It is pretty rare to find a Cessna 172 in Canada's high arctic. But that didn't put Werner Koch off. He flew his 1968 172I C-GEGG to Grise Fiord, Nunavut in July of 2011. See Grise Fiord by 172 in our Trip Reports and Visits section. Here's his photo of the terminal building at the Grise Fiord Airport. That's something very, very few people have actually seen! Grise Fiord is Canada's northern-most permanent settlement, at the south end of Ellesmere Island. |
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:25 |
A Kenn Borek Twin Otter had a hard landing at CYLC - Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada on Tuesday evening December 6, 2011.
The Canadian Transportation Safety Board reports that the landing collapsed the right main gear. The cargo flight landed around 23:30 UTC (18:30ET) that evening. The two pilots were the only people on board, and the TSB says they were not injured.
The plane came to rest just off the 1900 foot runway, near the midpoint. Poor weather conditions on December 7th prevented moving the plane. That caused the closure of the airport all day on December 7th. The plane was finally moved late in the afternoon on December 8th, after which the airport was opened.
CBC News has an initial report on the incident here. |
Last Updated on Thursday, 08 December 2011 21:41 |
An Air Tindi passenger plane crashed on a flight from Yellowknife to Lutselk'e in the Northwest Territories on October 4, 2011. Three passengers and one pilot were on board. Pilot Matthew Bromley, 28, died in the crash, as did passenger Tim Harris, 54. Passengers Bernice Marlowe and Sheldon Catholique survived the crash.
The 1992 Cessna 208B Caravan, C-GATV, was on a scheduled flight which left Yellowknife at 11:00 MT and was scheduled to arrive at 11:45 MT (October 4, 2011). It crashed about 25 nm from Lutselk'e. The initial CBC News story, updated, is here. Aviation weather information for the Lutselk'e area at the time was collected by this site.
The Canadian Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. Their initial incident report is available here. |
Last Updated on Saturday, 08 October 2011 17:15 |
An Arctic Sunwest Charters Twin Otter float plane crashed in the "Old Town" area of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories shortly after 1pm Mountain time on September 22, 2011. The plane was apparently on a landing approach to the ASW float base at the time. Reports indicate the plane clipped a power line, crashing between two buildings. There were 9 people on board. Pilots Trevor Jonasson, 36, and co-pilot Nicole Stacey, 26, died in the crash. Six survivors were taken to hospital in Yellowknife. Another was transferred to hospital in Edmonton.
The plane was a 1973 deHavilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter C-GARW, registered to Arctic Sunwest.
Initial news and photos from CBC News here. You can also find early reports here, and here. There is also a discussion forum at AvCanada here. The blog Three Miles Final has collected some of the weather information from around the time of the accident. This GoogleMaps link shows the float base area in Yellowknife. And Kathryn's Aviation Report has collected an extensive set of photographs.
Friends and family of the pilots have set up a Facebook site in celebration of their lives. You'll find it here.
The Transportation Safety Board released their full report into the accident on January 9, 2013 |
Last Updated on Saturday, 11 January 2014 17:40 |
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The Discovery Channel has a new reality show called Flying Wild Alaska. The program featuring Era Alaska, an airline based in Unalakeet, Alaska, flying everything from Cessna 180s on tundra tires to the C-23 Sherpa, to Beech Metroliners. The Discovery Channel US website features lots of information about the show, and some great video clips.
The show feature quite a bit of flying, and some interesting story lines about life in northern Alaska.
And you'll find the soundtrack music intriguing as well. Check out Pamyua, the Alaskan group whose music is featured on the show. Great stuff. And you'll find more groups featured on the show at ThunderCloud Radio.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:01 |
The Iqaluit International Airshow is back this year, and promises to be a fun afternoon for local aviation fans. It takes place on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at the north apron of the Iqaluit airport (CYFB), from 10am to 3pm.
The show provides a chance for people in Iqaluit to see up close a number of working aircraft that currently call Iqaluit home.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome. The show is being organized again this year by Eric Leuthold and his team at Frobisher Bay Touchdown Services. And here's our story about the 2009 Airshow. |
Last Updated on Friday, 12 August 2011 21:15 |
Air Canada Jazz announced recently that it is discontinuing service on its Montreal-Ottawa-Iqaluit route. The cancellation takes effect August 1, 2011.
The daily Bombardier CRJ-705 jet service ran for a little over a year. Air Canada Jazz started the route on March 28, 2010. But, the airline says it just wasn't making enough money to continue the route.
Iqaluit is currently served by two northern airlines on the Montreal-Ottawa-Iqaluit route. First Air and Canadian North are both Inuit-owned airlines, who also serve most Nunavut communities. For more information on these and other carriers, visit our Airlines, Charters and FBOs pages. |
Last Updated on Friday, 12 August 2011 21:03 |
Europe seems be the theme for June 2011. One of the more usual planes to drop by Iqaluit in awhile made an appearance on June 12, 2011. Couldn't help but notice the bright red Polish-built EADS 'Warszawa - Okecie' S.A. PZL-104MA Wilga 2000 on approach to runway 34.
And we recently learned the story of a transatlantic trip made from Europe through Frobisher Bay back in 1968. In a motorglider with a 36 hp Volkswagen engine no less. Check out our story and links on Mira Slovak in our Trip Reports and Visits section. He's certainly had some exceptional flying adventures. |
Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:39 |
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