HEADS UP GUYS! There are a ton of scammer accounts on RUclips pretending to be the creator of the video. I am not doing any give-away and I am not on telegram. Do not trust any comment that looks like me unless it has a check mark next to the name.
You might just want to add Telagram and Whatsup to the blocked words list for the comment section. That will put their comments into review mode automatically...
Brian is a truly wealthy man. He is doing something that he loves so much that he gladly accepts the grunt work as "just part of the job". He is making memories that are priceless.
I mean, just take a look at the man and his entire demeanor - calm, articulate, aware. Disconnected with the world in the way that most of us know, and connected with the world in the way that most of us don't. Amazing, thanks for the vid Trent.
As a middle-aged guy with a wife, kids, mortgage, 9-5 job and a love of (the idea of) bush flying, this kid is doing it right! If I get a Buddhist-style do-over, I'm going this route! Bravo Bryan!
“You’re using your head a little bit more, you’re getting away from the procedures a little bit more. You’re not doing what the book says”. This is the magic of floatplane flying. The personal challenges as a pilot are so much greater and so much more fulfilling (when you overcome the, which isn’t always). This is why even as a British pilot, I have over 100 hours on floats, mostly in Maine and Alaska. The magic is indescribable. If he’s green at 1,000hrs, I feel better for some of the floatplane flight failures I have in videos on my channel! Best and worst. Magic video Trent, thanks. Stunning.
In my mid-forties and I'm going for my license this year. Going to do something I love and escape the daily grind of city life. Hopefully, it's never too late.
Out of everything I have seen on your channel, that had to be the best 8 minutes and 27 seconds I have ever seen on your channel, Trent! That engine on Brian's plane sure does sound different on start-up than a Rotax. GREAT VIDEO!
Good old De Havilland Beaver. What a reliable workhorse. Great video Trent!!! I think it’d be hard to come home from up there in BC. So beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Hi Trent! Long time viewer, first time commenter. Thank you for posting this video. Last year I moved to Alaska for a fly fishing guiding job, and quickly realized that I’d much rather be in the left seat of the beavers that were flying us out to fish. For the past nine months I’ve been on the warpath to become a professional bush pilot, getting a job in aviation (CAD for a components company), penny pinching to afford flight school. All to get where Brian is. This video is fuel in my tank in a big way. Thank you buddy
Man this was beautifully shot and edited Trent. One of the best videos you have put together. I can feel the passion that Brian has for the environment in which he is working. You should do more mini documentaries like this on interesting people. Absolutely love it.
Dude that was so well done!! Everything about that video was great!! I always thought your videos were like mini documentaries about your flying, life or whatever you were doing that day. You should do more videos about other people like this one. Not that yours are boring just say’n this was really well done!!
When I started flying in the 90's in Canada, this was one of the only ways you could get hours. Small aviation happens in the Bush in Canada, and now that people don't need to uproot and move up north to fly, it's pretty rare. Northern flying experience is invaluable and teaches judgement that can't be learned in other early career paths. Almost 30 years later I am a captain at an airline in Canada and I miss flying floats almost every day. I do not miss rolling drums however LOL.
Fantastic video Trent! My grandad was a pioneer aviator in Canada WW1 then superintendent for DOT for Yukon and BC; his pilot’s licence was #9. He had over 15,000 hours. My dad was a bush pilot with over 8,000 hours flying up and down the BC coast in and out of logging and mining camps. There are dozens of communities in northern Canada that rely entirely on bush planes for supplies, medicvac, etc Your video brought back memories and the amazing stories. Thx so much. I look forward to enjoying more of your great adventures.
Trent this is somehow simply outstanding. All of your videos are entertaining. This is another level. Wow to be able to work with someone like Brian anywhere in the world would be amazing. What an extraordinary young man. But the gift is your telling of the story. Thank you, thank you Brian as well.
6:55 RU kidding?! This is my favorite vid you’ve posted! It shows a nice, grateful, hard-working, resourceful blue-collared, red-blooded, 24 yr old bush pilot tell part of his story. AND, the cinematography…freakin’ amazing job! Of course, God made the stunningly beautiful scenery. But you did an incredible job capturing the ol’ plane against the VAST, majestic wilderness! Very stunning/very inspiring! Thank you very much!
Sometimes I see what awesome jobs some people have and think it's so amazing. Trent, you did spectacular on this video. The interview format is greatly appreciated.
