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Opens up after Toad
Just Plain beautiful!
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Great View before Munch Lake
We needed to pay attention here to make sure we made the sharp right turn just after Toad. Apparently there has been many that headed up the wrong valley only to find it being a […]
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Being Passed by a 185
Just past Summit Lake we were passed by a 185 We used 122.75 for an air to air frequency and 126.7 for general position reporting.
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Heading into Higher Terrain
Starting to climb towards Summit Lake and maybe the narrowest part of the trip so far. Good thermals to help us climb to 6000 feet.
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Climbing out of Fort Nelson
You can see Tom off in the distance, it took quite awhile to get the fully loaded Rebels to climb in the hot weather, with full fuel. This next leg was about to get interesting! […]
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Getting Fuel
What a day so far! 3 hours from Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson, but Bram had made arrangements to have someone from the FBO to come in on the Sunday to help refuel the planes. […]
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Fort Nelson
On Final for 21 at Fort Nelson. Lots of bugs on the wind screen and hot, but half way to Watson Lake.
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Still gentle, but pretty.
The Alaska Highway between Fort St. John and Fort Nelson. Still surprisingly gentle and manicured.
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Fort St. John
We over flew Fort St. John which was only about 40 NM up the highway from Dawson Creek
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The beginning of the Alaska Highway at 7am
The Start of the Alaska Highway out of Dawson Creek. We left at 7 to get out of the way of the faster planes. The farms and gentle rolling hills were a surprise.
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A few of the planes on the Alaska Highway Trip
There’s 27 planes here so far, who are part of the group heading up the Alaska Highway – with Bram Tilroe. Briefing is at 4PM.
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Even a luggage cart on the ground!
This is half our luggage from the 2 Rebels, the camping gear is still stored. Feels great to be here and I’m getting pretty excited about the next phase of our flight. We’re going to […]
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Turning Final for 06 Dawson Creek
Gloria is now with me so it’s now safer to get airport shots. It’s exciting to be here.
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Dawson Creek from the air
Mile ‘One’ of the Alaska Highway! The good news is that the weather is improving for our departure Sunday morning.
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Dawson Creek for the COPA convention
Dawson Creek, we had to wait for a Dash 8 to land – the wind was 02 at 5 knots, but the Dash 8 took 24 so we waited for him to exit the runway […]