Onboard North America's LARGEST Seaplane Airline!
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- Опубликовано: 13 ноя 2021
- I took a ride on North America's largest seaplane airline to see what it's like flying a floatplane in Vancouver!
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Noel goes all the way to Nanaimo and doesn’t have a Nanaimo Bar!
the batter on the fish looks really crispy nice
Hello Noel! Thanks for what I consider to be one of your most entertaining videos ever. As an American, I can tell you without hesitation that among our greatest assets is our neighbor to the north.
I absolutely love that one of my favourite RUclipsrs visited my hometown of Nanaimo. I am so glad you had a positive experience there.
Hey Noel, I am so happy that you’ve been uploading amazing Canadian content. As a Canadian I am proud that you expose us to the wide variety of aviation that exists in this vast country. Greetings from London, Ontario!
I appreciate that!
I have four friends in London Ontario. I pull their legs that it is the "Fake" London, says me, Vic the Cockney, from London England. I have stayed in London Ontario a few times visiting. The Park Hotel and the Toddle Inn (which has closed, sadly). Normally a group of us visit from Britain, and we have done every Canadian railway (except Churchill), but including Windsor, Sarnia, Sept Iles to Schefferville, Carcross in Yukon, Vancouver, Calgary, Prince Rupert, Quesnel, Whistler, Prince George, Kamloops, Banff, Jasper, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax, Senneterre, Jonquiere, Cochrane, Moosonee, Quebec and Niagara Falls. Plus St Jacobs to Waterloo, Orangeville to Brampton, La Malbaie, Wakefield, the South Simcoe etc. My wife flew in the co-pilot's seat of a DH3 Otter from Victoria to Vancouver, but being a railfan, I preferred my ride on the locomotives from Emeril Junction to Esker, Ottawa Science Museum, Whytes Park to Port Stanley, Vancouver, Edmonton and Winnipeg. Canada is a great country, and the Canadians are great people. We also had our honeymoon in Canada, on the Canadian, and fell in love with the place.
you should have gone to Victoria BC, probably Canada's most pretty city.
Good call
I agree.ive been there many times
Hope you enjoyed your time in British Columbia! The west coast of Canada is beautiful! Proud to call it my home! 🇨🇦
Harbour Air is also working on swapping to Electric propulsion for these short hops, already completing a number of test flights. Perfect application for the technology.
@@allen480 Well, given that it's an inanimate object, I doubt the motor could ever be awake or asleep. It just is.
Next trip here please come up to Port Hardy, (northern tip of Vancouver Island) and you can ride with Wilderness Seaplanes in the world famous Grumman Goose. I promise you will not be disappointed.
Just spent a month in England, I can see why you spend so much time flying around the world.
I did a tour of Vancouver on one of these a few years ago. I got to sit in the copilots seat. It was brilliant
AS someone who lives just outside of Vancouver I can admit that I have never taken Harbor Air over to the island but after seeing this video its going on my bucket list! So glad you enjoyed it and the fish and chips in Nanaimo! Hoping you will be taking more flights around our beautiful province so I can't wait till the next video!
It's like a time machine if you want to go over to the islands. So much faster than taking the ferry. Flying out of YVR South is slightly cheaper than from Coal Harbour.
Someday you could fly into Seattle and then take Kenmore air to Victoria which is a lovely place. We couldn't do all the museums when we visited. Butchart gardens are a short bus/cab drive away so go during the 'blooming' season! Lots of wonderful things in BC.
Flew Harbor Air once where they put a passenger in the Captain's (left) seat. She got in and said loudly "OHHH, Buttons"... the whole plane laughed!
Super glad you got to fly with Harbour Air! Too bad you didn't get on a piston beaver - totally nostalgic, and if you're lucky you can sit in the right seat next to the pilot. You would have loved it!
I had that pleasure in Alaska. Amazing!
@@petermolyneux9544 I was able to do that on Cape Air flying into Boston Logan...that was something I will NEVER forget. It wasn't a sea plane though.
I hope Noel will return when Harbour’s ePlanes are in service.
I did that on a Kenmore air flight from Victoria to Seattle and yes it was a piston beaver! First officer seat too!
Amazing! I've been on those Harbour Air seaplanes several times, live two blocks from that terminal! Super fun to watch you experience these amazing flights!
Very cool!
I’ve flown on one of these, but…it wasn’t in Canada. Several years ago, I was on holiday in Malta and HarbourAir were operating a plane from the Grand Harbour, flying over the island, across to Gozo and then back again. Having never been on a seaplane before, I couldn’t resist booking a flight. These are fantastic aircraft and it was an incredible experience taking off on water, especially somewhere like the Grand Harbour. Perfect visibility from the aircraft, which meant I was able to take plenty of pictures on the flight. Would thoroughly recommend it, but HarbourAir no longer do the flights from Malta, which is a shame, because it is an unforgettable experience.
