There is a reason...

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:35 pm

...why they call them "Bush Planes".

This is a 1944 Noorduyn Norseman, returning to base with a load of clients and their catch. Shot from a Cessna 180 floatplane with the door removed. This was done July 2005, at the Norseman Festival in Red Lake, northern Ontario.

P38 · **Joined:** Sat Mar 21, 2015 3:44 pm **Posts:** 27

Nice contrast with the background. You usually don't see them against a huge wall of spruce.

DH82EH · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:51 am

Nice shot Neal,
Thanks for posting.
I have to say though, I'm kinda disappointed that there is nothing strapped to the floats, like a moose, or a boat, or a four wheeler, or a bulldozer.......... :lol:

Andy

p51 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:02 am

I was in Alaska last month and spent a few enjoyable hours one day watching float planes coming in and out of Juneau. I must have a couple hundred shots of them coming in and out...
Of course I imagined this one as a U-6A:

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:57 am

Nice pic! I'm a big fan of the Norseman. Would love to see one flying in USAAF or RCAF markings someday.

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:06 am

So would I. The Norseman is a really fascinating airplane. Norseman owners and maintainers like to brag that while Beavers and Otters have "whole books" of ADs that have to be complied with the older Norseman airframes have one.

Speaking of floatplanes, when in the Cessna 180 it was great fun to stick my head out of the missing door and watch the floats and rushing water as we took off and landed on those lakes.

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:24 am

JohnB · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:53 am

Great plane.

I was recently reading a book about Fokker, it seems that Mr. Noorduyn was manager with the US arm of that firm and designed the well-known "Universal" which saw considerable use in Canada as a bush plane.

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:07 pm

Not a Norseman, but this one's for Andy...

Sasquatch · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2015 5:36 pm

How do you pronounce "Noorduyn"?

Thanks!

-Tom

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2015 5:49 pm

I'll ask my wife Birgitta. She grew up in The Netherlands. She also took this picture...

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2015 3:23 pm

According to the great folks at the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, it's pronounced "NOR-dine." I had always wondered myself. If you're ever in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, I highly recommend a visit to the museum.

SN

DH82EH · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:50 pm

That's more like it!

Bush planes rock!

Thanks Neal. :drink3:

Andy

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:59 pm

My pleasure, Andy.

Sasquatch · **Posted:** Mon Jul 13, 2015 11:13 am

Steve Nelson wrote:

According to the great folks at the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, it's pronounced "NOR-dine." I had always wondered myself. If you're ever in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, I highly recommend a visit to the museum.

SN

Thanks Steve (and Neal), I've always wondered about that so it's good to know.

-Tom

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