Exclusive visit at Widerøe HQ in Arctic Norway!
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- Опубликовано: 14 мар 2024
- Join us as we kick off a new series with Widerøe, Norway’s amazing little airline flying the Dash 8 and Embraer E2 around some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Today we’re at the airline’s headquarters in Bodø, just above the Arctic Circle in northern Norway. Join Gabe Leigh as he visits their simulator and cabin trainer, walks through a lot of confusing tunnels and corridors, checks out the OCC (operations control center) and tours the hangars where work gets done on the Dash 8 fleet. Most interesting of all is the Dash 8 life extension program, which is seeing these veteran Dash 8s get heavy maintenance allowing them to fly beyond their originally designed limit for pressurization cycles. In most cases that means going from 80,000 to 120,000 cycles, but Widerøe is also beginning a programme for the first time ever in the world of extending some of their oldest aircraft up to 160,000 cycles. We'll take an inside look at all of that today. Hope you enjoy.
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There is a saying in Norway; “when Widerøe isn’t flying, stay indoors! The weather is gonna be horrendous”. Awesome to see these planes land in rough conditions
I would take one of these 80.000 cycles aircrafts over a Max anytime. That level lf care and craftsmanship is amazing
As a Canadian, i'm happy to see some of our planes still running!
From a guy flying with the worn 200 series from air Greenland ....please make some new
@@16jan1986sounds like dehavilland Canada is planning a “q300” new build since there is literally nothing else in the market.
@@Valantir for Greenland it must have the same performance as the 200 and even those cannot take off fully laiden ..... I just pray that nobody in air Greenland goes the ATR route... Then i had to stop getting to work in Greenland. I do not trust the ATR anti icing system at all....almost less than i trust the MD737 Max ;)
@@16jan1986 They still do produce the Q400 technically, but if that's too big for you I understand. De Havilland Canada is back up and running so maybe they'll do something about it.
Thanks Gabe - very much appreciated. I truly like your visits to small/medium sized airlines who need to be innovative due to their challenging environment. Looking forward to many more. Thanks again.
Thanks for watching! It’s super fun for me to do these visits.
And they still have 43 aircraft in service, which i think is impressive.
As a Norwegian, who probably have been in those planes during 30 years, I’m still impressed of this operation.
I think one of planes have record of most cycles by that type, and still flying. They have some impressive statistics.
Funny to be immortalized in the flightradar archives, thanks for visiting our OCC!
Thanks for having us!
A take-off in one of Widerøe's Dash 8s on one of Norway's many short runways is really fun! The acceleration when they release the brakes makes me smile and giggle like a child. Every time. 😀
just wait until you have Experienced Flying in and out of Ørsta-Volda-Hovden Airport with Widerøe, its even more gnarly when landing when its cloudy.
@@GhostTactical89 I haven't tried Ørsta-Volda airport, yet. ;-) I think Svolvær airport is where I have had the most fun take-off ever. Closely followed by Hammerfest and Vadsø. We have many STOLports in Norway. :-)
@@DoRullings oh i know i live here in norway too
@@GhostTactical89 Ja, jeg antok at du var norsk. 🙂
There's so much technical knowledge and knowhow in Bodø and at Widerøe. I hope it stays that way even if they're forced to move their facilities.
Lived right next to that airfield as a young kid in the mid 80s. Visited the Widerøes facilities with the kindergarden! Us 5 year olds were shown around the whole airfield by taxiying around in a Twin Otter, and I remember hearing «Walk of life» by Dire Straits from a boombox next to a mechanic working on another twin otter in a giant almost empty hangar. And lots of hallways! And a simulator (without visuals, but lots of bells and sounds).
Moved far away the year after and haven’t been back to Bodoe since.
Thanks for bringing back a magical memory!! I can feel the wind, and the crisp arctic salty sea air mixed with jet fuel!
I’am from Bodø (Where this was filmed) and i have been outside of this place many times. I used to go to martial arts and the building where i went is right over the road, Widerøe Forever.
