Bush flying

Bush flying

Bush flying is a term for air operations carried out in remote regions of the world. [cite web |url=http://www.bushair.co.za/school.htm |title=Bush Pilot School |accessdate=2008-07-14 |publisher=Bush Air]

Etymology

The term "bush flying" most likely came from a term to describe the land in Southern Africa, "bush".Harvnb | Time-Life Editors | 1983 | p=19|Ref=none] This term came to describe any wilderness areas beyond clearings and settlements, [cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = The Canadian Encyclopedia | title = Bush Flying | url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001128 | accessdate = 2008-08-04 | accessyear = 2008 | accessmonth = 08 | publisher = Historica Foundation of Canada] which bush flying flies over.

Purpose

Bush flying is the primary method of access across the Canadiancite web |url=http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/GENERAL_AVIATION/bush_flying/GA18.htm |title=Bush Flying |accessdate=2008-07-14 |publisher=US Centennial of Flight Commision] and Alaskan tundra [cite web |url=http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/ak.htm |title=Alaska |accessdate=2008-07-14 |publisher=World Atlas] , the Australian Outback and in the African Sahara.Fact|date=July 2008

History

In Canada, first main use was for exploration and developmentHarvard citation no brackets|Time-Life editors|1983|p=34|Ref=none] , while in Alaska, transportation was the main purpose.

Canada

After the Armistice with Germany, Ellwood Wilson, a Canadian forester employed by the Laurentide Company in Quebec , realized that airplanes could be used to spot forest fires and to map forested areas.Harvard citation no brackets|Time-Life editors|1983|p=20|Ref=none] Early next year, when Wilson discovered that the U.S. Navy was giving Canada several war-surplus Curtiss HS-2L flying boats, he asked to loan two. He then hired Captain Stuart Graham to fly the planes. Graham and his engineer, Walter Kahre, then started to fly the first HS-2L to Lac-à-la-Tortue on 4 June 1919, arriving on 8 June 1919.Harvard citation no brackets|Time-Life editors|1983|p=21|Ref=none] The flight had covered 645 miles, the longest cross-country flight executed in Canada at the time. He then delivered the other HS-2L to Lac-à-la-Tortue.

Equipped with the aircraft, the first bush flights occurred fire patrol and aerial photography began in the summer of 1919 in the St. Maurice River valley. Graham and Kahre continued this service for two more seasons, but it became so expensive that the Laurentide Company underwrote the operation. In response, it was split into a separate company called Laurentide Air Services Ltd. with Wilson as presidentFact|date=July 2008 as president and former Royal Naval Air Service instructor and barnstormer William Roy Maxwell as vice president. These were the first bush flights in Eastern Canada.Fact|date=July 2008

In Western Canada, after Wilfred May was discharged from the Royal Naval Air Service and moved to Edmonton, a Montreal businessman offered the city of Edmonton a Curtiss JN-4 after he found success in the city's real estate.Harvard citation no brackets|Foster|1983|p=22|Ref=none] Mayor Joe Clark and city council accepted the gift, prompting May to ask to rent the plane. City council and May agreed to a price of CA$25. May and his brother Court May completed the necessary paperwork and raised the required capital to form May Airplanes Ltd. George Gorman, a pilot, and Peter Derbyshire, a mechanic, joined the first commercial bush operations in Canada.

Wop then asked the publisher of the Edmonton Journal to fly copies of the paper to WetaskiwinHarvard citation no brackets|Foster|1983|p=23|Ref=none] , km to mi|70|spell=Commonwealth|precision=0|wiki=yes south of Edmonton. He accepted and the next day, Gorman and Derbyshire flew the newspapers along with 2 sacks of advertising circulars, following the rail line to the city, announcing the service to communities along the way.

Alaska

Alaska's first bush pilot was Carl Ben Eielson, a North Dakota farm boy of Scandinavia descent who flew during World War One. After the war, he moved to Alaska as a math and science teacher in Fairbanks. However, he soon persuaded several citizens to help him acquire a Curtiss JN-4, flying passengers to nearby settlements. He then asked the postal operator for an airmail contract. The post office accepted the proposal and in 1924, Eielson received a de Havilland 4 that would be used to make eight mail runs to McGrath, 280 miles away.

Planes used

Bush flying involves operations in rough terrain, necessitating bush planes to be equipped with tundra tires, floats, or skis. A bush plane should have a short take-off and landing distance. A typical bush plane will have wings on top of its fuselage to ensure that they do not make contact with any overgrowth in the landing area.cite web |url=http://www.bush-planes.com/ |title=Best bush planes: Flying Cessna, Piper, Beech, DeHavilland, airplanes & aircraft |accessdate=2008-07-14 |publisher=Bush-planes.com] They will also have conventional ("tail-dragger") landing gear as it has a greater aeronautic ability than tricycle landing gear, and is more suited to rough surfaces.

References

Notes

Biblioraphy

* The Editors of Time-Life Books (1983). "The Bush Pilots." Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books. .
* Foster, J.A. (1990). "The Bush Pilots". Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc. .

External links

* [http://www.alaskaairmuseum.org/ Alaska Air Museum]
* [http://www.backcountrypilot.org Backcountry Pilot.Org]


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