It’s spam, all of RUclips is getting these fake accounts that are commenting back. I’ve been chasing and deleting as many as I can. Basically if you don’t see a check mark next to my name then it isn’t me!
Fantastic!!! I worked on Bravo Papa Bravo over 20 years ago in my early days of pulling wrenches on airplanes. Great to see it still going strong. Awesome video!!
Thank you for featuring this humble young man who has chosen the path less traveled. In his brief 24 years he has crammed a lifetime of beautiful scenery and experiences most of us will never see. Great job Trent!
The Spatsizi is beautiful country, I live in northern BC and have been on several search and rescue flights up there including some in the renowned Beaver aircraft.
More videos like this! Trent, this was inspiring. There's so many avenues in Aviation. Maybe you can make a series interviewing people like Brian that have made their living off of aviation and how they got there.
I’m 21 and joining the AF to become a pilot after working as an FA for American and the feeling I got on my first flight of just being alone in the air in a place no a lot of people get to be is just amazing, and even though I like the airlines and the feeling of walking into the airport in uniform my heart wants this, or both. I’ll see where life takes me but I see myself doing both, this is beautiful. Man after my own heart
Brilliantly shot, a wonderfully erudite pair. I took my first seaplane ride out of Vancouver last month after completing the inside passage with Hurtigruten. That is a wonderful part of the world that I had never seen. Thanks for giving me another insight into the great wilderness. Said the guy living in crowded southern England 👍🏻👍🏻
By far, the BEST Video You’ve ever done in my opinion Trent! The Editing, Colors and Music were damn phenomenal. For a moment, I thought I was watching a movie and I felt like I was in it at the same time! Amazing to say the least…✈️✈️🛫
FANTASTIC "departure" Trent....this was super cool. Worse, the STRUGGLE financially for low time commercial guys is VERY real. For decades. ALL PILOTS pay their dues....bigtime. #Kudos
Good job Trent. Congratulations Brian. So Trent are you in the act of becoming more of a professional documentarian? If this is an example, go for it. That experiences in my life of depending on my abilities and judgement to successfully navigate the immense wild of bush Alaska for so many years to meet the variety of challenges involved in that type of flying is priceless. Which of course is the issue: dollars or value?
got my float rating in alaska flying a beaver just like this one! can confirm that the bush and seaplane experience is totally different from “regular” land flying. no procedures, no windsocks, no METAR - i realized how easy it is to get overconfident when you’re only dealing with wheels asphalt and ATC. this kind of flying is amazingly fun and forces you to use whatever you have available. i gotta say, the view is a big part of the reward too. amazing scenery in the north. by the way, those engineers at de Havilland Canada designed a hell of a bush plane in the DHC-2. that rear door is specifically shaped to accommodate a 55g drum, and the whole airframe was designed for floats from the beginning. incredible plane, takes off and lands shorter than a cub on floats.
Growing up in the UK I had no idea that a life like this existed. I thought the only flying was airlines or Air Force and my eyesight precluded both. Much later I discovered this sort of flying and oh how I would have loved that life. Now, in my 50's, I've ended up with a tiny plane that I fly from a local grass strip and still dream of one day flying it to the US and exploring the back country.
I think sometimes people are so focussed on their goals of flying and making money doing so they forget to stop look around and enjoy the jobs on the way. Or to even look at a path not usually taken, Brian has picked a great way to get to enjoy what he does. And honestly I do not think you can ask for better scenery to get to look at!
I’ve been exploring different opportunities as I become a pilot, and this is so inspirational. Truly sparked a beautiful curiosity for me and my future! Thank you for this video
I grew up around Bush planes with my parents business, from the Beaver to the otter then turbo otters and turbo beavers. Love the sound of a radial engine over the turbine still!
I never watch RUclips videos more than once, but this is my second watch. This kid impresses the hell out of me. I was a fly fishing guide in the Florida keys many years ago and know how Brian feels.
Bush flying is what helps many remote communities survive. In fact in some cases it is the one thing that makes it possible for them to exist at all. There are many people who have reason to thank the bush pilots for their work.
