HEADS UP GUYS! There are a ton of scammer accounts on TH-cam 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.
“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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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!!
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.
It’s spam, all of TH-cam 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!
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.
I did that for a season in the early 90s in N Ontario, when an opportunity for a career switch came along. I did flying-only of a C-180 for an air service, no secondary joe jobs, about 475 hrs between May and Oct. Couldn't continue, being married with 2 kids, 3rd on the way, and went back to an office job after taking the winter off. Sometimes you just have to sacrifice your dreams for the others that depend on you. But, Most Fun Summer Of My Life, although I missed my family terribly. It's a live by your wits type of flying, a world of fuzzy boundaries, on both weather and loads, not so much go-no-go like the IFR world. More like, "Eh... well... ok lets try it." and you set your own limits on what's safe and what's not. Now I'm retired and at 66 I could probably go get a job any time with 500 hrs of float time from all those years ago, but not sure I want to spend a summer away.
So rich to see more and more people chasing passion and dreams rather than the traditional money route that we are all being taught to do today! A lot of challenges going that route but at the end of the day that smile says it all.
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.
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.
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.
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…✈️✈️🛫
In the past I have struggled with the question "what do you do for work?" Just lately I've began to feel more comfortable with "I'm an aircraft manufacturer", but it always raises so many followup questions and brings more attention than most normal sutuations can handle. Recently I've fallen back on just saying "I'm a pilot". No, I'm not your typical airline pilot, but I test fly every factory built plane, I'm nearing my Sport CFI cert, and I fly everychance I get. I... am a pilot. Just not a typical one. 😊 Great edit as usual Trent. Thanks for the motivation. 💛
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!
Your new friend Brian gives me hope for the world's future. He's young with his whole life in front of him. He could be flying for some airline, probably making way more money with a lot less effort, while never swatting a mosquito. He's willing to work his ass off to do something he loves, and at great benefit to us all. I wish I had chosen that career path!
I knew I shouldn't have watched this, it reminds me too much of the dreams I had of being a bush pilot. For me it never worked out, life just took a different direction, and even my dreams of flying had to go on hold indefinitely. Brian is definitely doing something special with his life, and its cool to see that he knows it.
Had I liked cold weather and black flies, I would have taken the bush pilot path. Alas, I like heat and spent most of my career as an air ambulance pilot in south Texas and Arizona flying into mostly desolate fields. In many ways, the same sort of flying: the book is a good start, but each of my grey hairs has a story. Good luck to Brian.
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?
I'm just starting out bush flying, worked the dock, loaded planes, fixed outboards, fell in love with the camp cook....did it all just to get in the right seat once in a while. Finally getting my training in on a 180 and should have my own machine in a few days. Pay isn't great and my back hurts but I couldn't be happier...I'm just glad kods these days hate the bush, more for me :)
Been flying an old luscombe 8a for the last ten years and just got a super cub yesterday. My dad has owned a super cub since before I was born I am very excited to own one now
Absolute A+ for production values: subject and story, interviews and B roll, sound capture, and program editing. You kept it all moving and on track, and left me wanting more.
Wow I’m speechless!! You should do movie documentaries Trent loved it!!!!! Thx for sharing and Brian thx so much!!! People like you are amazing and we need more of you thanks TP -Brian AND SQUARE SPACE!! So we’ll done! 🤩🤩
Hey Trent! It’s my Honor and appreciation to be able to watch and witness somebody who grows so much on every video! It’s like watching your own kids excel in the life they were meant for!! I don’t think there is one bad video I’ve seen u have the abilities to get the message across to all, and in a way that’s enjoyable! music edits etc! Wish I had those talents must take up tons of time wow!! As always keep safe love your stuff and always cover your six! P.s. especially like it when u and Kevin Quinn get together and do flying and videos it’s crazy entertaining!! and to all the guys out there flying and all the tough amazing other pilots u hang out with! the tough ones don’t know all their names…. I’m not mentioning!!! But again thx 🙏 and keep ‘em coming thanks Trent P……… Sincerely Ray S…
British Columbia has to be the most breathtaking and beautiful place on earth! If there is any other place outside of my hometown that I could chose to live, I’d be a British Columbian without a doubt.