Tailcams on Widerøe Dash 8s is a splendid idea, I hope they do it!
Hehe yeah, it'll never happen but we can dream.
@@Flightradar24DotCom Alas, only pilots would potentially see a tail cam as Widerøe doesn't appear to have back seat entertainment IFE on their Dash 8's 😉
From someone who is an Australian I just love all your videos Gabrielle. In this episode it was so refreshing that you were talking to down to earth genuine people, not like full of themselves Americans.
Great video! Widerøe is such a unique carrier and seeing their ability finding solutions to extend the life of these planes is no surprise.
Widerøe is an institution in Norway, I myself are born in Tromsø and have lived many years in different places even further north and use Widerøe very often. It’s very important for the small rural remote places here in Norway. I do hope the goverment does more to help Widerøe keep the routes and even expand there is really no replacement for the short runway network. The Dash planes are rugged and tough I always feel safe when flying onboard Widerøe, the skill of flying in those conditions here is amazing. And hope De Havilland will make new planes!
I went to school there, You see the Boeing 737-300 (yes it's a 300) at 0:03 in the video. I was the one crewing that plane when it arrived in Bodø in 2015. Such a nice plane! I remember self when I was allowed to take a tour in Widerøe HQ during my school period! We simulated a emergency landing as you can see at 4:11 in the video, got a hangar tour and learned about Widerøe's history. Super interesting! Thanks for visiting Norway. The Luftfartsmuseum is also amazing to visit!
We've been watching the Dash 8s in Greenland too - a hearty bunch of airplanes and we see the Icelandic Air Dash 8s come in as well.
Not only is WIB the Widerøe plane with the most amount of cycles, but it seems it might also be the one with the most in the world!
interesting!
Widerøe is pure skills and highest knowledge You can ever imagine in aviation today. Their operations are the most extreme I know. The Dash8 is the best ever aircraft for Arctic operations, Norway, Canada etc. Widerøe maintenance must be made especially for very very rough operations. Do they never fail? No I don't think so.
Thank you for very insightful film, I didn’t know their ops were from Bodo. Pre-pandemic Wideroe used to fly into my hometown Liverpool from Bergen. Great airline that gets you in to all the nooks and crannies of Norway’s High Arctic and fly in all conditions and weather. Real lifeline to the folk up there.
Are you familiar with Loganair? It’s operational base is Glasgow Airport, Scotland and is now Britain’s biggest regional airline. They cover the Western Isles, Outer Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland islands - again a real life line, especially when ferries are cancelled in poor weather, which is often in those parts.
It also flies into the world’s only tidal airport, on a De Havilland twin otter, to the Isle of Barra, which is the Southernly tip of the Outer Hebridean archipelago. Great flight from Glasgow Airport if it’s not cloudy and landing on the beach is a real airline geek treat 👌
Yes! Loganair very much on the to-do list. Would be incredible to get out to some of those islands. Thanks for the comment!
The care and loving they give these birds are amazing. Whenever i sit in one of these i know the pilots are top notch and the craft is always up to spec. some of the crosswind landings they do with these is wicked to say the least.
Very interesting video to see. Especially for me because by chance I had met Brett Lorraine last year during an overnight stopp on my multiple section Wideroe flight from HAM to HFT. We had a beer together late at night and he had told me a lot of interesting things about the extension program. And now I have seem him again in the video. The avation world can be small 😅
Nice!
Happy memories of flying Wideroe to Sogndal in a Twin Otter in the 80s - you know you're really flying when you look UP at the mountains around you! Such challenging flying and such a great service provided by a great team at the airline - thanks, Gabe, for giving them a well deserved video.
Thank you!
Very interesting and well presented video! So cool to hear about the Dash-8's and that civilian corridor through the military zone!
Wonderful video! 😍😍😍😍 Lots of greetings from Novi Marof, Croatia 🇭🇷✈️🙂🥰😊✋🏻😍
Love the "off he beaten path" videos. Keep up the great work. Thanks.
