Untitled

Aviation My Passion and My Living

How many jobs can you say you actually love doing? Not many, but being a pilot is one of them. I get to spend my "work" day traversing beautiful wilderness thousands of feet in the air. And best of all, they pay me to do it! Now that's an office with a view! Some of these pictures were taken by other people. If you want to be acknowledged, let me know. If not, that's fine. Back to Index

Cruisin' in Style, Jetstream 32

A little rain...

On The Way To Sachs Harbour, at noon...

Flying Over the Arctic Ocean, Nov 30/05.

A Jetstream at the Sachs Harbour Airport.

Okay, now where did we park the plane?

Up the Valley from Whitehorse

This is the Life... Not Autopilot, but Close. A Functioning Flight Director

Flying the '99. Yes Kara, the Goatie is gone...

Cute Co-Pilot. Kara try's her hand at the Beech 99

Approaching Nahanni Butte for a Field Inspection Prior to Landing. Note the Runway is Only the Left Part of the Snowy Surface.

The '99 in Fort Chipewyan during fire season.

This is a British Aerospace Jetstream 31. Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. out of Fort Smith operated four of these and also a Jetstream 32. The '31 can carry 19 people or 5100 lbs of payload (minus fuel) at 235 knots. I have been flying as a Captain on the Jetstreams since May of 2006, and was first trained as a First Oficer in September of 2002.

Now this big, beautiful beast is a Beech 99. Used mostly for cargo in the states, it is a common site in the north. Able to take from 9 to 14 passengers in and out of any of the north's gravel strips, it is a mainstay of the commuter ops up here. It can carry 3800 lbs of payload (minus fuel) at 200 knots. I have been flying as Captain on Northwestern's 99's since June of 2004.

The King Air 90. What can I say. This was my first Captain and First Officer machine with NWAL. It was a quick and quiet six passenger turbo-prop. Having been modified to a 65A90 it could carry 3000 lbs of payload (minus fuel) at over 205 knots. Unfortunately a maintenance mishap has claimed this aircraft, and it will no longer be operable. RIP CGI.

Now, some pictures from others and myself from our travels.

Blast from the past. Buffalo Airways operates a fleet of DC-3's, DC-4's, C-46's, and CL-215 Tankers. This DC-3 is doing the Yellowknife - Hay River Sked.