Hey Trent just dropped in and saw this fantastic piece. Sensational! Please do a longer version, or Ep#2!?...Love not only the flying, scenery and the DHC-2, but also the back story from Bryan. My son just got his CPL island hopping in the remote Torres Strait b/w PNG and Oz, and starts work up there with TS Air soon; no floats but C210 and BN-2 Islanders. It’s a whole other set of flying challenges up there. Hoping to get there later this year and get some footage to post. Keep up the great work!
Awesome video, thanks Trent. Brian is living the dream. I’m housebound now. My legs aren’t working very well anymore and I just finished 44 radiation treatments for prostate cancer. This video is the most inspiring thing I’ve seen in a long time.
Great video! Brings back some great memories of the bush. I was the same at 24, and after 10 years if it, and wanting to start a family and see more of the world, I made the best choice for me and moved up. I would love to see a follow-up video of Brian at 34 and compare. He's only just starting to fly the beaver. So much more adventure ahead!
As a former pilot who went through the Confederation College Flight Management program this is the real joy of flying. Brian has a smile and looks in his eyes that says it all. While there may be long days, frustrating days and scary times with weather, at the end of the day, being a bush pilot is the last true adventure in life. I crashed out of flying, started experiencing panic attacks and knew I was no longer safe to fly since I didn't trust my judgment anymore. I got into our busing on the ground and finished off a wonderful career as a tour operator in Banff and Jasper. Do I miss the flying? Yup, but that's why I can live it with videos like this every now and again. Thank you Trent!
Well done Trent! Young Aviators need to know that the bush is still a completely viable option! It is a quiet world, but once you get a taste of these kinds of operations the variety and beauty of it all is a hard thing to quit. Also, the days of subsistence living and pumping floats for years before getting a shot to fly are for the most part over. The bush companies that I am aware of struggle to fill seats in the spring. A dedicated bush guy with a few types and a few season under their belt is a valuable asset.
Great video ...I have a lot of skydives from this type of aircraft ( DHC-2 Beaver ) . Most of them where in Fairbanks Alaska 1972-73 ... US Army , Fort Wainwright Sport Parachute Club ..I was the Clubs FAA Rigger at that time. ..... ..Blue Sky Trent 😀
Great Vid, Trent. The Beaver footage was really cool. It looks like Brian has the Best Job in the world. Flying and Fishing for his living. Hopefully you took your fly rod to BC.
Trent, I think the Spatsizi touched you in a way that only those who have been there would know. I mean your still posting content from that trip. you will be back often. Welcome to the club.
I was only looking yesterday thinking it feels like too long since we had a Trent clip! What a great video! Awesome hearing Brian on bush flying, awesome landscapes, awesome DHC-2 & can't wait till MSFS finally have this in their sim!
Its like driving a fancy semi truck or bus on the highway from city to city VS. a 6x6 offroad truck in the woods and swamps from and to remote small towns. My wifes uncle flew 747 freighters for 20 years. He said at one point he felt just like that. A semi truck driver on the road.
I really gotta say, as much as I love anything of your content - the quiet, focused style, just him sharing his views was really really awesome. Keep it up!
Brian's story is everything so many people want. You did an amazing job capturing it. I hope Brian knows how blessed he is, great young guy doing some amazing work. Hope Brian can see these comments sometime.
Can relate to the appeal of the Northern remoteness, been fighting wildfire 4 years in Northern BC and love everyday of it. Be alot cooler flying up here for sure!
HEADS UP GUYS! There are a ton of scammer accounts on RUclips pretending to be the creator of the video. I am not doing any give-away and I am not on telegram. Do not trust any comment that looks like me unless it has a check mark next to the name.
You might just want to add Telagram and Whatsup to the blocked words list for the comment section. That will put their comments into review mode automatically...
I report the twats so that RUclips deletes their accounts.
And here I thought I was special and Trent Palmer picked me out of everybody to get free stuff. Jeepers, what a let down. 😄
@@bighaasfly Same here, I won his boat 🤣🤣
Ha, Jay Leno said I won something the other day on his channel! You mean it's fake? ...Dang! I hate scammers.
This video almost makes me want to quit my 36 year airline job.
That kid is wise beyond his years!
Great piece, Trent. Thanks for that:)
Wise beyond his years Is the first thing I thought of when I heard him talk
Couldn’t agree more. Wise and mature far beyond his years.
Almost...LOL...
I know so many guys like this up here. It's a lot of hard work. These mountains demand a lot.
And probably making a lot more than the airlines.
