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Bob and Pete
CFPAK : our Cessna C172R aircraft from Pacific Flying Club
Where 2 pilot friends do some retirement beta testing and plan to fly VFR across Canada from Boundary Bay, BC to Sydney, NS. Or maybe part-way. And back.
Bob and Pete
CFPAK : our Cessna C172R aircraft from Pacific Flying Club
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July
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- The Soo, 2
- More T-storms
- The Soo
- Detour on the Roadtrip
- Solo
- Grounded by weather
- Thunder Bay
- Kenora, part 2
- Regina Sask to Kenora, Ont - Three Provinces in a day
- Regina
- Prairie run
- Google Earth GPS breadcrumbs
- Rocking across the Rockies
- Fantastic first leg!
- Looks like a go!
- Still Delayed
- Another Day, Another 50 mm of Rain
- It's Summer in Vancouver where you don't tan, you ...
- Departure Day + 2, and still at Boundary Bay
- Day 0. Departure Day Arrives, But Weather Departs
- Nearly ready to go
- T- 3 Days and Counting
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July
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3 comments:
HI Bob - a great trip!
I'd suggest you stop at the smaller airports on the prairies on the way back. I flew across in a Piper 140 (hand proping all the way after starter quit) and we found at the small strips there'd be no sign of anyone but then a few minutes later someone who saw us coming in to land would drive up and ask us if we needed a ride to town or keys to the gas pump, or show us their homebuild etc. A nice change from the main airports but works only if you don't have a particular schedule to keep.
Have fun....
Cameron
I haven't had a chance to read all your posts - we've been internetles for quite awhile - definitely spent some nights in the middle of nowhere...sounds like you're having fun...congratulations on being on your own for a bit...
Hi Cameron,
That was kind of our experience at Swift Current - a very nice strip, but looked absolutely abandoned. We didn't stay long enough to find out anymore, because we were in a hurry to get to Regina. We basically only stopped there so I could fulfill a stop for the CPL cross-country requirement. I'll definitely look into it on the way back.
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