Cool or Crazy? DC-3 on Floats!
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DC-3 on Floats = Cool AND Crazy!
I actually grew up getting to see Folsom's DC-3 just about every year at the Greenville International Seaplane Fly-in before it had an incident that put it out of service. Its just been sitting up at the Greenville Airport (Maine) ever since.
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The Antonov An-4 (An-2V) is a better idea if Canada will license it.
Floatplanes are really for lakes, while seaplanes are for mildly choppy ocean water. And the An-4 is a smaller aircraft that needs a shorter "runway" than a Dakota.
Also, you only need to buy one turboprop and the Ant has a stall speed at 31 mph, and of course, it is even tougher than a Dakota, because the CCCP preferred designs that continue to soldier on without proper maintenance...
So it’s a Sea-47
Nice
Oh god
bruh
no dc3 and cool
@@MikeyMcBryan The Antonov An-4 (An-2V) is a better idea if Canada will license it.
Floatplanes are really for lakes, while seaplanes are for mildly choppy ocean water. And the An-4 is a smaller aircraft that needs a shorter "runway" than a Dakota.
Also, you only need to buy one turboprop and the Ant has a stall speed at 31 mph, and of course, it is even tougher than a Dakota, because the CCCP preferred designs that continue to soldier on without proper maintenance...
Imagine to construct those floats with modern lighter stronger materials.
Bassler turboprop + those floats makes it a perfect island hopper in the caribbean
Carbon Fibre or Kevlar layup floats would be awesome.
Basler on floats = whole new life for the planes. Maybe even restart production at Basler.
Not just the lighter modern materials, but modern computerized design, taking advantage of the CAD's ability to test things in a safe environment, you could come up with something that could potentially cut weight by half of what they used to be.
bitsnpieces11 did they stop production? I saw one delivered last October to Oshawa Ontario
tbh i would just take a dc3 design and turn it into a flying boat, take the engines most modern dc3s use and other parts to keep the life spawn of the plane up and design a flying boat which you 100 percent can and solve so many problems the dc3 has and generally make a even better aircraft. seeing you can make a larger airframe allowing for more cargo, with that you need a fairly float boat hull meaning you can double hull the plane for added safety and with that large hull you have a stupid amounts of fuel
large float planes like these are kinda stupid due to the drag they make compared to a flying boat. which while does have a lot of drag is a whole lot less than a flying boat design. more expensive because youre building a new aircraft.
I'd love to hear "The Whole Other Story" on the Air Tractors that Buffalo operates
Same!
Same!!
Same!!!
Yeah Mikey let's hear your take on the Air Tractors... I have a few good stories growing up with those planes on the Prairies before they went turbine. I don't have a lot of media atm but I got names
Flosts visible on Google earth
She's still sitting there in the middle of the airport. Greenville, Maine
Drove past there more than a few times, somehow never saw the DC3 sitting there and look at the size of those floats. Big enough to see from space.
@@fastst1 You can see it at the municipal airport, the floats are not attached, sitting next to it. www.google.ca/maps/search/greenville+maine+airport/@45.464979,-69.5545201,69m/data=!3m1!1e3
PatrolingEden yup, can clearly see the DC3 with the floats to the right of it.
When I saw it, it was parked close to the lake and on the floats, now that was a few years ago
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Very cool! Lol
I’m actually from Maine. My grandfather grew up in Greenville with Max Folsom and flew with him in the DC-3. Max passed away this past year, his family will continue the restoration of the aircraft.
I was lucky enough to sit and watch the home movies of the DC-3 on floats with Max Folsom.
Ever get to go for a flight in it?
This reminds of some other old passenger aircraft that got floats: the Junker Ju-86 and the Fokker F. 7
I've got a book on the air exchange to Russia after ww2
There is at least one photo and something written about them.
I suspect that's where the ones in Whitehorse may have been heading.
