Fortune shines on those who were prepared. While you two were lucky that just about everything worked, it would have taken only one more bubble on your Swiss cheese for it to be a really bad day. Thank you for filming all of the ordeal and the update. I have watched all of your episodes and you are a great presenter in all of them. I look forward to seeing more of your content!
Thank you for watching. It is a bit of an accident that my channel is so Lake specific early on as I fly a Skymaster but this is where the action has been for me so this is what I have been filming.
Glad that I found Tom Air - great videos. Does Mr. Briggs have a TH-cam channel or instructional videos? - I really enjoy how he translates his knowledge of flying into straight ahead language. Watching this video, the mechanic talks about how the plane was not stuck in the ice, that he could see it rocking. I thought this was interesting, because while watching the rescue videos I never thought that maybe the plane should be secured to the ice as it would be strapped down when parking at the airport.
Unfortunately Paul does not have a YT channel at this point but I try to fly with him and film him every chance I get. He has a MASSIVE amount of aviation knowledge to share and a lot of great stories also. He will be back on many future episodes.
Wow, so the new owner, who was looking forward to having his new plane home ended up with a huge 28k bill to rescue it and now has to face huge repair bills. I suppose he should be grateful that he was not the one flying it when the engine failed on it! Thanks for following up with this! I hope it gets fixed so the new owner can enjoy it, would be a great plane to own in lake country!
Yes, it was probably a bummer but you have the story a little backwards. The Lake that had the forced landing was to eventually be sold. The one we flew out west was the newer, better Lake that we delivered.
@tomairtv ahhh thank you Tom for clarification and replying! I've been enjoying your channel! I'm glad it worked out line it did, if only for the new owners sake anyway. The big thing is you both had a safe landing and quick rescue help in that freezing cold weather so you were all in good shape! 👍🏻
The plane is fine and will definitely fly again once it gets a new or rebuilt engine. As it was not my aircraft I don't know about the financial side of who paid for what when it came to the recovery.
Lake Central (LCAS - www.lakecentral.com ) where Evan and Paul work is one of two AMOs in North America who specialize in the Lake aircraft. They are well known and very reputable, just ask anyone who owns and operates a Lake in the northeast as they have probably heard of them. LCAS have just under 20 employees. I do not work for LCAS and was involved in the ferrying of this particular airplane.
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Wow thank you for the insight into recovery. Fascinating
So glad to see what happened to the plane, and to hear more from you guys again. Looking forward to more videos!
Good for you gentlemen!!
Just finished the 3 parts and wow what a awesome story! Enjoyed the series definitely earned a subscriber here.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it
Fortune shines on those who were prepared. While you two were lucky that just about everything worked, it would have taken only one more bubble on your Swiss cheese for it to be a really bad day. Thank you for filming all of the ordeal and the update. I have watched all of your episodes and you are a great presenter in all of them. I look forward to seeing more of your content!
Thank you for the kind words and for watching.
So happy to start seeing new Lake videos on TH-cam. Not the best circumstances but it was nice to see a Lake flying again from the cockpit
Thank you for watching. It is a bit of an accident that my channel is so Lake specific early on as I fly a Skymaster but this is where the action has been for me so this is what I have been filming.
I hadn't even thought about how they would safely recover the aircraft. Thanks for enlightening me!
Thank you for your interest.
Glad that I found Tom Air - great videos. Does Mr. Briggs have a TH-cam channel or instructional videos? - I really enjoy how he translates his knowledge of flying into straight ahead language. Watching this video, the mechanic talks about how the plane was not stuck in the ice, that he could see it rocking. I thought this was interesting, because while watching the rescue videos I never thought that maybe the plane should be secured to the ice as it would be strapped down when parking at the airport.
Unfortunately Paul does not have a YT channel at this point but I try to fly with him and film him every chance I get. He has a MASSIVE amount of aviation knowledge to share and a lot of great stories also. He will be back on many future episodes.
I thought I'd say hi. I used to own a Lake Buccaneer (named Growly), and now own a P337 (named Daisy). I guess we both like unusual aircraft ;-).
You have great taste in airplanes and I love the names!
You should record your adventures with the Spymaster and post them on here. Would be fun
Wow, so the new owner, who was looking forward to having his new plane home ended up with a huge 28k bill to rescue it and now has to face huge repair bills.
I suppose he should be grateful that he was not the one flying it when the engine failed on it!
Thanks for following up with this! I hope it gets fixed so the new owner can enjoy it, would be a great plane to own in lake country!
Yes, it was probably a bummer but you have the story a little backwards. The Lake that had the forced landing was to eventually be sold. The one we flew out west was the newer, better Lake that we delivered.
@tomairtv ahhh thank you Tom for clarification and replying! I've been enjoying your channel! I'm glad it worked out line it did, if only for the new owners sake anyway.
The big thing is you both had a safe landing and quick rescue help in that freezing cold weather so you were all in good shape! 👍🏻
How many hours on the motor when it failed?
heard you on radio today
Did I sound like I knew what I was doing? I hope so...
Yeah! More comments later.
So I don’t know anything about airplanes. So is there insurance that covers the cost of recovery? And is the plane technically totaled?
The plane is fine and will definitely fly again once it gets a new or rebuilt engine. As it was not my aircraft I don't know about the financial side of who paid for what when it came to the recovery.
I would like to contact Paul, I am looking for a Lake Renegade to buy.
Hello. Please contact me on the form on www.tomair.tv and I can send you Paul's contact details. Thank you!
I see lots of talk, which included reasons why we STILL havn't seen a discussion as to why the engine suffered an internal failure.
When the shop tears it down we will have a definitive answer on that. Until we open the crane case we are all just speculating.
They talk like they have 100 workers working for em. 😂. I bet it’s just them two
Lake Central (LCAS - www.lakecentral.com ) where Evan and Paul work is one of two AMOs in North America who specialize in the Lake aircraft. They are well known and very reputable, just ask anyone who owns and operates a Lake in the northeast as they have probably heard of them. LCAS have just under 20 employees. I do not work for LCAS and was involved in the ferrying of this particular airplane.
$28K for the lift. How much for all those trucks and trailers, C130 fuel, supply drops, overtime? Just hike out and let it sink into the lake. 🤣