Thanks!
Oh men, the q100/200/300/400 fuel tanks are a real back breaker to open, close and work on. Damaged fuel tanks acces panel dome nut rows that had to be replaced and sealed after… working up side down… trauma and I actually quit my job in heavy maintenance because of these jobs. Respect for the young mechanics on top of the wings
Great views! Bring back tons memories. Back in the late 80s/ early 90s. Out of YTZ for an operator called City Express (OU). Worked in planning & load control. They considered my department as “mid management” so was trained as cabin crew (in case of FA strikes) on the DH8-100, DH-7. Saunders st-27. When ever I travel for personal travels, would always get FD jump-seat. 👍 best seat of all!! ✌️🍻
Sounds super interesting!
Thanks Gabriel for a very interesting look at Widerøe facilities and glimpses of the museum. I visited the museum back in 2014, and checked out the U2, Spitfire and some commercial aircraft’s. Do the museum still have the U2 on display?
Looking forward to your “milkrun” episode up to Kirkenes. Cheers
Yes, the U-2 is one of the main attractions.
Awesome video! I remember flying with Widerøes Dash 7 in the 90s, and according to my late mom, even the Twin Otter, right after I was born. They really are the rapid transit system of northern Norway!
The twin otter's were legends. My dad worked off shore in oil when i was a kid, and he told stories of twin 8's landing completely sideways in storms, there was nothing stopping them.
Thank you very much for this very informative and interesting inside into Norway´s major Regional Airline!🙂👍
What an awesome insight into the operations at widerøe. Fascinating stuff 😎. What a beautiful MRO facility. Some cool titbits like thr airframe protector around the propeller for ice protection.
Thank you!
Absolutely loved this video.Very interesting.
Great job Gabe! Really interesting seeing their operations.
I was in that museum to it is really cool.
Yeah - I was there a couple of years back - nice to get a gimpse of it again!
Thanks for this insight into a wonderful small airline!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh,I just realized Im watching the flightradar24 youtube channel.
Love your tool man.
Thanks!
@@Flightradar24DotComIf you ever pass trough Bergen ,drop me a line Ill treat you do a dinner and beer:)
I Have Flying A Lot Whit Widerøe.Great Video And Info
Thanks for watching!
Anyone else love that little MX scooter thing 😂
Love the dash 8. So nice to see this excellent video
Hei there !! Great video !!! It's Allways windy in Bodø... !!! 😆😁
A local saying goes: "If you see people with bruised noses; it's because the wind stopped for a moment."
@@ivararnesen4115 😆
Great vlog seeing the maintenance and life extension to this great aircraft and cool to see the end shots of the aviation museum 😊😊😊
Gabe is on fire lately with his videos and travels! such good content!
Thank you!
Really enjoyed that video Gabriel, excellent.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love high wing aircraft I guess because of flying Cessnas. The weight hangs from the wing and stabilizes the plane quicker like a pendulum. The Dash has been a big success story and this airline loves them to the point of not wanting to buy different planes but keeping high hour ones flying so, good for them. Having ice flying into the fuselage is very new and scary to me though not to Norwegians.
Their shop is very impressive. I will add, I have cruised in and out of Norwegian fjords and there is beauty, as you have recorded, all over Norway! Thanks - Jim
Thank you! Yep good thing these planes can handle the ice very well!
That was a great video. I had heard about them wanting to extend the life of their Dash 8's up to 160,000. That is amazing, the dash 8's I work on have a fraction of the cycles that they have. I love your videos from around the world. Also that museum looks interesting, keep up the good work
Thanks for watching!
So cool to see this video I flew on one of these one week ago from leknes to bodo 😎 really cool Company with very experimented crews 👍👏
They are great.
This is timely. I will be flying Widerøe in about ten days Bergen to Trondheim.
Nice!
Was looking forward to this. Was lucky enough to get a similar tour at my 18th birthday (now 8 years ago 😮)
Absolutely fascinating! Great video and tour of the facility. Here in Australia, we also have a good good number of Dash 8 aircraft flying regional flights......in some very different terrain and weather conditions!
