Scudrunners

What a legend ! Thank you for inspiring all of us. God speed.

https://www.news.scudrunners.com/max-wa ... -has-died/

Another legend has passed.

It seems like only yesterday since I knew him and Yvonne in Yellowknife.

Max almost made it to 100, I hope to make it to that age...I have just another 15 years to go.

I only met him once in a very casual way. It was during the YK sea plane fly in and he was down at his dock mixing with all the people.

I did watch him and his twin otter from my deck, daily in the summer, over looking the back bay and immediately over his dock. I must admit he scared the hell out of me -- lol -- he would come into the dock and park the aircraft himself. Here was the scary thing. He would nose up to the dock, get out of the pilot's seat with the engines running, out the door and walk to the front and put a rope on the front bollard, get back in the left seat, all this in front of the running engine. He would then back into the dock, out of the seat again but out of the back door, rope it and get back in and shut the engines down. Damn that was 25 years ago so he was no young gun. What a man, doing it old school and mostly because of his age it just made it more dangerous. It was till scary to watch.

Interesting enough was the fact that when he was working and CEO his board were so shit scared of him flying him self that they tried to stop it.

I understand his camp north of YK was breath taking and very well equipped. It was located about 2/3 the way to Kug, just east of track. Flew by it almost everyday.

Truly a legend and more than that a true gentleman. What an amazing life and contribution to others.