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Post by canuk01 on Jun 25, 2015 23:32:06 GMT 1
Hi Everyone from CYKA,just returned home after my very long road trip.
Note for anyone coming on holiday to Canada, Westjet have started charging for suitcases on domestic flights, 25 dollars per flight first suitcase, up to 75 dollars per flight for a second suitcase.
First stop Edmonton ( Alberta )only had an hour before my flight.
C GNON DASH 8 302 AIR CANADA C GWJO 737 225 WESTJET ( my aircraft for Yellowknife ) C FHJU EMB 190 AIR CANADA C FTJR A 320 314 AIR CANADA C GWCM 737 217 WESTJET C GWBF 737 213 WESTJET C GWEU DASH 8 422 WESTJET C GMWJ 737 239 WESTJET C GKEZ CRJ 200 187 AIR CANADA C GWEG DASH 8 420 WESTJET C GWCW 737 C FUMF 737 C GGMI DASH 8 415 AIR CANADA C FKWS 737 003 WESTJET C GMTA DASH 8 319 AIR CANADA C GBWS 737 608 WESTJET C FGYL EMB 190 218 AIR CANADA C FJWS 737 002 WESTJET C FNAW EMB 190 AIR CANADA C FHIU EMB 190 AIR CANADA C FUWE DASH 8 416 WESTJET
The flight to Yellowknife took 90 minutes. A more comprehensive list will be in Part 2, including my tour of Buffalo Airways, Summit Air, Air Tindi and the airfield in general.
Yellowknife ( North West Territories )
C GASB DASH 8 all white C GSRR ATR 42 FIRST AIR C GKLB ATR 42 FIRST AIR C GJDA LEARJET C GCPY DASH 8 804 AIR TINDI
Driving to the hotel you pass a Bristl 170 mounted on 3 concrete blocks painted blue and titled Wardair. CF TFX. The info board said the aircraft had been there many years and was a gift to the city.
In the city are varouis seaplane bases that surround the monument to the early avaiation pioneers:-
C GMAS TWIN OTTER AIR TINDI C GATY CESSNA 208 AIR TINDI C GLJC CESSNA 185 C FOED BEAVER CF IMV CESSNA 180 C FOVA CHAMPION 7 C FNLN CESSNA 185 C FMXS BEAVER AHMIC AIR C GHMI BEAVER AHMIC AIR C FYQQ CESSNA 180 C FTXQ TWIN OTTER SUMMIT AIR C FLXG PIPER 18 CF SAN NORSEMAN BUFFALO AIRWAYS C FUPT CESSNA 185 BUFFALO AIRWAYS C FTQH CESSNA 185 C GFZO CESSNA 172
Photographs will follow in a day or two.
Paul
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Post by Beemer on Jul 1, 2015 23:23:17 GMT 1
Photos up-loaded for Canuk01 by Beemer.Part 1 of the photo's if from Yellowknife North West Territories. This is the aircraft they use for scheduled services The DC 3 according to our guide has been identified to have been in the D - Day para drop and was in the 11th wave.C GWZS The red aircraft is a Fleet 80 and is suspended in the hangar roof The Electra is one of Liverpool's old visitors when used by Atlantic The dash 7 is operated by Air Tindi
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Post by Beemer on Jul 2, 2015 8:24:29 GMT 1
Posted by Beemer for canuk01 In the city are varouis seaplane bases that surround the monument to the early avaiation pioneers:- C GMAS TWIN OTTER AIR TINDI C GATY CESSNA 208 AIR TINDI C GLJC CESSNA 185 C FOED BEAVER CF IMV CESSNA 180 C FOVA CHAMPION 7 C FNLN CESSNA 185 C FMXS BEAVER AHMIC AIR C GHMI BEAVER AHMIC AIR C FYQQ CESSNA 180 C FTXQ TWIN OTTER SUMMIT AIR C FLXG PIPER 18 CF SAN NORSEMAN BUFFALO AIRWAYS C FUPT CESSNA 185 BUFFALO AIRWAYS C FTQH CESSNA 185 C GFZO CESSNA 172 These are the two aircraft Buffalo Airways use for sightseeing passengers that would like water take off/ landing instead of making their way to the airport for a normal flight. A different type of Beaver These two are owned by Air Tindi
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Post by ian531 on Jul 2, 2015 22:06:26 GMT 1
Great report Great log Great photos
Thanks Paul and Brian
Ian
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