Very cool! I am 67 years old. My Dad flew fighters in WW II, Korea and Vietnam. When he retired he was offered a job in Anchorage, I was in 8th grade. If he had moved us there I probably would have ended up flying in Alaska for a living. This video made my eyes a little misty.
I’m currently going to UND for commercial aviation (a path for the airlines) but this is my real dream. It’s not nearly as much money, but it’s much more fulfilling in my opinion, too far in to drop out but one day, I hope to be in this same position
Trent this is A+ content. I love your videos but this one really hit home for me. Beautiful cinematography! At 38 years old I recently changed careers to fix and fly these remote bush float planes.
Thank you so much for telling people about the life of other professional pilots. I have followed several myself from the African commercial bush pilots flying routes between smaller cities and towns all over Africa to professional "lease" i guess like "steveo1kenevo" to Ryan Farrar the "Missionary Bush Pilot " who flies in Papua New Guinea supporting a wide number of missionaries and remote villagers there. You have opened up a new, to many, horizon of opportunities other than airline pilot to the younger generation considering a career in aviation. I also forgot agricultural flying which my uncle did for several years. Thanks Brent you hopefully have inspired many to think outside the box.
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 😀
Wish he was my son would be so proud. My son totaly a waiters 28 years old has NO respect for his self or OTHERS.CAN'T EVEN LOOK AFTER HIS CAR THAT HE OWNS THAT HE RELIES ON TO TAKE HIM TO WORK IN A VEGETABLE FACTORY AND ITS BEEN THE 2nd YEAR IN A ROW FAILED M.O.T. DO TO NOT BEING MATURE. AND HE THINKS HE'S THE MAN. JUST LOVED WHATCHING YOUR YOU TH-cam CLIP.❤👍
One of the reasons there aren't many people going after a fixed wing bush career, is because most types who are attracted to that environment are lured to helicopters. Most bush flying today is done with a helicopter, except for maybe tourism. The number of different specialty jobs done in the bush with helicopters is surprising to most people who don't have any knowledge or experience with it.
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.
Dude. Great video. Love the way you bring out the true character of people. Your a natural at this. Not that you need another job but your good at it and I think it would be super cool to see more. 🤘
Hi Trent. Not only do I not mind the departure from your traditional content and style, but I actually really enjoyed it. Beautifully shot, edited and a great little story on an often-overlooked side of commercial aviation. Two thumbs up and you are more than welcome to keep the style departures.
This was my dream when I started flying. It got derailed because of health problems. Years later I took up fly fishing....and I see the smile on his face. Right dream, wrong lifetime for me. If I reincarnate I will try again, because if Heaven still requires some hard work, this is almost certainly it.
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!!!
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.
The beaver was the first plane i was passenger in, and still my favorite, dropping sideways through the tiniest hole in the fog was the best part, like riding a derailed roller coaster😂
First glance of the plane.. knew it was a Beaver. Lovely old school aircraft. Working in a great lovely location. Always wanted to fish up there. Even farther up where Graylings live. Need to finish my bucket list soon. Take care be safe and hope the family and you are doing well. PS how are the chickens??
I’m a fishing guide in Alaska and a pilot, I don’t fly in Alaska but when I started flying I fell in love with aviation going to work everyday in a DHC-2. If I didn’t have a family I would fly for the lodge… airline bound myself going to miss flying up in the Wood TikChik State park… the opportunity is there though if your hungry for it pilots make 60k at my lodge for 4 months of work… not a bad living!
HEADS UP GUYS! There are a ton of scammer accounts on TH-cam 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 TH-cam 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.
“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.
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!
Trent, absolutely amazing content. One of my favorite videos of yours to date. ( honestly enjoy all your content)
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.