Brian is a truly wealthy man. He is doing something that he loves so much that he gladly accepts the grunt work as "just part of the job". He is making memories that are priceless.
I was amazed how articulate Brian is and how well he articulates his life and goals. Truly a young man that loves doing what he does.
Spot on
AND HE GETS TO FLY A BEAVER!!!!!!! I mean... that is the BEST BOAT THAT FLYS in my opinion!!! :)
I mean, just take a look at the man and his entire demeanor - calm, articulate, aware. Disconnected with the world in the way that most of us know, and connected with the world in the way that most of us don't. Amazing, thanks for the vid Trent.
Boom this! ❤
You couldn’t have shown Bryan’s enthusiasm for flying and the lifestyle any more beautifully. Awesome video.
As a middle-aged guy with a wife, kids, mortgage, 9-5 job and a love of (the idea of) bush flying, this kid is doing it right! If I get a Buddhist-style do-over, I'm going this route! Bravo Bryan!
Flyin Bryan! The man, the myth, the legend… I can confirm he is both an excellent pilot and dish washer. Great video Trent!
Hey Jake! So cool to see stuff from our little corner on here.
Two very important life skills for sure!
@@SeanFalloy totally Sean, super cool… Trent did an amazing job with these!
“You’re using your head a little bit more, you’re getting away from the procedures a little bit more. You’re not doing what the book says”. This is the magic of floatplane flying. The personal challenges as a pilot are so much greater and so much more fulfilling (when you overcome the, which isn’t always). This is why even as a British pilot, I have over 100 hours on floats, mostly in Maine and Alaska. The magic is indescribable. If he’s green at 1,000hrs, I feel better for some of the floatplane flight failures I have in videos on my channel! Best and worst. Magic video Trent, thanks. Stunning.
Trent, absolutely amazing content. One of my favorite videos of yours to date. ( honestly enjoy all your content)
In my mid-forties and I'm going for my license this year. Going to do something I love and escape the daily grind of city life. Hopefully, it's never too late.
Update please. How’s it going?
Out of everything I have seen on your channel, that had to be the best 8 minutes and 27 seconds I have ever seen on your channel, Trent! That engine on Brian's plane sure does sound different on start-up than a Rotax. GREAT VIDEO!
An old soul in a 24 year old body. That as like watching an interview of a kid who grew up in the 1930s or something. Thank you for sharing!
Good old De Havilland Beaver. What a reliable workhorse. Great video Trent!!! I think it’d be hard to come home from up there in BC. So beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Hi Trent! Long time viewer, first time commenter. Thank you for posting this video. Last year I moved to Alaska for a fly fishing guiding job, and quickly realized that I’d much rather be in the left seat of the beavers that were flying us out to fish. For the past nine months I’ve been on the warpath to become a professional bush pilot, getting a job in aviation (CAD for a components company), penny pinching to afford flight school. All to get where Brian is. This video is fuel in my tank in a big way. Thank you buddy
Man this was beautifully shot and edited Trent. One of the best videos you have put together. I can feel the passion that Brian has for the environment in which he is working. You should do more mini documentaries like this on interesting people. Absolutely love it.
Trent, that was really good and I hope you do more like this.
Its flying related. It's cool 👍
Bryan is a beauty! Grateful for our time up there meeting some rad pilots and exploring some unreal terrain
Fantastic video Trent. This was good storytelling and cinematography. Brian’s demeanor reminds me of Jim Tweeto.
Serious Flying Wild Alaska vibes here ❤️
Love this little vignette! Beautifully shot and captivating.
Dude that was so well done!! Everything about that video was great!! I always thought your videos were like mini documentaries about your flying, life or whatever you were doing that day. You should do more videos about other people like this one.
Not that yours are boring just say’n this was really well done!!
When I started flying in the 90's in Canada, this was one of the only ways you could get hours. Small aviation happens in the Bush in Canada, and now that people don't need to uproot and move up north to fly, it's pretty rare. Northern flying experience is invaluable and teaches judgement that can't be learned in other early career paths. Almost 30 years later I am a captain at an airline in Canada and I miss flying floats almost every day. I do not miss rolling drums however LOL.
