About five miles north of downtown Squamish, British Columbia and situated alongside the Squamish River, Don Patrick Field or simply known as Squamish Airport, is home to a small-scale aviation operation including the likes of chartered flights, flying clubs, and private aircrafts. It?s a humble little airport, but the scenery surrounding it is grand. Various types of pine, spruce and evergreen trees serve as the immediate backdrop at sea level and then extend far into the distance and up the alpine face of the Serratus Mountain and Mount Tantalus. But the best part of the view" A handsome Cessna 185 Skywagon Amphibian sitting on the tarmac waiting to take to the skies.

The Cessna 185 Skywagon Amphibian

The Cessna 185 Skywagon is a single engine aircraft that was first produced in 1961 with only 4,400 made until production ceased in 1985. It?s based on the Cessna 180, but equipped with a larger fuselage and a stronger engine that can reach up to 300 horsepower. These aircrafts were, and still are, primarily used as bush planes to access remote airstrips, snowfields, and various bodies of water including rivers, lakes, and in certain scenarios, the ocean. The Cessna 185 Skywagon, just like the one on the tarmac that sat in front of me, can be fitted with floats to make these types of water landings and gives the plane that adventurous go-anywhere-land-anywhere aesthetic.
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Nothing screams adventure more than a sea plane...