Could drop it by if ur interested
Mikey, I’ve been in Texas almost all of my 68 years. I’m not familiar with a Lovers Lane texas. Lovers lane in Dallas has Love Field at the west end of it which was active in wartime with a number of associated businesses around it after. There is also a town called Lovelady in Texas. I could be wrong I guess but I’m not aware of another. By the way, the couple of years I wasn’t in Texas, my wife and I were in The Pas Manitoba. I was working for Revelstoke and she was with LambAir. 1974-1976. Buffalo is doing what I had dreamed of doing but didn’t work out. My dad was a flight engineer on C-47s & C-46s in WW2 and Korea. Enjoy the history, keep it up.
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@@jayfriberg2789 That's just a small neighborhood and not a town [never was]. There would never have been a scrap yard in that area. I'm 63 and live in Dallas.
A quick survey of the internet shows only four places that have "Love" in their names: Loving County (west of Wink, which is west of Odessa), Lovelady (Swisher County) and two unincorporated communities named Love, Texas -- one in Cass County (which with your handle, I expect you know) and one in Swisher County, in the TX Panhandle. Please note, this was a _quick_ search! :^D
I wonder which one of these is IT (if any)?. Mikey?
Well done Mikey! I was working as an A&P/IA at KSUA in Florida in the early 1990s, that beauty was there a few times. Back then the taxiways were barely wide enough for the floats’ footprint.
I live 35 miles South of Folsoms. I've shot video of this plane flying and coming up out of the water onto land similar to the video you included, except I was further up on land. When the plane came up, I was under the right wing tip. It did a u-turn to pointing back to the water and parked. I was filming the while time. Engine's were wet with motor oil after she shut down. It's going to take some searching through VHS tapes to find the original video, but I hope to find it and post it one of these days.
That would be amazing to see!
Thanks for that one !
This is better than national géographic !
We love your work.
Moosehead Lake, Greenville, Maine. DC-3 on floats. Videos on TH-cam.
I've always had an interest in avaition from the age of about 7 when I picked up my first book on the B-17 Flying Fortress from my local children's library. I went to work for my father in the recovery industry while also working at our own local airport for the cost of flying lessons, soloing just after my 16th birthday. Even though I was active in the Civil Air Patrrol and actually pertisipated in several search and rescues, it was not my fate to enter the Air Force and "the wild blue yonder". Instead I spent a year as a door gunner/crew chief on a Huges OH-6A more commonly know as a "LOACH" and then spent a lot of time in Europe until it was time for my retirement. It has been my intention to retire in Europe, more specifically, Germany, but as my retirement approached so did the end of the Cold War, subsequent drawing down of forces and thus job opportunities so I came back to the states where I began working in the recovery industry once again. An opportunity arose for me to purchase a Cessna 195 at what I thought was a more than reasonable price plus it came with quite a few accessories such as a crosswind landing gear and an uprated IFR panel. What I didn't know was just how expensive an annual could be or as it turned out the price of rebuilding that Jacob's radial Why I'm telling you all of this is to establish that for virtually my entire life I've been interested in avaition. Where I live to see an aircraft on floats was not all that uncommon. Fact is, I've seen several photographs of what appeared to me to be a C-47 on floats. I had absolutely no idea that it was more rare than even my Cessna 195 or that there was or ever had been a C-53!. Great video, as usual, thanks for the information.
Greenville, Maine... Moosehead lake at the southern tip of the lake. Folsum's flying service.
That DC3 on floats has been there a long time.
I think i heard that they sold it this past summer.
Thank you for that Seaplane DC-3 Mikey! The one that belongs to Max is sometimes seen here in the Florida Keys and is affectionately known as Dumbo because of its Disney character painted mural! On the runway the plane stands very high!
I had heard of a Dc-3 on floats but never knew the story. Great job!
Saw one of these float C-47s up in Maine back in the 90's. Really amazing in size!
It's the only one.
We used to watch that bird perform aerial fly-bys at the Greenville International Seaplane Fly-in in Greenville, Maine each September back in the early 2000s. My late father-in-law was friends with Max, and I personally did some vehicle transport for one of the co-owners of that DC-3, which at the time, we were told was the ONLY one like it on the planet (on floats, that is). Interesting to run across this video today out of the blue!
