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Sprenger and Lorenz Print E-mail
Siegmar Sprenger and Harro LorenzSiegmar Sprenger and Harro Lorenz arrived in Iqaluit from Germany on June 15, 2005.  They came for a bit of arctic sightseeing in their Flight Designs CT advanced ultralight.  Their trip report, with photos, is available in German. An English version can be found here.  In this photo, we're just about to park the plane in the Polar Pilots hangar for Siegmar and Harro head out to explore Iqaluit.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 June 2010 19:14
 
Brian Milton Print E-mail

Brian Milton in IqaluitMeeting Brian Milton was quite an event.  He was the first person to travel around the world in a microlight, back in 1998. And that, of course, brought him through Iqaluit.  He had quite a story to tell about his amazing trip in an open ultralight.  Much of the story is detailed in his book Global Flyer. And you can check out this article which names him one of the Top 20 great British adventurers.

 

Last Updated on Monday, 25 May 2009 23:23
 
Healey and Lohr Print E-mail

Pat HealeyPat Healey and John Lohr flew their 2001 American Champion on quite a trip in 2003.  Starting in Maryland, they travelled through Iqaluit and on up to the Magnetic North Pole. Their trip report has lots of photos along the way.  In addition to the Magnetic North Pole, they also flew the western part of the Northwest Passage in 2004. Here's the route map for those trips. 

The photo shows Pat Healey on the ground in Resolute, Nunavut.

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 April 2009 11:02
 
George Vose Print E-mail

George Vose and Scottie MonteithOne of our most memorable visitors was George Vose, who came to Iqaluit back in 1999.  George didn't fly his Cessna 172 up here from his home at Taurus Mesa near Alpine, Texas. Despite having logged tens of thousands of flying hours, he said he wasn't all that keen on the long flight over Hudson Strait in a single engine plane.  And he said he just wanted to have a look around, to see the landscape he remembered hearing about as a school boy in the United States.

Last Updated on Saturday, 06 August 2016 22:46
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Terry Jantzi Print E-mail

Terry JantziTerry's 1999 visit to Iqaluit was our first introduction to the RANS-RV6. And Terry's was a beauty. He won an outstanding workmanship award at Oshkosh in 1998.

That's Terry on the right, with Pat Nagle after Terry took him for a quick flight around the Iqaluit area.  Terry's thing at the time was speed records. He set one between Ottawa and Iqaluit on his trip here.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 May 2010 00:20
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Polar First Print E-mail
Polar First ExpeditionThis 2007 'round the world via the poles helicopter trip made a number of Nunavut stops. It isn't often we see helicopters on adventure trips through Iqaluit. Jennifer Murray and Colin Bodill's website tells the tale of the journey, with lots of photos and a journey log.
Last Updated on Sunday, 19 April 2009 11:06
 
Arnim Stief Print E-mail

Armin Stief and Thomas StalzerWe've seen Arnim Stief come through Iqaluit a couple of times. In the photo on the left, he's seen with Thomas Stalzer.  In 2004, they were in Iqaluit ferrying a Cessna Cardinal from the rebuild in the U.S. to Stalzer's aircraft rental company EC-FLY in Mallorca, Spain.  EC-FLY rents to private pilots, so look him up if you're heading that way.

Armin also stopped by again in 2006, ferrying this new Cirrus for a German fractional ownership company.  And we bumped into him again in 2009, when he was flying with a group from Germany to the airshow at Oshkosh.

Last Updated on Friday, 21 December 2012 08:14
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Ras Nielsen Print E-mail

Ras Nielsen's Beech 18 at CYFBRas Nielsen has owned this beautiful Beech 18 since the 1960s. He stopped by Iqaluit on a refuelling stop on a trip from Seattle, Washington to the Stauning Air Rally in Denmark in May of 2007. This airplane really turned heads here in Iqaluit.

You can read the story of their adventure on his blog, which also has some great pictures of the trip. Click HERE and HERE, as well as on the picture at the left for more views of the Beech. (photos courtesy of John Graham).

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 April 2009 10:51
 
Small Plane, Big Planet Print E-mail

Small Plane, Big PlanetChristian Science Monitor reporter Brad Knickerbocker wrote a series of articles in that paper in 2000, covering a trip around the world in a Cessna 182. The series was called Small Plane, Big Planet.   Unfortunately, their great website no longer seems to exist at CSMonitor.com.

Last Updated on Monday, 03 January 2011 14:21
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