Sioux Lookout, ON, Canada - July 2006
While we were in southeastern Ontario for the Red Lake Norseman Festival in July 2006, my father and I drove up the road from Dryden for an early evening visit to Sioux Lookout. Besides having dinner in a local restaurant we also paid a visit to the docks.
A quartet of ducks take a rest on the float of a Cessna 182. (Trevor McTavish)
One thing we discovered was that people have started using Cessna 182s as replacements for Cessna 180s and 185s. Early 182s were built from the same parts as the 180s,
only the landing gear boxes were different. But 182s weren't considered "working" airplanes and most of them have low airframe times. (Trevor McTavish)
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Across the road from the docks we discovered a heavily-damaged Republic RC-3 Seabee being employed as a sign for the local motel and liquor store. Seabee enthusiast
Steinar Saeval has identified this plane as CF-FSG (c/n: 919). (Trevor McTavish)
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Although it's labeled an SL300, after talking to a couple people we discovered that C-FICI is in fact a hybrid, combining the fuselage of an Cessna L-19 Bird Dog with the
wings, tails and engine of a Cessna 185. It must be the ultimate fishing machine. Plus it has an eye-catching paint scheme. (Trevor McTavish)
Of course, no bush airport would be complete without a pile of broken airplanes waiting their turn to be rebuilt. (Trevor McTavish)