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.
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
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!
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!!
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.
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 TH-cam 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!
Trent, that was really good and I hope you do more like this.
Its flying related. It's cool 👍
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.
I did that for a season in the early 90s in N Ontario, when an opportunity for a career switch came along. I did flying-only of a C-180 for an air service, no secondary joe jobs, about 475 hrs between May and Oct. Couldn't continue, being married with 2 kids, 3rd on the way, and went back to an office job after taking the winter off. Sometimes you just have to sacrifice your dreams for the others that depend on you. But, Most Fun Summer Of My Life, although I missed my family terribly. It's a live by your wits type of flying, a world of fuzzy boundaries, on both weather and loads, not so much go-no-go like the IFR world. More like, "Eh... well... ok lets try it." and you set your own limits on what's safe and what's not. Now I'm retired and at 66 I could probably go get a job any time with 500 hrs of float time from all those years ago, but not sure I want to spend a summer away.
You are one of the best content creators on TH-cam and Bryan will have this phenomenal video forever. Great job!
So rich to see more and more people chasing passion and dreams rather than the traditional money route that we are all being taught to do today! A lot of challenges going that route but at the end of the day that smile says it all.
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.
Fantastic video Trent. This was good storytelling and cinematography. Brian’s demeanor reminds me of Jim Tweeto.
Serious Flying Wild Alaska vibes here ❤️
A certain breed of person. A certain breed of pilot. An excellent breed indeed. Love. Love. Discover.
Your BEST VIDEO EVER TRENT...keep it up my pilot brother.
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.
"Well, would you like to sit down and tell us what you do" so Bryan gets into a Beaver & starts it up. A picture speaks a thousand words :D
Flying,fly fishing and the out doors....I love it...GOD BLESS my friend
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.
These types of videos are why TH-cam is a treasure. Between letting people know this is possible to making it a nice side gig.....amazing. Thank you.
Ron from the Yukon describes his Beaver burning gas…A beaver converts cash into noise! A beaver burns a hell of a lot of fuel.
Creating Memories and Enjoying Life...That's what it's all about!! Money isn't everything, So True
Achtung scammers.
Well done Trent!
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…✈️✈️🛫
In the past I have struggled with the question "what do you do for work?" Just lately I've began to feel more comfortable with "I'm an aircraft manufacturer", but it always raises so many followup questions and brings more attention than most normal sutuations can handle. Recently I've fallen back on just saying "I'm a pilot". No, I'm not your typical airline pilot, but I test fly every factory built plane, I'm nearing my Sport CFI cert, and I fly everychance I get. I... am a pilot. Just not a typical one. 😊 Great edit as usual Trent. Thanks for the motivation. 💛
Content, editing, drone work, interviewing skills hell, even your selection of music are spot on professional!! Thanks Brotherman!
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!
This is legit bush piloting. My family had a float plane service for so many years. I love to see and hear the young man keeping the tradition going.
Your new friend Brian gives me hope for the world's future. He's young with his whole life in front of him. He could be flying for some airline, probably making way more money with a lot less effort, while never swatting a mosquito. He's willing to work his ass off to do something he loves, and at great benefit to us all. I wish I had chosen that career path!
I knew I shouldn't have watched this, it reminds me too much of the dreams I had of being a bush pilot. For me it never worked out, life just took a different direction, and even my dreams of flying had to go on hold indefinitely. Brian is definitely doing something special with his life, and its cool to see that he knows it.
For a pilot that likes the remote outdoors Bryan made the right choice. Nice presentation highlighting this niche segment of aviation.
Had I liked cold weather and black flies, I would have taken the bush pilot path. Alas, I like heat and spent most of my career as an air ambulance pilot in south Texas and Arizona flying into mostly desolate fields. In many ways, the same sort of flying: the book is a good start, but each of my grey hairs has a story. Good luck to Brian.
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?
