Month: July 2013

Well this certainly was a different view than the other shots I’ve taken over northern BC and the Yukon. Our next instruction from the tower was to turn direct Lyncrest (finally), start our descent after […]

As we went along towards Lyncrest, Winnipeg Terminal passed us on to the Tower. The controller, who was busy with all the jet traffic, first asked us to descend from 3500 to 2500 feet and […]

It was comforting being under the watchful eye of Winnipeg Centre as they followed us over the Southport (Portage Le Prairie) airport and then what we thought would be direct Lyncrest through the south side […]

The airports all look so great from the air. This was a short visit into Dauphin in order for us to plan our trip into Winnipeg. We are north west and wanted to go to […]

Roland Jenson and Allan Denesowych get ready to Christen the refurbished plane. There was a crew of about 10 people standing behind us, so I’m sure there was a pretty good hangar party after we […]

Owner, Rolan Jenson, had a big smile on his face after doing the test flight. Yorkton Aircraft spent 2000 man hours restoring the plane and re-powering it with a Walters GE Turbine. Show Full Size […]

We were lucky enough to be in Yorkton for the test flight of a fully restored 1977 Thursh spray plane owned by Cloud 9 Airspray. Show Full Size Photo

We knew there was a crew car at Leading Edge Aviation that we could borrow to go get lunch. This is also where the haze started to build and limit visibility more and more all […]

If though there was a few shower so go around the air was surprisingly calm. This is the North Saskatchewan river. Show Full Size Photo

Most of the airports on the Prairies are a very pretty sight. Here we are landing on runway 12. On the way out we had to skirt the rain off in the distance. All day […]

We set down in North Battleford to get fuel. Show Full Size Photo

I’m not sure if these are oil or gas wells in northern Saskatchewan but there was a lot of them. Show Full Size Photo

We left Lloydminster about 7 am and picked our way through these showers. The skies looked better on the other side. We spent most of the day staying just ahead of the weather, but it […]

The runway was only 1500′ but again, nice to have the Rebel on Grass. Booked a hotel, taxi to town and a good dinner. Show Full Size Photo

We had a great flight, “hands-off” from Slave Lake to Lloydminster, at 7500′ and a 10 knot tail wind. We did have to come down under 7000 to get under a couple of the ranges […]