Flights of a Coast Dog & Coast Dogs Don’t Lie Bundle by Jack Schofield

Coast Dogs Don’t Lie

Here you will find tall tales and true as told by the seaplane pilots who flew British Columbia’s rugged coast on what was called the North Coast Sched. It really didn’t go to the north coast but just as far from its base at Campbell River as it could travel and get home before night fall, and scheduled was a misnomer—it just got there when it got there. From the recollections of veteran coast dog Jack Schofield stories like the one of the logger who fired up his chain saw in flight with the intention of bucking off the plane’s tail and how about the dog who rode the pontoon on the way to the next stop or the pilot who was helped off a sandbar by four nude ladies—colourful anecdotes and colourful characters told from the pilot’s seat as you fly up the B.C. coast.

Flights of a Coast Dog – A Pilot’s Log

As a seaplane pilot-or coast dog-Jack Schofield flew British Columbia’s rugged and hazardous coast for twenty years. A natural story-teller, Schofield relates fascinating anecdotes about the colourful characters who crossed his path, including loggers, fishermen, tourists and Native residents who were adventurers and dreamers, entrepreneurs and eccentrics, all attracted to life on an isolated float camp or in remote communities, and describes the triumphs and tragedies of their lives.