Schwatka Lake, Whitehorse

Schwatka Lake is a reservoir created by the damming of the Yukon River in Whitehorse, Yukon, completed in 1958. The dam provides electrical power generation and is operated by the Yukon Energy Corporation. The White Horse Rapids, which gave the city its name, are now under the lake. The lake was named after Frederick Schwatka, a US Army Lieutenant who was first to explore the total length of the Yukon River.

A fish ladder has been constructed around the hydroelectric dam to allow the passage of Chinook salmon to their spawning grounds upstream of Whitehorse. The Chinook salmon that pass the dam have the longest freshwater migration route of any salmon, over 3,000 kilometres to the mouth of the Yukon River in the Bering Sea.

Whitehorse Water Aerodrome, a float plane base, is located on the lake. The lake has been the city's water supply for some years, but the city is now converting to relying entirely on aquifers, partly due to the threat of pollution from fuel spills and other activities by people in the watershed of the lake. Previously, there had been talk of moving the float plane base or the water supply to Fish Lake, which is impractically located to the west over a winding, steep road.

Source: Wikipedia

Specter's Flying Year In Review 2023

Total Hours: 51.3

Total Flights: 43

Total Landings: 60

Total Miles Flown: 4397 NM

Longest Flight: 5.0 hrs/675.3 NM

KOSH - GA2 (Griffin, GA)

Planes Flown: 2

Planes Bought: 1

Internet Friends Flown: 1

Cessna 185 floatplane flying over the Alaska Range with Mt. McKinley in the background.

You drive a station wagon?

That threw me for a second lol When I said wagon in the other post I was referring to the (Sky)Wagon.

Social distance or not this is still one of the best ways to hang out with friends

Cessna A185F Skywagon 185

Cessna 185 Skywagon 

Cessna 185 U-17A Skywagon in Istanbul by Johnny Comstedt Via Flickr: C/n 185-0846 marked Turkish Army 11357. In Hava Kuvvetleri Müzesi - Turkish Air Force Museum, Yesilkoy outside Istanbul, Turkey 17. April 2014

College students, beware: Do your own COVID-19 safety assessment before moving into a dormitory this fall

When I was young, I practiced law in Alaska, and many of my clients lived in the Alaska bush--that vast terrain of mountains and tundra that is off the road grid. Consequently, I traveled a lot in small single-engine airplanes. The bush pilots who flew these planes were all young, and many were inexperienced. I knew nothing about aviation. I figured--incorrectly--that the pilots were the experts and I crawled into many a small, antiquated airplane without a thought about the danger I might be in. But my senior partner set me straight. "Richard," he said:

You are responsible for your own safety. Before you get in a plane make your own assessment about whether the plane is overloaded or whether flying conditions are less than optimal.  If you don't feel safe, don't get in the airplane.

That was good advice, and I'm passing it on to young people who plan to enroll in college this fall. Every American university has adjusted its curriculum in response to the coronavirus pandemic.  A lot of teaching will be delivered online, through Zoom, or in socially-distanced class spaces.  But notice how many colleges are assigning students two-to-a-room in campus dormitories, even though we are in the middle of a pandemic.  All across the nation, thousands of young people--not known for social distancing or wearing masks--are going to live together in close quarters for three or four months.  A good many will experiment with weekend binge drinking at the local bars where they stand an excellent chance of contracting COVID-19. How safe will that environment be? The colleges say they are concerned about your safety, but they desperately need the revenue from dorm rentals because many of the dorms were built with borrowed money.   The universities have got to have students' cash to service that debt. Before moving into a dormitory, ask yourself these questions: 1) Will you feel safe sharing a dorm room with another student and sharing restrooms and showers with people you don't know? 2) Will you feel safe eating your meals in a communal dining hall? 2) Does it make sense to live on campus when most of your classes will be delivered online or by Zoom, and there will be few if any opportunities to socialize with your peers? The colleges want students to live on campus because they want your money. But make your own decision about whether it is safe to live in a dorm this fall. You may conclude it is better to find your own housing arrangements or live at home with your parents.  Remember, the coronavirus doesn't care who you are or where you live.

The Cessna 185 Skywagon: Alaska's flying pickup truck

College students, beware: Do your own COVID-19 safety assessment before moving into a dormitory this fall published first on https://myreviewnow.tumblr.com/

Cessna 185 Skywagon

Cessna 185 Skywagon lto 6

pilotowal jan kes

bylo 5 pasazerow

5 pasazerow pomagolo pilotowi 

12.08.2000

samolot przylecial z  Port lotniczy E. T. Joshuaprzylecial do   Port lotniczy J.F. Mitchellleci do  Port lotniczy Mustique

pasazerowie i pilot odprawiali sie na lotnisku 

wsrod pasazerow byl leon kiop

12.00

k klapy 15

2 p zapinamy pasy

3.pdc 9 bum

nikt nie przezyl bland pilota

LN-LMG, ENKJ Kjeller Cessna A185F Skywagon, cn 185-03278 See it here:

Seair fleet docked for the evening at the Vancover Int'l Sea Plane Base on the Fraser River

Cessna A185F Skywagon 185 

Cessna A185F Skywagon LN-NFD at Kjeller by Johnny Comstedt Via Flickr: C/n 185-04152 registered LN-NFD. At Kjeller airfield outside Oslo, Norway 18. June 2017