Fantastic video Trent! My grandad was a pioneer aviator in Canada WW1 then superintendent for DOT for Yukon and BC; his pilot’s licence was #9. He had over 15,000 hours. My dad was a bush pilot with over 8,000 hours flying up and down the BC coast in and out of logging and mining camps. There are dozens of communities in northern Canada that rely entirely on bush planes for supplies, medicvac, etc Your video brought back memories and the amazing stories. Thx so much. I look forward to enjoying more of your great adventures.
Well done Trent!
Trent this is somehow simply outstanding. All of your videos are entertaining. This is another level. Wow to be able to work with someone like Brian anywhere in the world would be amazing. What an extraordinary young man. But the gift is your telling of the story. Thank you, thank you Brian as well.
You are one of the best content creators on RUclips and Bryan will have this phenomenal video forever. Great job!
Your BEST VIDEO EVER TRENT...keep it up my pilot brother.
6:55 RU kidding?! This is my favorite vid you’ve posted! It shows a nice, grateful, hard-working, resourceful blue-collared, red-blooded, 24 yr old bush pilot tell part of his story.
AND, the cinematography…freakin’ amazing job! Of course, God made the stunningly beautiful scenery. But you did an incredible job capturing the ol’ plane against the VAST, majestic wilderness!
Very stunning/very inspiring! Thank you very much!
It's so cool to hear stories like this. There are so many different paths in aviation and that what makes it so awesome, it's an adventure 🙂
Sometimes I see what awesome jobs some people have and think it's so amazing. Trent, you did spectacular on this video. The interview format is greatly appreciated.
Trent, this was very good content and it highlights the flexibility and uniqueness of aviation as a career.
Trent, I really need to know if the offer above is legit. It seems pretty fishy.
It’s spam, all of RUclips is getting these fake accounts that are commenting back. I’ve been chasing and deleting as many as I can. Basically if you don’t see a check mark next to my name then it isn’t me!
@@TrentonPalmer awesome! Thank you!
I could feel my shoulders when he mentioned the words…empty the floats !
Fantastic!!! I worked on Bravo Papa Bravo over 20 years ago in my early days of pulling wrenches on airplanes. Great to see it still going strong. Awesome video!!
aspiring pilot who is lost in terms of a career path, recently started working towards my ppl and this is really inspiring
Thank you for featuring this humble young man who has chosen the path less traveled. In his brief 24 years he has crammed a lifetime of beautiful scenery and experiences most of us will never see. Great job Trent!
The Spatsizi is beautiful country, I live in northern BC and have been on several search and rescue flights up there including some in the renowned Beaver aircraft.
One of the best produced videos I have seen in a long time. Fantastic storytelling, Trent.
Hits a man right in the heart watching this Trent. Nicely captured.
More videos like this! Trent, this was inspiring. There's so many avenues in Aviation. Maybe you can make a series interviewing people like Brian that have made their living off of aviation and how they got there.
Beautiful video.
This was phenomenal. I could absolutely see this extended into a feature length film. The cinematography was beautiful.
This is so calm......relaxing just listening to him
Trent, that was a great short video interview with Brian and his passion for aviation. You should do more video interviews of other pilots. Nice work!
I’m 21 and joining the AF to become a pilot after working as an FA for American and the feeling I got on my first flight of just being alone in the air in a place no a lot of people get to be is just amazing, and even though I like the airlines and the feeling of walking into the airport in uniform my heart wants this, or both. I’ll see where life takes me but I see myself doing both, this is beautiful. Man after my own heart
All your videos are great but this one is exceptional. More content like this would not go unnoticed. Keep up the good work sir.
Brilliantly shot, a wonderfully erudite pair.
I took my first seaplane ride out of Vancouver last month after completing the inside passage with Hurtigruten. That is a wonderful part of the world that I had never seen. Thanks for giving me another insight into the great wilderness. Said the guy living in crowded southern England 👍🏻👍🏻
By far, the BEST Video You’ve ever done in my opinion Trent! The Editing, Colors and Music were damn phenomenal. For a moment, I thought I was watching a movie and I felt like I was in it at the same time! Amazing to say the least…✈️✈️🛫
FANTASTIC "departure" Trent....this was super cool. Worse, the STRUGGLE financially for low time commercial guys is VERY real. For decades. ALL PILOTS pay their dues....bigtime. #Kudos
Good job Trent. Congratulations Brian. So Trent are you in the act of becoming more of a professional documentarian? If this is an example, go for it. That experiences in my life of depending on my abilities and judgement to successfully navigate the immense wild of bush Alaska for so many years to meet the variety of challenges involved in that type of flying is priceless. Which of course is the issue: dollars or value?