As a single sea and multi sea pilot this video highlights the joys of back country flying. It’s ok not to be airline destined. What a great story
Palmer should have his Netflix series! Your video quality is definitely way up there!
I'm just starting out bush flying, worked the dock, loaded planes, fixed outboards, fell in love with the camp cook....did it all just to get in the right seat once in a while.
Finally getting my training in on a 180 and should have my own machine in a few days.
Pay isn't great and my back hurts but I couldn't be happier...I'm just glad kods these days hate the bush, more for me :)
Been flying an old luscombe 8a for the last ten years and just got a super cub yesterday. My dad has owned a super cub since before I was born I am very excited to own one now
Really good seeing someone do the thing they enjoy and not be in it for the money. Beautiful location. Thank you for sharing.
Absolute A+ for production values: subject and story, interviews and B roll, sound capture, and program editing. You kept it all moving and on track, and left me wanting more.
For me, one of your best videos Trent.
If I were to be a career pilot, bush flying would be the main, if not only way I would go.
Great Job!!!
Wow I’m speechless!! You should do movie documentaries Trent loved it!!!!! Thx for sharing and Brian thx so much!!! People like you are amazing and we need more of you thanks TP -Brian AND SQUARE SPACE!! So we’ll done! 🤩🤩
Hey Trent! It’s my Honor and appreciation to be able to watch and witness somebody who grows so much on every video! It’s like watching your own kids excel in the life they were meant for!! I don’t think there is one bad video I’ve seen u have the abilities to get the message across to all, and in a way that’s enjoyable! music edits etc! Wish I had those talents must take up tons of time wow!! As always keep safe love your stuff and always cover your six! P.s. especially like it when u and Kevin Quinn get together and do flying and videos it’s crazy entertaining!! and to all the guys out there flying and all the tough amazing other pilots u hang out with! the tough ones don’t know all their names…. I’m not mentioning!!! But again thx 🙏 and keep ‘em coming thanks Trent P………
Sincerely Ray S…
Beautiful story of what life is about ...
Please do more of these candid videos highlighting aviation paths less traveled
British Columbia has to be the most breathtaking and beautiful place on earth! If there is any other place outside of my hometown that I could chose to live, I’d be a British Columbian without a doubt.
This might be the best video you’ve ever done. Thank you for sharing.
Very cool! I am 67 years old. My Dad flew fighters in WW II, Korea and Vietnam. When he retired he was offered a job in Anchorage, I was in 8th grade. If he had moved us there I probably would have ended up flying in Alaska for a living. This video made my eyes a little misty.
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!
Never seen a Better job ad !!! Awesome
Guys!! We wanna go flying now
0.54 time is the most beautiful scenery that I have ever seen
I hope you more videos like this in the future. Your ability to film incredible scenes and tell a story are fantastic.
Cool always to see footage about pilots who make a living behind a radial engine. 👍👍👏👏
I love how remote and wild this place is . Brian is a cool dude,
Hey Trent, what's that old saying, if you truly love what you do you'll never work a day in your life. What a very content man thanks for sharing.
I’m currently going to UND for commercial aviation (a path for the airlines) but this is my real dream. It’s not nearly as much money, but it’s much more fulfilling in my opinion, too far in to drop out but one day, I hope to be in this same position
Definitely one of your better video's Trent. I really enjoyed Brian's story. Thanks.
Trent this is A+ content. I love your videos but this one really hit home for me. Beautiful cinematography! At 38 years old I recently changed careers to fix and fly these remote bush float planes.
Thanks for sharing Brian’s story.
Thank you so much for telling people about the life of other professional pilots. I have followed several myself from the African commercial bush pilots flying routes between smaller cities and towns all over Africa to professional "lease" i guess like "steveo1kenevo" to Ryan Farrar the "Missionary Bush Pilot " who flies in Papua New Guinea supporting a wide number of missionaries and remote villagers there. You have opened up a new, to many, horizon of opportunities other than airline pilot to the younger generation considering a career in aviation. I also forgot agricultural flying which my uncle did for several years. Thanks Brent you hopefully have inspired many to think outside the box.
