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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 […]

Another pretty airport. A short stop to check weather and get a drink. The flying was very smooth now and we wanted to keep going. We found a good tail wind at 7500′ Show Full […]

Another nice place, with great help from the crew at Conair. The airport is almost in the centre of town and runs into the water. Show Full Size Photo

We didn’t stay long in Peace River as you can see just above the wing the thunderstorms and smoke, both moving our way. We wanted to get some separation, but still had time to take […]

Nice airport – and our fuel person was from Cookstown?? Go figure. Show Full Size Photo

We went through some smoke, which we left behind as we approached Peace River. Show Full Size Photo