I flew with Freshwater out of Dillingham in that goose last in 2023. It is pictured in my previous post to this thread.

Here are my first 2 planes. The red one was a 7eca. Caught a lot of fur with that plane from 87-91. The other was a 7gcbc. Took me places I couldn’t get with the eca. Was never fond of cubs. Hard to get in and out of. Spendy plane to purchase and operate. Hopefully I can find some more pics.

I was always looking for ways to make money with the plane. Here is the GCBC with some Xmas trees on the struts. The inside was packed full of small spruce. I was living in Nome. Had to fly about an hour east of Nome to where I could get trees. Sold trees for 50 bucks a piece. Did this twice on 2 different Xmas seasons. The one wing is white as that was the last part of the plane I had yet to rebuild/recover. This was around 1994.

The 2nd photo is a rescue I happened upon when out joy riding. Gulo, hope you see this pic. You probably don't recognize the plane but likely you knew the owner. Jim Dau of Kotz F&G. He was moose hunting west of Deering and made a mistake. I landed and helped with getting it right side up!!

Here's another type of making money. Beach combing. Usually for walrus heads with Ivory. My buddies Tcraft and my GCBC. Somewhere west of Nome. I had to play with the color to get this postable.

This is north of Nome. Out sight seeing and looking for bear sign. Around 1994 maybe. Before I began rebuilding the plane.

Granite Mountain Dew line sight. North of the village of Koyuk. Good runway there and sometimes good caribou hunting. You can see the giant antennas on top of the hill. Dew line was a communication network to get information from the Alaska coast to the lower 48. Cold war stuff. All these places have been taken down now I think, except for Nome. City of Nome wanted them to stay for historic reasons.

Just to show my flying career hasn't been without problems........................the GCBC on the ice at Koyuk after I made a dumb move. Took the right gear off. Got another gear and got it on a few days later and ferried back to Nome. Along with repairing the fuselage I had to rebuild the right wing. This airplane, 53817, now resides in South Dakota.

martentrapper -

Dau and I worked together for a short time in Glennallen. Good egg!

You got some real fine photos! Thanks for posting! That's a real fine paint job on the GCBC.

Jack

This is one of the boss mans toys!