So happy you were able to enjoy this experience. My wife and I flew on Kenmore Air on a seaplane in Seattle a few years ago. An absolutely amazing experience. Love the bubble windows! Travel safe Noel!
In September 2014, I flew on the Mail Run around a few of the isolated bays in that part of BC. I sat next to the pilot of C-FFHQ, a 1949 DHC- 2 Beaver, 203rd airframe, which still had its original PW radial engine. Unforgettable experience! Just love the smell of Vancouver whenever I visit this favorite destination of ours
I loved my flights on board DH Otter and Beaver. We stayed in Victoria for a week, in a hotel right by the harbour, and woke up every morning to the sound of these little beauties. Hope you went to Victoria while you were there. I loved it, and would go and live there in a heartbeat if it was possible.
Hey Noel from perth West Australia. What a beautiful part of the world. Thanks for taking us on your adventure
My pleasure!
So glad you got a beautiful Vancouver day to experience Harbour Air! It definitely makes a massive difference to how incredible the ride is. Thanks again for showcasing our great community!
I fly harbour air all the time to Vancouver from Victoria, British Columbia. It's a completely different experience than a land based airplane, and it is a weird feeling floating on water lol ..
Great video. As a local, I’ve photographed these many times but never flown on one. Glad you enjoyed your flight. I’m also glad you got out here to the west coast of Canada
So happy to see some content from my hometown! Hope you enjoyed your time in Van!
This is the mode of transport that checks all of the boxes for me. The only time I flew in anything smaller than a commercial jet was a friend's Cessna 150 that he flew for sightseeing over the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I made sure to read up on the basics of flying and got to fly for about an hour but was scared of landing from the crosswind.
This takes me back to 2009, when I took an 11 day vacation trip to Seattle, including 4 days in Vancouver.
Flew Harbour Air on a one hour air tour of the Cypress Mountain 2010 Winter Olympics site, Horseshoe Bay, Bowen Island, Whistler, Mt. Garibaldi and Indian Arm Lake on the return; only other passengers were 2 older sisters from Sweden who could speak only a little English, but we all had an awesome aerial experience.
Same docks, probably the same turbo Otter (without the video safety message), same takeoff in the channel (and a little nerve-wracking clearing those cargo ships by less than 100 feet 😯), though that passenger terminal / waiting area is new (was only a small, cramped portable building back in 2009).
Glad you had a great experience, Noel! 👍
flying over Vancouver Harbour is always a treat regardless of weather conditions.
All these aircrafts & boats in the Vancouver area including boarder are all patrolled by NAV Canada by air & water, my aunt is the one actually telling these guys patrolling in the air & on water what to do she has a high position job at Nav Canada 🙌🏼🙌🏼💯💯
I grew up flying seaplanes with my grandfather. Such a cool way to fly!! Cheers and thanks for your great content !!
Thats awesome, where did you fly out of?
Glad you enjoyed it
. I am only at 4:23 into the video and I already feel like this is possibly the most intriguing adventure of the dozens (of yours) I've watched.
. Absolutely fabulous!
. And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.
We tried to fly Harbour Air from Vancouver to Victoria once but they didn't operate the route so we went on AirBC with a Twin Otter on floats instead. This video reminded me of that trip - it is a really beautiful part of the world!
Thanks Noel, such a fresh experience for flying a boat plane.
By the way, Nanaimo looks like pretty and peaceful place.
Great Video!
The views out of the airplane are so lovely!
Thank you so much for bringing us with you on your travels
We flew Harbour Air in 2010 - a quiet flight so I got the right hand seat. I still remember the pilot's name - Proeman Pilley. Cool guy.
Had the amazing opportunity this past summer to hike the remote West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island for 7 days. What made it even more memorable was a seaplane flight from the end of the trail from Port Renfrew to the beginning at Bamfield. It’s an amazing way to see this part of the world.
Harbour Air has some of the coolest planes. Harbour Air was featured in a CBC TV series back in the early 80's called Danger Bay. Not bad weekly show back then.
It's nice to see that you are travelling in Canada. Hopefully you will get to more spots while you're here.
I live in Burlington, ON - and even I didn't know Nanaimo, BC is this beautiful! The only thing I know of Nanaimo are the Nanaimo bars!
It's amazing that a guy like Noel from the UK is showing this and helping us appreciate all the places we could travel around the world! I look forward to seeing your future adventures and how you appreciate the smallest of things.
Awesome video Noel, loved it, thank you for sharing mate.