Learn something new everyday. Thanks for this bit of history Mikey.
Interesting indeed, learning new things every episode
I've seen that plane at the Greenville, ME airport years ago. Really cool.
Lot of talent in creating that video. Went well above and beyond entertainment.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this video
An interesting solution. Get a lighter “version “ of a DC 3 to compensate fo the weight of the floats. Also more powerful engines.
This was a really interesting. I remember seeing a DC-3 on floats many years ago but, can’t recall if it was in Florida or up in Washington state. I always thought, until this video, that it might have been a one off. Thanks for a most entertaining episode.
Very interesting. Do you recall any specifics on this aircraft. The one the Folsom’s put together in Maine. made it to Florida on at least three occasions during the early-mid 1990s and again in 2003 but never to Washington State. What timeframe did you see this one.
An hour ago I didn't know this existed and now my life is not complete until I have one.
In the late 80s, I flew on a Cessna float-plane over Moosehead lake (Maine) as a passenger. When I told the friendly pilot, whose name I forgot, that I was flying DC-3s in South Africa for a living, he took the aeroplane over his house to show us the floats that he was about to install on his DC-3. He told us they had been used to house chickens on some farmer's property. Interesting times! Thank you for the great video!
All this research and knowledge gained before the internet!
Amazing when you think about it!
Hi Mikey...Chartered a DC3 at Bankstown Airport in western Sydney NSW around 20yrs ago with a full load of friends onboard. Had a fantastic 2hr flight over Sydney and northern beaches. Company even put on inflight service with Champagne. Unforgettable experience in a brilliant aircraft. Best wishes.
I really like the way you "paper doll" the airplanes in your video, Mikey. Great video on this seldom seen variant of the C-47/DC-3.
Your Dad's N3N-3 Yellow Peril was designed and built by NAW (Naval Aircraft Works?) to be either a wheeled or floatplane by the US Navy, much in line what Robert Noorduyn thought of his Norseman. Douglas on the other hand was asked to add another feature to the Dakota Swiss Army pocket knife- mmm yes it can do it but its not a master of it.
But the 'Floatkota' still captures my attention.
I love it Floatkota!!!!!
Great vid Mikey would love to see a bit on DC-3S On skis I remember an icepilots episode where joe landed one.
My Dad was hired by Donald Douglas to do upholstery on the DC-3/C47 in 1942 till late 43 when he joined the Navy. He returned at wars end. Later he worked on the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft, Sky Lab.
Just a guy on the internet . Idk I would say today your company is the best around dealing with dc-3 . It’s such an amazing plane .
You. Are. The. BEST!!! We still study the Ham-Stand Hydromatic propeller here, so we are always into your insightful DC3 videos at Spartan, Inglewood, CA.THANK YOU!!
Thanks for your offerings Mikey! We're all locked down and so enjoy your stories and adventures.
Thank you Donald!
Just had this episode pop up on my feed,really enjoyed it.
Mikey, we miss ya, wish you were still regularly putting out videos.
Hope all is well with you and your family.
Largest plane I've seen pictured on floats was the four-engined German Condor. It was a pre-war passenger plane already making non-stop flights across the Atlantic to New York. It was converted for maritime war patrols.
Fascinating, I never knew floats were ever fitted to a Dakota C47/ DC3. Thanks for sharing.
Good to see this! My dad is good friends with max and we’ve all flown together quite a few times! Seeing his DC3 for the first time was very very cool.
My dad works at the airport in Bangor and got to refuel it years ago. Currently its sitting off the runway up in Greenville, ME. Last I heard they were restoring it and planned to have it operational for the 2019 seaplane fly in at Greenville (They didn't have it ready like the past few years). Its in rough shape from what I have been told, lots of water damage inside the plane, and I believe the engines need a rebuild, and currently the floats are off the plane. If I recall Folsom's went out of business in the 90's, so I don't think its flown since then. The old seaplane base got purchased by the state if I recall and is now the Warden Service float plane base.
