Currier's Flying Service

Currier's Flying Service is a seaplane sightseeing and air taxi operator at Greenville Junction, Maine. It flies on Moosehead Lake, in the heart of Maine's Northwoods. The company has served the region's wilderness flying needs since the early 1980s.

The fleet is made up of vintage aircraft. It includes a 1954 de Havilland Beaver, which the site says is famous in Canada and Alaska. It is the company's largest seaplane and carries six to seven passengers. The fleet also has several rare Cessna 195s and several Cessna 180s. The Cessna 195s may be the only two commercially operated in the United States. The company holds an FAA Air Taxi certificate and says its aircraft are kept to the standards that go with it. The certificate gives it access to this wide region.

Scenic tours are the main service. A short flight over the local area starts at 100 dollars per person. It shows Big Moose Mountain, Mount Kineo and, on clear days, distant Mount Katahdin. Longer tours are also offered. The Moose Mountain tour covers Greenville, Burnt Jacket Mountain and Squaw Mountain. The Kineo tour looks at the cliff face of Mount Kineo above the lake. The North Bay tour follows the 40 mile length of Moosehead Lake. The Moosehead and Lobster Lake tour goes over the Spencer Mountains and Lobster Lake. The Mount Katahdin tour flies to the tallest mountain in Maine, in Baxter State Park. Tours can also be built around a guest's own interests.

Most tours give a chance to see wildlife, such as moose, deer and sometimes a black bear. The company's pilots know the animals of the region well. This comes from years of flying for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. That work included wildlife surveys and search and rescue flights.

The company was founded in the fall of 1982 by a pilot who had served as an aircraft mechanic in the US Air Force and took up bush flying in the 1970s. He passed away in April 2021. His family and the chief pilot now carry on the business, and the chief pilot also directs operations. The hangars have been turned into a working museum.

The company has a photo gallery, videos and webcams.

Services

• Scenic flights
• Seaplane tours
• Mount Katahdin air tour
• Mount Kineo air tour
• Moosehead and Lobster Lake air tour
• Moose Mountain air tour
• North Bay air tour
• Moose watch tours
• Custom sightseeing tours