My pleasure!
So you won't hear a safety briefing with the phrase "In the unlikely event of a water landing..." from Harbor Air?
Flying on the SeaPlanes into Nanaimo is the most amazing experience. I’ve done it twice so far, and I won’t go back to flying commercial into YCD (Nanaimo Cassidy) or even taking the ferry.
This video just made my heart ache. You got to visit my favourite place in the world.
Great video! Always enjoy watching!
Thank you very much!
That’s where I grew up! (Plus other areas across the Island) - Seaplanes were very common - used to watch them for hours.
Looks a great thanks for showing the experience.
Love this!! I live in Victoria, which you previously filmed a helijet ride in on. The seaplanes here are amazing and I am glad you got to experience the beauty over here - Nanaimo is a lovely extension of Vancouver Island. Cheers
As a Brit this brought back many happy memories of living in Vancouver for 4 years and float plane flights were a frequent way of live. Thanks.
Great video. Love taking Harbour Air. It makes for a great day trip taking Harbour Air from Vancouver to Victoria then taking the ferry back. Great scenery from the air and ferry.
I flew with Harbour Air on my last visit to Canada from UK, I was staying at Victoria . Loved every minute of it. would love to do it again.
Many trips to Vancouver and the island since 1982 but have never been on the sea plane.
Diana Krall the jazz pianist and singer was born in Nanaimo!
That's right, Andrew. She and Elvis had a home in Nanoose Bay for a while. Elvis used to come into the grocery store where my wife works bringing the twins with him. That was some time ago. I'm sure they're all growed up by now.
@@dlittlester ...grown-up... groan!
Thank you for profiling our beautiful west coast of Canada. We live in Vancouver aka Lotus Land and absolutely love all that BC has to offer. Great video!
We have a floatplane airline here in Seattle and they fly to Canada along with the islands and tourist flights. The main thing is they do otter maintenance and upgrades here for other airlines that fly them. I have seen harbor air planes here getting work.
Very awesome to see Noel in Vancouver! I've watched you go all across the world and to see you somewhere local is kind of surreal. I'm sure you're long gone but there are some great planespotting areas around YVR including 26R where they fly right over you. Great channel Noel!
Seeing this brings back a lot of memories in BC. You should have tried the Nanaimo bars, it is famous in Canada.
The views flying across Georgia Straight are incredible and Nanaimo is very nice. Glad you had some nice weather for it! My favourite place to visit while in Nanaimo is Saysutshun Newcastle Island, which is just a 10 minute water taxi ride from the harbour front. I've flown on Harbour Air's Twin Otters a couple of times - the landing is a different sensation. 😁
Awesome last few videos from BC. Lived in Vancouver my entire life and have never done the harbour air experience. Might have to give it go very soon.
Nice to meet you earlier this afternoon. This video reminded me our time in Vancouver a few years ago. I loved watching the floatplanes' coming and going. Even made it up to the port in Whistler.
Love this vid. I've stayed in the Pan Pacific and watched the Beavers, et al, taking off and landing. Love the Beavers. What a gift to be able to fly without paralyzing fear.
Great Video Noel, I live on Vancouver island so it was very nice watching this. Check out Victoria soon!
One of the best footages of your channel! It was a pleasure to watch =)
Thanks a lot!
It looks like an awesome experience. I've been to Vancouver and had no idea this was possible. Will definitely check it out on my next visit.
You should!
Super cool to see you in my home town after watching your videos for so long!
My mom lives in Nanaimo. Love it there
A great trip Noel. I had the pleasure of flying with Harbour Air a few times in 2019. The best day's flying ever was when I flew the Milk Run, Vancouver Harbour to Ganges on Salt Spring Island in a Turbine Otter, transferring onto a Beaver for the short hop to Maple Bay on Vancouver Island. I returned to Ganges on the Beaver where I had a couple of hours to wander around the place before my journey back to Vancouver Harbour in the Otter. To top off a memorable day I then jumped on the scheduled service to Victoria Harbour. All five flights took place in glorious sunshine with unlimited visibility with which to enjoy the stunning scenery and the pleasure of alighting and departing from water.
I'm so glad you came to visit Canada. I've loved every video. Love Vancouver and BC.
used to work for HA at the dock in vancouver, great company to work for! glad you enjoyed it
Very cool!
Love the videos mate! Always giving me new places to travel. Love Seattle, this will be a stop for me and heading to those fish/chips. Keep up the great work!
Hi Noel, nice trip...you are right, it is so just really cool! Never been on a seaplane and BC is on my list! Nanaimo does look lovely and that crunchy Fish n Chips is calling me...also the fresh salmon grilled with veg. I hear-tell is wonderful over there....one day!