Safe, competent, and well educated. You are an excellent ambassador for bush flying Trent.
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 😀
Wish he was my son would be so proud.
My son totaly a waiters 28 years old has NO respect for his self or OTHERS.CAN'T EVEN LOOK AFTER HIS CAR THAT HE OWNS THAT HE RELIES ON TO TAKE HIM TO WORK IN A VEGETABLE FACTORY AND ITS BEEN THE 2nd YEAR IN A ROW FAILED M.O.T. DO TO NOT BEING MATURE. AND HE THINKS HE'S THE MAN.
JUST LOVED WHATCHING YOUR YOU TH-cam CLIP.❤👍
Brians story was cool... i would be in his place in a heartbeat. LEO Australia.
I've been doing a lot of research on bush pilots recently so seeing this video was perfect
Excellent interview Trent, your skill to identify and relay this pathway for Brian is an inspiration. Thank you for sharing his experience.
Sometimes I just feel the need to say thanks for making this video for us. Awesome job.
Trent - loved the change in content. I hope to see more content like this.
One of the reasons there aren't many people going after a fixed wing bush career, is because most types who are attracted to that environment are lured to helicopters. Most bush flying today is done with a helicopter, except for maybe tourism. The number of different specialty jobs done in the bush with helicopters is surprising to most people who don't have any knowledge or experience with it.
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 🙂
Good morning from Minnesota! Quite a guy! Mature Beyond his age!
Not much more can be said. Trent amazing editing as always. Thank you for sharing Brian’s love for what he does.
Love the video and great to see a young man truly living life and enjoying what he does!
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.
Dude. Great video. Love the way you bring out the true character of people. Your a natural at this. Not that you need another job but your good at it and I think it would be super cool to see more. 🤘
Nice video again Trent, now I feel old seeing a 24 year old starting his career. I remember the feeling when I started flying.
This is a really inspiring video. If only bush flying was a thing in the uk… I can dream 😅
you have the best job my friend!! Be proud
Very wholesome video Trent, You're inspiring alot of young people. Keep them coming
Loved it! Great video! God bless that young man chasing his dream!
The beaver is one cool vintage floater
Hi Trent. Not only do I not mind the departure from your traditional content and style, but I actually really enjoyed it. Beautifully shot, edited and a great little story on an often-overlooked side of commercial aviation. Two thumbs up and you are more than welcome to keep the style departures.
This was my dream when I started flying. It got derailed because of health problems. Years later I took up fly fishing....and I see the smile on his face. Right dream, wrong lifetime for me. If I reincarnate I will try again, because if Heaven still requires some hard work, this is almost certainly it.
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!!!
So bloody cool Trent! Thank you so much!
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.
Beautiful. Living the life.
The beaver was the first plane i was passenger in, and still my favorite, dropping sideways through the tiniest hole in the fog was the best part, like riding a derailed roller coaster😂
I haven't seen a 24 year old with his head out the gutter in this age yet , mad props keep doing what u love , some ppl don't get that
Excellent. This should be on PBS. Concrete Airport Terminals aren’t for everyone.
First glance of the plane.. knew it was a Beaver. Lovely old school aircraft. Working in a great lovely location. Always wanted to fish up there. Even farther up where Graylings live. Need to finish my bucket list soon. Take care be safe and hope the family and you are doing well. PS how are the chickens??
I’m a fishing guide in Alaska and a pilot, I don’t fly in Alaska but when I started flying I fell in love with aviation going to work everyday in a DHC-2. If I didn’t have a family I would fly for the lodge… airline bound myself going to miss flying up in the Wood TikChik State park… the opportunity is there though if your hungry for it pilots make 60k at my lodge for 4 months of work… not a bad living!
Great video, I've always loved seeing the DHC2 do anything.... the pickup of the air world...