I can perfectly imagen Boeing's management starting to sweat thinking about only the costs of planning a operation like this, they would probably have gone for a dangerous minimal cost option.
I've flown with Widerø before, I really like their aircrafts. Glad to see how good their work culture seems to be.
I've always loved flying in those airplanes!
My Dad flew brand new Dash 8-100s for Horizon Airlines. He loved those Dash-8s.
Especially after initially flying Navaho Chieftains and mostly Metroliners for the startup Air Oregon before it merged with Horizon Airlines. He flew the F27 until the Dash 8s were acquired.
Gabe you have one of the best jobs out there
Such a nice video :)
Amazing! 🤩🔥
Would love to see some Dash-7 restored and back in action ... Do two additional engines really make it so much more expensive compared to -8 ?
Great video Gabe!
Thanks!
Crazy seeing my own town here
Top man Gabe👍
I’ve had many flights in Dash 8s in northern Norway, including a few times when landing conditions were too rough and we had to return to Tromsø or reroute to other airports. That means it’s really rough…once trying three times to land at Stokmarknes in very heavy crosswinds, a local young woman in the seat next to me panicked and screamed, and grabbed my arm so hard I had bruises afterwards.
Interesting video. Impressive work, they do on these aircrafts. It makes me wonder why SAS never had luck with those and had to give up in the end.
Nice.
Excellent video Gabe, thank you. Have you visited Loganair in Scotland, who have a similar type of operation, including the worlds shortest scheduled flight and landing on a beach!
There is nothing too trivial on an aircraft. 👍👍👍🇦🇺
Great video! Cheers 🍻 Norway! 🇳🇴
I live there airline colors and hope to fly Widerøe someday! On the Bombardier Dash 8 Q300/400 and Embraer E190-E2! 😃 Also at 22:52 was that a Norwegian Air 737-400? A very old classic 737 model for sure also I remember when Widerøe flew that De Havilland Twin Otter! I miss those! 😢
Cheers 🍻 FR24!
Its a 737-300!
@@Daddelcrusher I meant to type -300 did I not? CRAP! Oops 😬 I meant 737-300 I knew that! 😆
Hope you didn't miss the spitfire, fw190, mosquito, sabre and catalina when you went to the museum, they are the best part 😉
NICE
Best video❤❤❤👍👍👍👍
Lifeline up here in the north, roads might be closed, coastal express can't get in to harbor ... but you could be damn sure that the Dash 8's will land and take off again.
There was some talking about that there could be a transfer to hydrogene-powered engines, and take out some seats and swap them with fuelcells to the hydrogene-engines, these "batteries" could be stored at the airports and easy swapped.
I recommend their commercial from 10-12 years ago, it's on their channel called "Grandpa's magic trick"
I've banged my head a little bit in the roof sitting in the furtermost back seat, even with belt. The turbulence and winds gave a wicked ride! Got even a go around! I think it was a q 300. The roof is a bit lower at the back and im not a tall guy.
That is the city where my sister live and where my dad died
Nice town!
Good to hear
My home town :)
Stilig :D
..I used to build them.. I did block checks (C and D) at Canadian Airlines in Calgary years back..
I thought that De havilland were looking at re-starting Dash-8 production within the next few years?
Really wished they made a q300 v2
ive been in bodø a trillion times so many times viderøe gave me a carepackage..
What you do in Bodø. I fortunate enough to visit Bodø one time , took a train to Mo i Rana.
hospital@@2MartSaar
😍😍😍😍
finally! =)
👍
What about the ATR 42 and ATR 72, as eventual replacements for the Dash-8 series?
ATR is up in the Arctic testing aircraft for this purpose. If you listen carefully you might hear a French accent on the ATC during the first flight. That’s them. But from what we hear, it does not have some of the key characteristics that make the Dash so good up here.
These planes are fun, but also quite scary if you have a fear of flying.
