Some shots from tonight's flight somewhere in Quebec.
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Some shots from tonight's flight somewhere in Quebec.
We flew on to Cape Dorset last night. Some pics:
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Kind of scratched up the paint on the Twin Beech on landing last night, so I figured I'd just trade it in on another. Supposedly it was used in a movie before it headed north.
Did a little trading with one of the locals for this ol' Bugsmasher. A little slower than the rest of the Flight 19 crowd, but it should get me there (if I don't bounce my way into a large crater)
Had the same issues as Moses, just took me longer to realize it. GPS, VOR and ADF were saying different things. Ended up trusting the ADF and found my way into CYRB. GPS had me going to China and...
And off again to Cambridge Bay
Nice flight to CYOA in the darkening skies.
A few screenshots from tonight's flight somewhere in far northern Canada
Decided to go with Alaska Airlines for a while.
There I was in the Pilot's Lounge needed to find something to fly quick and I got an offer to do some flying for some Dutch outfit out of the Netherlands Antilles. The Caribbean was sounding pretty...
Things got a bit interesting in the DC-7 last night when it unexpectedly ran out of oil and I had to take to the "lifeboat"....
I told Moses that I needed something with more legroom and a bigger trunk.
Traded the Lockheed on this one. The guy at the Swap and Shop said it was a "DeSoto", but it looks suspiciously "Douglas" to me
We had a time trying to find it as well. The NDB frequency is in part of the range that a lot of ADF equipment doesn't have. Fortunately (for me) that old German ADF does. Especially since GPS...
A few shots from tonight's flight
Finally made it to Deadhorse about 5am and saw Moses's shiny Lockheed. I Got a little sidetracked with this Russian guy who made me a great deal on on an aircraft formerly used by the USSR's Polar...