Full flight | Harbour Air DHC-6 Twin Otter | YB242 Victoria Harbour to Vancouver Harbour

Welcome aboard my first flight on a Twin Otter seaplane! Having had a fun day in Victoria, let's take you on a wonderful late afternoon and sunset flight!

The Twin Otter is a development of the very successful DHC-3 Otter, a single engine piston or turboprop aircraft. It has two engines and a longer fuselage, straighter and taller tail, and an enlarged wing. From the steep runway at Lukla, Nepal, to the snow/ice-covered research base airports in Antarctica, to the super-short 400 m runway at Saba in the Caribbean, the STOL capabilities of the Twin Otter means that it is found all over the world with over 900 built. Production was restarted in 2008 with Viking Air of North Saanich, BC, enabling many essential air routes to continue using this aircraft for many decades to come.

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Camera: GoPro Hero 8 Black

Filmed on 13 March 2021

Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
Registration: C-GHHA
MSN: 455
Engines: 2x Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Seat: 1A
First flight: 16 April 1975
Delivery (not taken up): Management Jets International (Nebraska)
First delivery: Royal Nepal Airlines as 9N-ABM in February 1977
Transferred: lease to Tara Air on 3 January 2012 (including overhaul)
First incident: collision with hydro/utility pole in Nepal, 17 July 2012
Second incident: runway excursion in Simikot, Nepal, 28 November 2017
Second delivery: Regent Aircraft Services, Calgary AB (delivered by ship)
Rebuilt: March 2019 with test registration C-GIQE
Converted with floats: late 2019
Third delivery: Harbour Air on 18 February 2020
Departure: Victoria Inner Harbour Airport
- scheduled 17.00, actual 17.07
Arrival: Vancouver Harbour Seaplane Base
- scheduled 17.35, actual 17.32
Flight time: 25 min

Aircraft info: https://www.twinotterworld.com/msn-455

My Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kalung1​

Flight video series from my visit to Vancouver:
* AC305 YUL-YVR, 1 March
* YB217 CXH-YWH (Vancouver to Victoria), 13 March
* YB242 YWH-CXH, 13 March (this video)
* AC124 YVR-YYZ, 31 March
* AC418 YYZ-YUL, 3 April

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HIGHLIGHTS:
00:00 - intro
00:05 - boarding
00:25 - cabin and seat tour
00:34 - cockpit tour
00:58 - welcome announcement
01:23 - safety video on iPad
03:47 - engine start
05:18 - taxiing to the takeoff position outside the harbour
11:27 - takeoff
12:57 - Olympic National Park, Washington State (background)
14:12 - Langford, BC
19:23 - Victoria International Airport (CYYJ/YYJ)
19:55 - Sidney, BC
20:23 - Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal (leaving Vancouver Island)
20:52 - Piers Island and Knapp Island
21:59 - Saltspring Island and Russell Island
23:38 - Prevost Island
24:42 - Galiano Island
30:21 - where the Fraser River and the Pacific Ocean (Strait of Georgia) meet, it creates this diagonal line
30:30 - switching to seat 1C on the right
30:36 - Westham Island and Fraser River south arm, entering Metro Vancouver Regional District
31:04 - Steveston
32:02 - Richmond, BC
32:22 - Vancouver International Airport (CYVR/YVR) - great aerial views
33:22 - Fraser River north arm, entering city of Vancouver
33:41 - Kerrisdale and 41st Ave
34:20 - Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, and Broadway
35:12 - banking over the Burrard Inlet
36:39 - Stanley Park
37:21 - Lost Lagoon and West End Vancouver
37:46 - approach and landing into Vancouver Harbour
38:24 - taxiing to the Vancouver Harbour Seaplane Base
41:39 - engine shutdown
41:58 - control locks fitted and battery off (last flight of the day)
42:24 - unloading
42:39 - walkaround
43:12 - Flightradar24 profiles of our flight

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