The noises and the movements are quite disconcerting when you are used to jet airliners.
Wouldnt the D328eco an interesting replacement for Wideroe ? Deutsche Aircraft is making a new version of it.
Nice never flew with them as for some reson i never went to norway except by car and only as a child and teenager... despite living in east sweden between linköping and norrköping.
I liked to fly Widerøe flights on the flightsim when i was in to that FS5.0, FS2000, FS2002 and mostly FS2004, I had some addon pack with norwegian airports that have very special landing patterns because of the steep terrain around them... still i never figured out is it pronounced "vi-der-ø" or actually "vi-der-ø-e" with the e being pronounced a sound?
Has the ATR turbo prop not been considered? Is it too different in performance than the Dash 8? Are the ATR's not able to operate out of the same airports as the Dash 8's? i.e. can they not fly into shorter runways? FedEx uses ATR's all over the place with small airports. They both use a variant of the Pratt & Whitney Canada turbo prop, so Widerøe's maintenance department should be familiar with the power plant. The ATR 600 is still being made, versus the new DHC Dash 8 still waiting to be made again after it's buyout of the type from Bombardier.
ATR have by far not so powerful Engines and they´re known to be difficult to fly in Arctic Icing conditions.
Earlier this month, ATR visited Norway to demonstrate the ATR 42-600S STOL variant. It is intended to operate from 800 m runways. I am sure they want to sell this machine to Widerøe, but two factors are against it: 1) The mid-life update program of the Dash-8. 2) It is expensive and time-consuming to change craft type.
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@Flightradar24 Did you happen to see LN-WIY?
New dash 8 is planed to start production 2033
I'd love to have a job in this but it's so hard to get into it. Want to thank Mulroney for getting rid of DeHavilland by privatizing the company and now it's gone.
How much do they pay the pilots up there ?
I'm finding about 100K+ annually for first officers, according to some public websites. Norwegian salaries, in general, are some of the highest in the world.
Dude, let me known if you have an vacancy in your company ❤
Have yous got a discord server?
Why does a Dash 7 have four engines?
...because six wouldn't fit.
* dirty look in the direction of the BAe-146 *
Why no longer bring made if its such a success? Electric: I think easily swap-out modules is an answer
Probably the main reason is the market is just too small to keep up production.
@@Flightradar24DotCom I dug a bit deeper on this question and it seems its has to do with the company changing hands a few times (one of which was Boeing), and then they had to vacate their factory in Toronto but i read (wiki) that they might be back in production by 2030
No aircraft has matched the dash 8-100/200 on runway performance.
True, but the Dash-7 was fantastic with short rwy’s. Widerøe had them, and I’ve experienced some pretty crazy (good) piloting as a passenger in the early ‘90’s. Once also in the jump seat, landing at FBU that no longer exists.
These airports are always single airstrip (two opposite runways), so crosswinds are common. For Widerøe it’s a conundrum that something like the -100 isn’t really made anymore. They’re a good size for their operations, but obviously they are close to being their own “factory” extending the use of older airframes.
@@musiqtee Exactly, they must have had to manufacture the new door sill. 16:55 I can't imagine parts like those are available.
The dodgy Dash 8
My employer for over 20 years.
Dash 8 sounds like a detergent. Don't these planes have a correct name?!
Widerøe is really in a squeeze at the moment.
They need aircraft that aren't that popular elsewhere, clash of STOL requirements and better cruise performance that the rest of the world wants (STOL aircraft are poor performers at cruise, slow and burn a lot of fuel)
And the airports they serve have really short runways, either they will have to switch to aircraft that can handle the short runways and a lot less capacity (Rather than 30 seats they have now) or have a massive runway extension to a lot of airports, even relocate some of them, a decision that costs a lot and often will even destroy the communities that rely on the airport.
Current hope is that the manufacturers will offer some sort of solution with technology, sadly with the diminishing need for STOL performance for the rest of the world, I doubt they will get anything other than a small low capacity aircraft.