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Originally Posted by Brown747
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I got checked out in the AS350 AStar for the first time in Ketchikan in '93 and quickly noticed float planes were everywhere. Beavers and Otters are like taxi cabs down here, it's how people depend on their mail, groceries, etc. Folks in Alaska (and Canada) look at general aviation completely different up there. Was lucky enough to get a couple rides in Beaver float planes while there, never got to fly one though.
You friend was doing what he loved, it's a wonderful way of life - RIP.
BTW, the boots he's wearing in the photo are known in Alaska as "Ketchikan Sneakers".