In the 1970s My Dad worked for EDO with JJ Frey. I will never forget doing touch and gos with Jay in a Citabria owned by EDO out on Long Island sound in 6 or 7 foot waves. I was like 10 or 12 and will never forget it. Also If I remember right Jay had his seaplane rating before he got his land rating great man, great pilot and sailor.
I saw the DC3 on amphibious floats up at Moosehead Lake Maine! Probably back in 2002 or 2003..
They flew it, taxied it in and out of the water, buzzed the land airport.. it was awesome! I think it was Folsom Air Service painted on the side! I probably have pictures of it somewhere..
At 10:40, that’s Moosehead Lake!
Why do I love the DC3 so much I will never know.
Another awesome episode. Still following your series, still watching all the ads so you get coin Mikey.
All the best and stay safe.
Thanks Crazy Brit!!
I guess that's why various navies around the world went with flying boats instead of float planes especially as they got larger. US used the Consolidated PBY Catalina, and Martin PBM Mariner, and the IJN had their excellent Kawanishi HK8 "Emily", and H6K Mavis. Flying boats were much more efficient for their size and weight. As a side note my father flew on a single mission with "The Black Cats" in the SW Pacific because he was bored, and they needed volunteers. He was US Army Amphibious Engineers. They went on a evening bombing run of a Japanese base. They a motors shot out as well as there radio, and radio direction finder. They limped home but made it back with no casualties. A fine testiment to the ruggedness of the PBY.
I used to love flying the the Twin Otters a local airline here in Hawai'i used to fly. I found out they puts floats on these too though not as large as a DC-3/C-47. Any in your neck of the woods Mikey? th-cam.com/video/d-Bn__SVxto/w-d-xo.html
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My first ever airplane ride was w/ Max Folsom in a yellow DeHavilland Beaver on floats in Greenville, Maine.
It was my 12yr old b-day present in 1999. He swung over the flip-flop yoke to me and I've been hooked ever since!
Hi Mikey from Auckland, New Zealand. It's becoming autumn or fall as the Americans say
Here in Oz as well, strangely enough!
..... Last time I was in Greenville, ME three years ago one of Folsom's floats was stored in the Fish and Game hanger and the other was in a garage on the same property.
I think it's a great idea. It increases the already incredible terrain accessibility of that airplane. It would make it a fantastic island chain and tundra supplier.
I had the privilege of watching this beast fly off of Moosehead Lake back in the '80s. It was quite a sight as it would often pass directly over the town on its approach to landing on the lake. Dave Quam, who was at one time, president of the Seaplane Pilot's Assoc. took the interior footage of the a/c at that time using an early video camera. I've also met J. Frey (Edo Floats and a genuinely great guy) who was a regular at the fly-in every year. Unfortunately, a number of us missed out on a ride on it as that was the year the right hand engine threw a rod while running up at dockside. As to the floats, my understanding was that John (Max's dad) discovered them in Texas, purchased them and had them trucked to Maine. Apparently their arrival came as something of a surprise when they appeared at the airport. I was also told at that time, that the C-53 had once been Adolf Coors' (yes, the beer) executive transport. I can assure you, it was certainly impressive when you stood under it on Folsom's Flying Service's ramp. Those were good and interesting times in GA.
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After WW2, Walnut Ridge Army Airfield in Arkansas was turned into a warbird graveyard and the planes were scrapped by a private contractor. There is a museum there now. Many of the C-47s on floats were scrapped there. I have seen pictures of them there.
Every since I was a boy, I have loved the DC3 & still do, six decades later! So much so, its on my Bucket List to Fly one before I Fade Off Into The Sunset!
Fascinating! Thank you, Mikey. Kurt, Colorado Springs
I live in central Maine, only a few hours south of Greenville where the DC3 on floats spent a lot of time. I wish I knew then what I know now, I would have certainly made the trip up to go see it. Great story Mikey. Thank you for the homework on this one.
We Drove up from Skowhegan a few times to see it enjoyed every trip to Greenville
Fantastic video, Mikey. There's one heck of a lot of work gone into making that and those animations are awesome 👍👍👍
Thanks Andy!!
