[Josh Painter]

I don’t think that was a Piper. I’ll have to watch it again and look closer at the plane. Piper hasn’t made a model with a radial engine for many years. It looked sorta like an older de Havilland.

- JP

[1066AD]

http://www.flyk2.com/faq.html

What type of airplanes do you operate and what is the seating capacity?

K2 Aviation operates several different types of aircraft which include the Cessna 185 (4 passengers), DeHaviland Beaver (6-7 passengers), DeHavilland Turbine Otter (10 passengers), Piper Chieftain Twin engine (9 passengers), and the Cherokee Six (5 passengers).

[Josh Painter]

Now that I think about it, Piper never sold a plane with a radial engine. That was Cessna, whose last radial-powered models were the 190 and 195 back in the late 40s and early 50s. The 195 was called the “Bushmaster,” and you still a few some of these old brids flying in Alaska. Piper Cubs similar to the plane Todd flies are fairly common, but they are too small for most commercial bush pilots to make a living with. Far and away the most common Bush planes in Alaska are de Havillands.

- JP

[ADemocratNoMore]

I'm pretty sure it was a DeHavilland Otter. I've flown in a Beaver several times and was in an Otter once. If you look at the scene where the view is toward the pilot, you can see the throttle grouping and “DeHavilland” running vertically down the front of the cowling. According to Wiki, it was produced between 1951 and 1967.

Great show, I'm on for the Freeper cruise!.