Content, editing, drone work, interviewing skills hell, even your selection of music are spot on professional!! Thanks Brotherman!
Without doubt , one of you best videos . Really a mini documentary. Outstanding. Cheers from B.C.
got my float rating in alaska flying a beaver just like this one! can confirm that the bush and seaplane experience is totally different from “regular” land flying. no procedures, no windsocks, no METAR - i realized how easy it is to get overconfident when you’re only dealing with wheels asphalt and ATC. this kind of flying is amazingly fun and forces you to use whatever you have available. i gotta say, the view is a big part of the reward too. amazing scenery in the north.
by the way, those engineers at de Havilland Canada designed a hell of a bush plane in the DHC-2. that rear door is specifically shaped to accommodate a 55g drum, and the whole airframe was designed for floats from the beginning. incredible plane, takes off and lands shorter than a cub on floats.
These types of videos are why RUclips is a treasure. Between letting people know this is possible to making it a nice side gig.....amazing. Thank you.
Growing up in the UK I had no idea that a life like this existed. I thought the only flying was airlines or Air Force and my eyesight precluded both. Much later I discovered this sort of flying and oh how I would have loved that life. Now, in my 50's, I've ended up with a tiny plane that I fly from a local grass strip and still dream of one day flying it to the US and exploring the back country.
There are things that spark passion,
There is passion that is a flame,
And there is a bonfire in my heart.
Great video. Once I started watching, I couldn't stop and was really wanting to see more. Thanks Trent!
I think sometimes people are so focussed on their goals of flying and making money doing so they forget to stop look around and enjoy the jobs on the way.
Or to even look at a path not usually taken, Brian has picked a great way to get to enjoy what he does.
And honestly I do not think you can ask for better scenery to get to look at!
I’ve been exploring different opportunities as I become a pilot, and this is so inspirational. Truly sparked a beautiful curiosity for me and my future! Thank you for this video
LOVE IT. Thank you. Everything, from the interview, to the music... Outstanding job, AS USUAL.
Outstanding Video Trent. Love the way you interview Brian. He is a super guy, his smile says it all.
I love the sound of a float plane radial idling. The best sound! Brings back childhood memories 🥰
More of this, please. Fantastic story. Beautiful production. Great storytelling.
You best video yet Trent!! Excellent scenes, interview and cinematography!!!!!!!!!!! And the might Dehaviland Beaver!!
I grew up around Bush planes with my parents business, from the Beaver to the otter then turbo otters and turbo beavers. Love the sound of a radial engine over the turbine still!
One of your best videos!! Simple...clean...concise! Awesome story!
Thanks for the memories of float-planing to hike the Spatsizi Plateau many moons ago in a 172 on floats with a full load....
Thank you Trent,
Great video.
One can’t help but feeling a lot of respect for this young gentleman.
I like when you showcase other pilots Trent. Great job on this video. Thanks Brian.
Loved this one! I rarely comment, but this one with the beautiful sound of a radial engine was real! keep up the great content! fly safe!
I never watch RUclips videos more than once, but this is my second watch. This kid impresses the hell out of me.
I was a fly fishing guide in the Florida keys many years ago and know how Brian feels.
I would love to fligh in that plane.
I would love to go back to Lone Creek Lodge, Idaho, 3:46 before I get too old.
Love your channel.
Thanks
The calmness in him shows how satisfied or likes or enjoys his work...👍👍👍👍lot to learn from him....
Bush flying is what helps many remote communities survive. In fact in some cases it is the one thing that makes it possible for them to exist at all. There are many people who have reason to thank the bush pilots for their work.
Hey Trent just dropped in and saw this fantastic piece. Sensational! Please do a longer version, or Ep#2!?...Love not only the flying, scenery and the DHC-2, but also the back story from Bryan. My son just got his CPL island hopping in the remote Torres Strait b/w PNG and Oz, and starts work up there with TS Air soon; no floats but C210 and BN-2 Islanders. It’s a whole other set of flying challenges up there. Hoping to get there later this year and get some footage to post. Keep up the great work!
Great video, I've always loved seeing the DHC2 do anything.... the pickup of the air world...