Good job on putting this bit of a history video together.
Wow, excellent content. Thanks for filling in the gaps to the story.
I seen in the 80's , both on floats and wheels in BANGOR, ME.
When my Dad worked for the Bay in the 70s and 80s they had a DC 3, CF-ETE, which had floats under it for a while. When it was on floats it flew out of Saint Andrews, just north of Winnipeg on the Red River.
Years ago I was in Greenville Maine, saw a DC 3 on floats parked, man that was something else
I believe the DC-3 is still at Greenville airport.
Definitely like the switch up amazing history of the DC-3 on floats you did a great job Mister Mikey
Mikey, Your work on this is phenomenal. By the way, I must have missed it, but why are you not a pilot?
Cheers, Lee
Not a Pilot, just a TH-camr
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Yeah! Keep you-tubin Mikey! Bigtime! Tellin, "dude I pay pilots!"
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What HE said - the production values and the audacious style (pickin' up a DC-3 with thumb and forefinger) blew my mind, I didn't know that kind of thing could be _done_ outside of Hollywood!!
Great video it was well put together and thought out bro. Stay safe up your way guys
Thanks Ken!!!
Love learning more about history of that plane take care and stay safe see ya in the next one
When I was going to A&P school in 1971 at Spartan School in Tulsa, I worked for a guy named Marvin Sullinger. I was the one man operation for making Montgomery Prop Spinners for 985s, 755s and 1340s prop hubs. That was one of his businesses. He had tons of scrap planes laying around and melted them down on a weekly basis. After working there for a year or so, I finally asked him what was in those 4 huge shipping crates about 60' long. He said they were 2 sets of amphib floats for C-47s. Years later in 2001, I was working in Tulsa for a year and tried to find his old plant and it was completely removed along with 20 acres of scrap planes. I always wondered who got those floats or if they were melted down.
Canadian forces had a set of these floats at Penhold when it was still an RCAF airbase. Unfortunately they were in the hanger that burnt down in the mid 60's.
Mister Mikey McBryan your videos are certainly the MOST inspirational vids on utoob, probably even the entire internet! Benjamin says he'll be back on the Fokker come warmer climes so that will be nice to see. Thought you guys went your separate ways due to differing opinion.
Who’d have thought that. After all those years. Very interesting video.
Loved the videos. Flew in DC-3s out of Resolute and Grise Fiord. Don't recall if the land strip in Grise was long enough but we were using the ice strip then and during the dark season when 6 snow machines were used as runway lights. Once the wheels touched the ice two miles short of the ice strip and luckily there was no pressure ridge over it would have been all over.
Very cool info! Your editing and story telling is getting better every episode! Love the channel! You are becoming quite the documentary film maker!!! Keep telling the stories of the old aircraft.
Wonderfully informative video, Mikey. You looked like you had fun doing it!
Just finished the last episode of Ice Pilots and went through Plane Savers at the same time. Now I going through your other TH-cam videos. This one has excellent CGI with the floats on a Buffalo DC3.
Thank you for watching I’m glad you like 👍 it!
Nice job Mikey, your special effects are making me wonder. I think you do have one on floats!
We learn something new everyday! Thanks for doing your homework.
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Nice video. Well researched, well presented. Ho hype, no clickbait, no BS. Very interesting and pleasant to watch. Even though I am not into planes, this is very interesting from a technical point of view. Also historical and mostly - personal. I really appreciate how you managed to get all those people to say their words. Very good!
I used to see Folsom’s DC-3 on floats at Moosehead Lake in Maine in the 80’s or 90’s.
Hey Mikey, the photos are on the wall in the lounge of the Airport Chalet in Whitehorse. Had lunch there many times over the years. So long as they have not recently renovated (god forbid) they should still be there. I best remember a picture of one in flight with the floats. Maybe call the hotel and ask them to snap a picture and email it to you.
Mikey- saw that plane in Greenville, Maine last summer. Looked like they are working on engines. Currently on wheels. Would've been something to see it fly.
