Sealand Aviation Blog

Sealand Aviation Blog

How to back up in a Beaver: the Video - May 20th

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Bob Kobzey took this video of Greg Koopman practicing backing up the DHC-2 TRACE Beaver on wheel gear.

Country Cousins - May 16th

Bob caught this picture of the DHC-2 and the Air Tractor with the TRACE Engine.

Testing continues - May 14th

Greg is spending one more day in Texas, giving a check out to the TRACE Air Tractor pilot who will continue with the company test flight program.   

TRACE Flight Testing Day 2 - May 13th

Some more pictures: The TRACE Beaver at 1000 feet, Greg and Bob alongside the plane, and a snapshot at the end of the day..Plus a video!

TRACE BEAVER IS FLYING!!!! - May 12th

Mark this day in history.  Finally the engineers have enough paper to equal the weight of the plane, and the final piece of paper says we can fly. The flight was uneventful

Float Planes and Cameras - April 6th

Greg and Tyson delivered N9LB up to Ketchikan the other day, and Tyson took this shot just north of Campbell River.

TRACE update: C-GGBF is now N600AX - February 24th

She was a sad little thing when she arrived.

The Eagle Hangar at the Spit - February 20th

Brenda Kobzey took a great picture of the Eagle Hangar on the weekend, which shows why it's called the Eagle Hangar.  Her husband Bob took the other two pics of the planes at the hangar.<

Aircraft skis on the West Coast - February 16th

We have just installed Viking Air's 9000 lb Gross Weight increase in Black Sheep Aviation's Otter.  Tsayta Aviation's Beaver is in for radio work, and a birdcage inspection