent points made and a zillion teaching moments. This should be a must watch for every pilot, no matter what climate that fly in. Just not having enough water could be a killer. Side question: what caused the engine failure in the Buccaneer?

Curious what happened to the aircraft after the winter forced landing? What caused the engine to die? Did the Canadian Forces ever go back and reclaim their toboggan and gear?

That was a great video! Very informative........ But what happened to the plane?

So I watched both part one and part two as somebody who has 3000 flight hours in helicopters what was the cause of the engine failure? and how did you get it out of the lake how long did it take you? and I will say you guys were definitely prepared awesome job guys Dan USNRT 42 years with Navy High Mt SAR 🇺🇸😎

Crazy story but I'm glad you guys are ok! What lake did you guys put the plane down on? I know the area well. I'm from Manitoulin island and spend a lot of time up where you guys were at a friend's Fly in/snomobile access camp.

What great content and production value. I only wish you already had hours of video posted. I am wondering how and when the airplane was recovered?

If you had doubles you could have done a nice ice dive whilst waiting.😁✌

This video series was very well done, excellent explanation and combined footage. The very experienced pilots were well equipped and prepared for their emergency crash landing. Congratulations, you stated in the video most pilots are ill prepared. Great job given to the SAR Techs and crew of the Hurc that responded and provided such amazing and professional care. Things they could have done better 1) Get off the ice - Exposed to winds and being on ice before rescue is not a good idea, the survival triangle is: Fire, Water, Shelter, not necessarily in that order. They should have moved to the edge of the lake, close to fire fuel and sheltered from the wind and insulated from the ice. 2) They never set up a shelter - you always set up a shelter no matter how fast you think rescue will be. It's also best to do so when still light out vs try to do that in the dark with lights. Complete fail 1) Why did the OPP arrive solo? He should have never ventured out to find them on his own. Where was the SAR team? You never go out alone period let alone for a rescue; the OPP also had no real gear to assist when he found them so what was the point of the snowshoe walk by himself. What if they were injured? Hypothermic? 2) Poor communication with the military and the OPP - the ground team should have known they were found with SAR Techs and in a shelter and uninjured. 3) The worst thing they did was tear down their camp in the middle of the night. What in the world were they thinking agreeing with the OPP? They had a shelter, were warm, had food and water, there was no reason to leave. I would have waited for the military to return and talk to them with a ground to air radio and received further instructions on if a Cormorant was going to arrive/wx dependent. If they had to walk out they should only have done so in the daylight, they were all tired, high risk of injury, and had to leave essential gear behind for no reason at all. They should have stayed where they were as they probably had food for at least 3 days for all of them. The OPP could have been given a sleeping bag, a meal and drink and hunkered down with the rest of them. My background: 32yrs private pilot, 6 years Canadian Military Airborne Medic with 3 weeks arctic survival training and routinely used snowshoes, arctic tents and ski’ while posted at CFB Petawawa. 7yrs ground SAR, - trained military spotter with 50 hrs in a Labrador and 25 hrs training and active search time with 442 Search and Rescue Squadron. 5 yrs. CASARA. 19yrs as a street Paramedic and 8 years as a Rescue Specialist Diver with the Canadian Coast Guard. Underwater Egress Instructor. Trauma Instructor, Avalanche Rescue, Ski Patrol.

What ever happened to the downed aircraft, was it recovered? Enjoyed the rescue video.

Great videos! Is there going to be a followup video getting the aircraft off the lake?

great video, thank you, Can I ask what ended up happening to the airplane?

Хороший рассказ👍

You guys really were prepared for this. Great story with a great outcome. What happened to the plane?

Good to see some pilots at least halfway prepared. You could have been out there for a long time and still have been ok. But, don't get over confident just because you fly a twin. A lot of pilots get killed by their twins because they are not proficient in handling an engine out scenario. We had a 310 fatal in Nevada last week... density altitude, and turning into the dead engine bit him.

Here is what we know about the Lake Buccaneer engine failure and how we got it off the ice - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sDjojQN-unM.html

Were you able to retrieve the airplane?

Btw: what failed on the engine?

Can you post the contents of your emergency pack? And the items you deleted?

Oh by the way, do you know what was the issue that made the engine die?

Will there be a part three with how everything was recovered?

What happened to the plane ?

What happen to the plane?

What happened to the plane

I hope you carry firearms when flying over those areas.Glad you didn’t encounter any bears or other dangerous animals. Your guardian angels were with you on that flight,and your glider experience and calm thinking helped.IMO

Should have just slept through the night. What gave the opp guy the idea that risking a night hike was best?

I crashed in the desert...tough walk out to Cal Black airport, lake Powell. Always follow roads....always. RU-vid: "Cyrus Thomas I follow roads episode 1"

Ok …so what is “sucking drag”? Can anybody enlighten me?

This is the most Canadian videos. Paul is the best possible person to have had as pilot. Wow. Love Cdn Forces. Love CFB Trent. Glass everyone is well. Great take aways. Can we get your lists of emerg supplies. 🇨🇦🙏🏻🫶🏼