Year: 2013

We were above a scattered layer of low cloud that was at about 2000′. More rain up ahead though. Tom’s XM satellite weather on his Garmin. It’s very helpful to let us know if we […]

We were inside checking the weather, decided we could go to Bemidji, MN, walked outside and started laughing….it was raining here! We waited about 10 more minutes and took off. Show Full Size Photo

Stopping to clear US customs. You can see the border cut from the bottom right, through the runway and off to the east. Canadian Customs is on the left and US on the right. Show […]

We left Lyncrest, after phoning US Customs at Piney to make an appointment for about 10:30. The showers and haze continue to linger. It was relatively smooth at 1700′. Good thing it’s flat! Show Full […]

We landed about 6:30 on Friday night and there was hardly any activity at Lyncrest. I sat on a picnic table with my laptop and phone trying to find a hotel and transportation. Tom went […]

Lyncrest is on the southeast side of Winnipeg and has a grass runway, mogas, and a very friendly general aviation environment. You can see the perimeter highway in the top of the the frame. One […]

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