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STOL CH 801 on Wheel Skis in northern Canada
Richard & Patty Lauzon's STOL CH 801 with Lycoming IO-360 engine. Richard operates Ten Mile Lodge in northern Quebec (90 km from a paved/plowed road) www.tenmilelodge.com The hydraulic retractable Wheel-Skis are built by Pierre Girard (who also builds floats) www.aviationpg.com. Richard & Patty live year around at Ten Mile Lodge. Every week this CH 801 is the grocery, milk & mail getter from Pembroke, Ontario, where Richard keeps a truck at the airport. These are awesome skis and Pierre's attention to detail shows in his craftsmanship. It takes a special pair of individuals to live so far off the beaten path with 6 feet of snow and -25C (-13 deg. F.) temperatures in the winter and blackfies, deer flies, horse flies...Moose...Bear...Wolves as neighbors in the summer. The best pickeral (walleye) fishing I have ever experienced in my life. In another life Richard used to build log homes.
Location: Quebec, Canada
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Comment by Dr. Edward L. Olds III on January 20, 2013 at 2:17pm
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I had to put on long underwear to look at this picture!! Looks like a fun place to visit, but I'll wait for summer. The skis look like they are very well done (I looked at the website).
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Comment by Bob McDonald on January 7, 2013 at 6:21pm
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Bill... the snow is waist deep at Ten Mile Lodge presently. Todays take off was in fresh snow, on thin lake ice, heavy slush and -32C temps. It is performing awesome in very harse winter conditions.
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Comment by Bill Wilcox on January 7, 2013 at 6:03pm
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How well does it work in deep snow? I have never put mine on skis because Ihave been concerned about getting the nose wheel stuck and tear up the prop.
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Comment by Thomas Jackson on January 7, 2013 at 4:31pm
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"It's a Great Life" you've got the best of it.
I did some transition in a 750 at Cobden and used Pembroke for practice with Bob McDonld.
Thanks for the good reminder!
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Comment by Zenith.Aero on January 7, 2013 at 3:12pm
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Wow! Thanks for sharing!
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