Snow machine

[Terry]

Seems someone at Buffalo is going to have some fun in the upcoming new season.

[CWOJackson]

Seems someone at Buffalo is going to have some fun in the upcoming new season.

It used to be referred to as spring...

[Terry]

I was referring to the new TV season that they are currently filming.

[Paul Anderson]

When I was a young feller, had an uncle who made something like that for getting out ice fishing.
After the peak of his cap was cut off by the prop, he soon made a wire frame prop guard.

Next stop (or maybe the first) was probably down to the nearest store for new undies.

[Jagdflieger]

The Russians used similar vehicles as tactical and transport machines in WWII. They called them Aerosans.

[srgalahad]

Thanks Terry!

That looks like a severely re-engined Fudge Snowplane built in Moosomin, Saskatchewan.
There's one with a smaller engine at about 1:40 in this clip:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwkmLBS-2Mw

Creations like that were pretty common on the Canadian and US prairies in the 1930' to 50's. Some were homebuilt (a relative of mine made a 4-seater in about 1936) while others were commercial productions.

Fudge brochure: http://ensign.ftlcomm.com/oldstuff/snowplane/fudge/brochure/brochure.html
and see the background vehicle in the third pic on this page: http://ensign.ftlcomm.com/oldstuff/snowplane/fudge/fudge.html
Another Fudge: http://www.sterose.ca/assets/trr%20brocure.pdf

http://www.woodyboater.com/communityweb/what-did-they-do-before-snow-plows-snowmobiles-to-get-around/