That $140 round trip is also WAY cheaper than a roundtrip on BC Ferries!
Shame you didn't come down to Victoria! We have tons of beautiful places right downtown!
If they were still around I would like to fly a "floatplane" airline that would actually fly the type of clippers Pan-Am used to fly nearly 100 years ago.
Sad to day they were pretty much phased out do financial reasons
Ohh that plane across the southern pacific of pre-ww2, would be one of my dreams to fly
I took Harbour Air from Vancouver to Victoria (Twin Otter) then back from Nanaimo to Vancouver (Otter) in August. Great and inexpensive way to get to Vancouver Island or any of the smaller islands. I grew up on the island (Victoria) and my family are up island (Duncan/Nanaimo) now. Most visitors are surprised at how large Vancouver Island is (about have the size of Ireland). The island has some pretty large mountains with Golden Hinde (2197 m/7208 ft) being the tallest.
Thanks for sharing!
That’s so cool! Keep up the awesome content
Thanks! Will do!
Keep up the awesome videos you a ABSOLUTE LEGENDDD
Thanks! Will do!
Hi Noel, My wife and I did a Harbour Air DH3 Otter from Victoria to Vancouver. There were 13 seats in the cabin, and 14 passengers. My wife could not believe her luck, when she was selected to sit in the co-pilot's seat for the entire trip. When we arrived in Vancouver, her wide grin, from ear to ear, said it all. Thanks to the crew. Amazing flight. Recommend Butchart Gardens when visiting Vancouver Island, at the rear of the gardens is an idyllic white sand beach. Truly stunning. Regards, Vic from London England.
Welcome to BC and Vancouver Island :)
I have done a few Otter flights with Harbour Air including the route and C-GHAS you flew. I love float planes, landings are so smooth and the views incredible.
I was on Harbor Air seaplane in 2009 (Vancouver to Victoria and back) and that was amazing experience!
welcome to vancouver island noel glad you enjoyed the Turbo Otter
Flew harbour air a few years ago Vancouver to Victoria was amazing!!
Noel, a route I’ve always really enjoyed is porter airlines Toronto to timmins route to northern Ontario. Billy bishop island airport is a really fun experience, all on dash 8s
Love that you showed Nanaimo, and our seaplanes. Caught a glimpse of the Gabriola ferry as you came in to landing in Nanaimo. Next time you come you might want to try the Helijet or BC ferry for a different style of travel from the mainland to the island.
Thanks for sharing this. Awesome
Love it! I miss that place!
Awesome video yet again , every video just seems to add another item to my bucket list . Cheers 😜
I have always dreamed of flying in a seaplane... and now you give me the opportunity to experience that with your video... thanks so much, Noel my buddy... be blessed
My pleasure 😊
Brilliant as usual. Aurigny used to run Twin Otters over to Alderney in the 1980s before returning to the tried and tested NB Islander and Trilander. Never been on a turbo otter though. Vroom vroom. 🦦
Absolutely a unique and awesome experience Noel. Something that you don't see and do every day. Thanks for sharing. I've enjoyed it very much.
Glad you enjoyed it
welcome to my hometown...hope you enjoyed your stay
My friend , take a flight to Victoria, or even better, thake the ferry and then go visit the Royal British Columbia museum. You will not regret it.
That's a bucket lister for me. I've no idea when I will be back in Vancouver, but I plan on taking a floatplane to Victoria on Vancouver Island. It's a shame that I never got out to Vancouver Island last time I was there, but hopefully next time.
fabulous .. from CoalHarbour Vancouver .. with flights to Vancouver Island
Noel is putting out the best content out of all the Aviation RUclipsrs!!!
Very fun experience, I took the Kenmore air one from Seattle to Vancouver/Coal Harbour, was one of the most coolest flights ive ever been on. Customs check-in was in a small wooden shack like building right on the dock
Nice video . My buddy was your pilot on the way back to Vancouver harbour ! Thanks for checking out Nanaimo
Oh yes Noel that would be a day out I would thoroughly enjoy. Sea plane ride, bit of exploring and some fresh fish and chips. For the experience I would say good value for your dollar / Quid.
Now you're in my part of the world... great episode!
Very neat video I enjoyed it. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Noel I’ve watched the Harbour Air float planes in/out from YVR while spotting Heavies . It look’s like I missed out on adventure.Not to mention another A/C type to have flown on . I’m definitely going to return to Vancouver some day such a wonderful city .👍
I'm going to do this. Great tip!
I used to take Harbour air over to Nanaimo ever month or so for work. Such a great flight! Enjoy! ( Flying co-pilot is a real treat)
What a great way to spend the day.Vancouver area is so beautiful
It really is!