AH they were fun DAZE
Fun and games in Matagami - remember those trailers at the hangar?
Chapais and Chibougamau - Camp 8, 7, 6, ect
Sept Isles. Schefferville, Lab City - Working on the Railroad.
Summer time in the Gaspe.
🙄 "Replacement ! - Are you insane? - Why would I want a replacement - I'd have to go home!!! Send more money, flight reports and parts. Then leave me alone!"
Any time in Bagtown.
The gatherings of the clan in LG-2, 3, 4, Lac Pau ( everyone on 122.8 ) or wherever.
Trout fishing in the evening.
Fires in Ontario, Drill moves in Lupin, Uranium rush in Baker lake, Staking in Timmins, Bird towing everywhere. Laser.
Summer on Hudson Strait ( windy ain't it ?)
Fly in Lunch at Mon Village.
Those B-52 missions in the bar ( This swill ain't fit for pigs - whose round is it )
600 hours a year for sure - double flight pay after that
Harvey Easton, "Rocket" Roy Hiebel, Jim Moss, Jean Paul Parent, Red McKinnon, Ray Ryan.
John and Peter Smiley, John Kaza where are you now?
Camel F
John WHO? practicing outos everywhere.
Hydro Quebec Camps
and SEBJ Camps. :down:
Casey Heaters
those -40 mornings.
Sunrise over everywhere on the first flight and sunset on the last.
Blade and body covers.
Rolling Barrels - pumping fuel. - My weren't we in good shape.
KM 381 ( the penal colony )
Great Whale - who named it that??? Nothing great about it.
Tachographs ( Hand me the bung wrench - this one's still serviceable )
FSS and IBT
Those beautiful L1s - I still say C-GLMM was the best helicopter ever built.
All the Astar problems. (" No you do't get a day off after you do a successful outo onto an 100 foot round island in the LG-2 reservoir - if I do it for you I'll have to do it for everyone!")
The twinstar on fixed floats.
Long Line ????? What's a long line???
The people - it was always the people!
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