Awesome video, thanks Trent. Brian is living the dream. I’m housebound now. My legs aren’t working very well anymore and I just finished 44 radiation treatments for prostate cancer. This video is the most inspiring thing I’ve seen in a long time.
I love this more documentary/story telling style! Bush flying and fishing sounds like a dream!
Trent - loved the change in content. I hope to see more content like this.
Great video! Brings back some great memories of the bush. I was the same at 24, and after 10 years if it, and wanting to start a family and see more of the world, I made the best choice for me and moved up.
I would love to see a follow-up video of Brian at 34 and compare. He's only just starting to fly the beaver. So much more adventure ahead!
Really an inspiring video, thanks for taking the time and sharing!
Great video Trent. Love Brian's story. It's inspiring to know there are still young folks like him out there chasing the dream.
As a former pilot who went through the Confederation College Flight Management program this is the real joy of flying.
Brian has a smile and looks in his eyes that says it all.
While there may be long days, frustrating days and scary times with weather, at the end of the day, being a bush pilot is the last true adventure in life.
I crashed out of flying, started experiencing panic attacks and knew I was no longer safe to fly since I didn't trust my judgment anymore.
I got into our busing on the ground and finished off a wonderful career as a tour operator in Banff and Jasper.
Do I miss the flying?
Yup, but that's why I can live it with videos like this every now and again.
Thank you Trent!
This is your best video yet. Love the story and exploring different people and their story.
Excellent! Very well shot, very well edited.
Trent amazing video. You captured so well Brian's passion and enthusiasm for bush flying. Would have liked to see you handling a bush plane.
Never seen a Better job ad !!! Awesome
Guys!! We wanna go flying now
Trent, you need to do more of these. I’ve seen a ton of pilot spotlights and this was, by far, the best!
Well done Trent! Young Aviators need to know that the bush is still a completely viable option! It is a quiet world, but once you get a taste of these kinds of operations the variety and beauty of it all is a hard thing to quit.
Also, the days of subsistence living and pumping floats for years before getting a shot to fly are for the most part over. The bush companies that I am aware of struggle to fill seats in the spring. A dedicated bush guy with a few types and a few season under their belt is a valuable asset.
Also, Bryan! Keep up the good work, and never stop learning buddy.
Nice to see a peer enjoying the beauty and simplicity of the bush.
Great video ...I have a lot of skydives from this type of aircraft ( DHC-2 Beaver ) . Most of them where in Fairbanks Alaska 1972-73 ... US Army , Fort Wainwright Sport Parachute Club ..I was the Clubs FAA Rigger at that time. ..... ..Blue Sky Trent 😀
This guy was out guide at Spatzi about 5 years ago. Good to see him flying for the lodge now. Best fishing ever at that place.
Brians Story/Life was cool alright, Simply this is living a dream of many.
Best wishes and thanks for your hard work.
Great Vid, Trent. The Beaver footage was really cool.
It looks like Brian has the Best Job in the world.
Flying and Fishing for his living. Hopefully you took
your fly rod to BC.
This makes me tear up and question my life in ways you can’t imagine
One of the best reports on RUclips - Thank you for this upload and the footage
Dream job! I love the Beaver starting up and creeping forward at idle.
Trent, I think the Spatsizi touched you in a way that only those who have been there would know. I mean your still posting content from that trip.
you will be back often.
Welcome to the club.
I was only looking yesterday thinking it feels like too long since we had a Trent clip! What a great video! Awesome hearing Brian on bush flying, awesome landscapes, awesome DHC-2 & can't wait till MSFS finally have this in their sim!
Its like driving a fancy semi truck or bus on the highway from city to city VS. a 6x6 offroad truck in the woods and swamps from and to remote small towns.
My wifes uncle flew 747 freighters for 20 years. He said at one point he felt just like that. A semi truck driver on the road.
I really gotta say, as much as I love anything of your content - the quiet, focused style, just him sharing his views was really really awesome. Keep it up!
Brian's story is everything so many people want. You did an amazing job capturing it. I hope Brian knows how blessed he is, great young guy doing some amazing work. Hope Brian can see these comments sometime.
Can relate to the appeal of the Northern remoteness, been fighting wildfire 4 years in Northern BC and love everyday of it. Be alot cooler flying up here for sure!
Definitely one of your better video's Trent. I really enjoyed Brian's story. Thanks.