Big thanks from Québec Canada 🇨🇦
Wow, what a great video. I would love to see one huge plane on floats!
Another great and informative video. Mikey, you sure did your homework. Thanks!
Awesome video Mikey. You’re getting fantastic at this. The Buffalo liveried float plane looks top shelf! Back in Nova Scotia, I went with my brother to help him buy an old Volkswagen Fox. This was in a place called Beaver Bank, close to an old Pinetree Line radar facility. Anyways, the fella we got the car from used to hand build floats for aircraft. Showed us around a bit. Really nice guy, like most plane people. Makes you think, though. If EDO still has blueprints from the originals, do you think you guys could set up to fabricate them here? Keep the old Wrenches working for a bit longer. The new guys are probably used to composite construction. LOL. I agree with you and Joe. A turbo DC-3 on floats would be an outstanding aircraft for up here. Get some certificates and start cranking them out! Imagine big reliable power, maybe slats and big flaps. No more caching “obsolete” fuel, less oil on the hanger floor, (might be missed, though), more possible destinations. Take cargo almost anywhere, if they’re amphibs. Specially if the North does indeed keep losing summer ice. Lots of bays start to look serviceable. Last two years I was at undisclosed locations at about 74 degrees north, with runways problems, and here’s a perfectly calm and sheltered bay 300’ from the runway. Like a Twin Otter on steroids. There was a Basler came in while I was there off-duty, and it was so cool. My bunk was 80’ from the runway. I got up to see this bird land and take off. Just think; cargo to remote projects, sports to fishing and hunting lodges, maybe lease a few for SAR missions, or to DFO, CCG, etc. Think of the future! And, yes, please give us the “scoop” on the 802. Actually, a whole series on the past and present Buffalo fire fighting fleet would be awesome. My brother in law flew CL-215 for you guys in Turkey. Keep it up! Spring is coming here. I got a tan hunting on my skis the other day. Fly safe.
Thanks for the tips!! 👍👍
Fantastic story and very interesting thank you Mikey and Joe.
Great vid. One of the most interesting stories on the DC-3 I've seen yet.
I would love to see a DC-3 on floats flying. I'm still hoping that the Folsom float DC-3 one day will fly again.
Awesome Mike-actually saw Max a few months back.The living legend him self at the Sanford Me Airport,he had a student down for there check ride. If you ever get the chance to sit and talk to him don’t pass up the opportunity. Checking in from the coast of Maine 😎
Best episode ever. Mike, you are really getting good on your DC-3 lore. Its clear you love the topic and are incredibly knowledgeable about it. Keep the episodes coming.
Wow, cool video! That would probably work great for remote logging sites near lakes. Stay safe!
finally someone solved the problem with the weight/performance ratio that makes this now enjoyable to fly instead of fear. LOVE DC 3 Floats! Now...if one can be seen from my hometown of Portland, OR share with me. :)
There was one which flew into the 90's or so, I saw it on the ramp in Georgetown, SC. I'm pretty sure it was based in the upstate, near Greenville.
There was a DC-3 on floats in Juneau when I worked there in 1981.
Very Interesting. Do you recall any specifics on this airplane. Who owned or operated it. What kind of condition it was in etc. I’ve heard various rumors of a C-47/DC-3 that was ferried to alaska after the war on floats and certified under CAA. And there are a lot of anecdotal stories from folks who claimed to have seen it during the 1950s and 60s in Alaska and Canada. But it still being on floats in 1981 would be significant. Was it abandoned or operational then? Also were you certain it was a DC-3 and not a Beech 18.
Looked like the floats had small rudders at the ends. Wonder how they helped steer when in the water.
Great episode today, always waiting to watch plane savers!
Just like a boat rudder does.
Flight Chops is currently putting up a series about learning to fly float planes; might have some insight on his videos. Definitely worth watching anyway!
Now I’ve seen everything. Excellent video.
ive seen folsoms plane up in greenville. Shes on wheels currently, but there has been talk of putting her back on her floats, (which are comically huge)