tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291859772024-03-23T13:45:03.755-04:00Off the beaten pathLiving life on someone else's schedule....Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-36170383345822313922010-12-28T22:45:00.001-05:002010-12-28T22:47:41.894-05:00Billy Connolly<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was recently watched a show featuring Billy called <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B003B2C99O/ref=s9_simvh_gw_p74_i1?pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=04HFFPKP62RNKZYMX3CT&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383511&pf_rd_i=915398">"Journey to the Edge of the World"</a> where Billy travels from the east coast of Canada up the Northwest Passage all the way to Vancouver Island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For anyone interested in seeing the farther reaches of Canada I highly recommend it and with Billy's sense of humour it makes for good entertainment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The following few photo's were taken in Tuktoyaktuk and previously posted here, but since watching the show I realized the people who were in my pictures on top of the Pingo were Billy and his cameraman ! When I saw the episode I noticed how beautiful the tundra looked in Tuk and I realized that it didn't look like that the past two years so it must have been earlier. Well after looking at the dates I found for his show and the fact someone in Tuk said someone was in town filming a documentary the same day it all made sense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So Billy if you ever see this post I wouldn't mind the video footage of us circling overhead :) You were probably cursing me while trying to take your own footage !</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So having the following day off and recently recovering from a stomach flu which allowed me much sleep yesterday, I figured I'd better stay up and get a picture of this eclipse. The "special" circumstance for this eclipse is that it is a full eclipse (of the moon) during the winter solstice (IE the days are getting longer in Yellowknife after today!!!!!). Since moving to Yellowknife I would like to get some Aurora photos and I guess I just haven't been that motivated. Seeing as the next few years should be the best years to see them this experience taught me a few things. <br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First: Don't set the camera up an hour before the beginning of the eclipse when it is -20. By the time the eclipse started getting good my settings had to be adjusted due to how fast the shutter could close. Also the dimming of the moon did not help this at all. Auto focus became pretty much non existent also.</div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
Second: This is a common sense thing...but don't bring the camera into the +20 degree house and have the lens fog up as the eclipse is at it's peak ! Hence the following shots are shot with 2 different cameras. <br />
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Third: Buy a faster, stronger lens.<br />
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So the first and last photo are from the Canon Xsi with a 55-250 cheapy lens. I can't complain it was a gift and I have wasted my money elsewhere when I should have bought a better lens. The others were on the backup camera (thank god due to lens fogging up) Canon SX10IS. Both were on a tripod.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The last photo was of the full eclipse as I chose to film it. I was cold and the camera had gone from a full battery to less than half in about 25 shots. Learned a lot about tripods, shooting in the cold and to be thankful it wasn't -45 or I doubt these pictures would have happened.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is lots of information on this if you google JPL Eclipse and also on Flickr which I am sure has a lot of cool shots from people in warmer climates with much fancier equipment...and skill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Merry Christmas, Happy First Day of Winter and all I can say is bring on the sun !! (Sorry to all my more northerly friends who are in darkness till mid January :)</span>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-42653342734132330182010-09-23T15:18:00.000-04:002010-09-23T15:18:46.918-04:00Fall in the North<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuSo8sEgUxE9p68frrFconP-lPhQYIH-8ebEkpn5lBFpy3Ag9h3PsWFMro-rSQ3IWXTtUgGlPtIriifQ_wrS0GWAIPvBDuTF4E5v1J-B3vOPjYDDOj1hB7Nmz70lWNPuZA-tsrA/s1600/IMG_0849.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuSo8sEgUxE9p68frrFconP-lPhQYIH-8ebEkpn5lBFpy3Ag9h3PsWFMro-rSQ3IWXTtUgGlPtIriifQ_wrS0GWAIPvBDuTF4E5v1J-B3vOPjYDDOj1hB7Nmz70lWNPuZA-tsrA/s400/IMG_0849.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">These pictures were posted last year I believe but these are some new vantage points courtesy of my Father In-Law...Beautiful fall colours are abound and it's still about +17 when this shot was taken. Now I must say that it has cooled off somewhat but still seasonal and no -40 yet ! This is Cameron Falls about 40 minutes east of Yellowknife on the Ingram Trail. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoTIv3avPzA5YeOSreQpPJ51Ri9fqWCUEaYjvIw_0n7Bdrdyelfjnx7TsbcFSjjAz-g3sozmAH3P1eURgTL3tAa7jNiHx5wxuWfIAo8aODbgZ7rqlu-1Cbg80lc56Ea-dEm2Zog/s1600/IMG_0890.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoTIv3avPzA5YeOSreQpPJ51Ri9fqWCUEaYjvIw_0n7Bdrdyelfjnx7TsbcFSjjAz-g3sozmAH3P1eURgTL3tAa7jNiHx5wxuWfIAo8aODbgZ7rqlu-1Cbg80lc56Ea-dEm2Zog/s400/IMG_0890.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Parking just after the falls on the way home and climbing up a large rock face...this is the outflow end of the falls at powder point. The canoe route takes you on this path and next year it would be nice to give it a go.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-GC3QLucTal1qgI7mZx8QwnqV5iJ0Zal3blzod371hDZwyhEDaVVbFSAaHzyIgBjvZa3vLGbmji45Yys2T089MkoQsptq0izXSeSSjTnNBWMf07lyfsrhn5WSxLL9w1xBgZx8A/s1600/IMG_1093.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-GC3QLucTal1qgI7mZx8QwnqV5iJ0Zal3blzod371hDZwyhEDaVVbFSAaHzyIgBjvZa3vLGbmji45Yys2T089MkoQsptq0izXSeSSjTnNBWMf07lyfsrhn5WSxLL9w1xBgZx8A/s400/IMG_1093.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">One of the last beautiful days to be out and about before the rain and snow... looking towards the top of the falls.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD09WlXE0d1SslFeAzCyEWFPp_7DTc6fheqb6XjiNHGTZEKuhqDN1x1whCKQBDX6oRbjpTtVRB8pN2kTxtdi790ToS99vehX_O_w8I7ryxPfbaU6S5YDFiIZUQ3b4jEnxyDi-shw/s1600/IMG_0966.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD09WlXE0d1SslFeAzCyEWFPp_7DTc6fheqb6XjiNHGTZEKuhqDN1x1whCKQBDX6oRbjpTtVRB8pN2kTxtdi790ToS99vehX_O_w8I7ryxPfbaU6S5YDFiIZUQ3b4jEnxyDi-shw/s400/IMG_0966.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To keep with the aviation theme here is a First Air C-130 Hercules taking off for Ekati most likely ! They must get sick of that route but a job is a job ! Still haven't been anywhere new worthy of pictures but I always try and think of something to post...</span></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-27294598836295239892010-07-15T12:02:00.000-04:002010-07-15T12:02:37.807-04:00Whitehorse Part Duex<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whitehorse Part Duex !</span></span></b><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLz71DGhoFbZjfSXXfnJsigvaLg9shxSAGPy0Vb92Rl2JejjcXzTOGmd634M9BYePBNlfMlfCI50rB7STSX6i5Tlj8U4oADrCUtR6V43QfV6NVCYkdVIt5Su-WM3DPiC53iiZ51g/s1600/IMG_0667.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLz71DGhoFbZjfSXXfnJsigvaLg9shxSAGPy0Vb92Rl2JejjcXzTOGmd634M9BYePBNlfMlfCI50rB7STSX6i5Tlj8U4oADrCUtR6V43QfV6NVCYkdVIt5Su-WM3DPiC53iiZ51g/s400/IMG_0667.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just before sunset we headed up on Grey Mountain for a few pictures. Sadly I had my non SLR camera with me and the low light performance is sub par. But it was such a beautiful evening but cold near the top as I quickly snapped some pictures. This is looking to the northwest towards Whitehorse.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifibJEI1ExwsZlfiJqYzPxi5BzFwdMBXRC-4kP-zXjFwKOXbT_Z06de5wnVtbgRZmb2wX6ugjwcQ2Dspu9bVPGmjVbmc8ZLW3FxCzVdqM1yNctvwDtYRRwgrmp4JlSxLfeBdhDJQ/s1600/IMG_0381.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifibJEI1ExwsZlfiJqYzPxi5BzFwdMBXRC-4kP-zXjFwKOXbT_Z06de5wnVtbgRZmb2wX6ugjwcQ2Dspu9bVPGmjVbmc8ZLW3FxCzVdqM1yNctvwDtYRRwgrmp4JlSxLfeBdhDJQ/s400/IMG_0381.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I didn't organize these too well in sequence due to the fact you can only upload 4 pictures at a time in Picasa....we have canceled the IFR and just are about to join a right base for Runway 31L. The airport is just under the cloud on the plateau with the City of Whitehorse down along the Yukon River bank.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXYp4kEgaQV-AqS37l2H-3CqmTLSTaBrDlMQoa8iBG0e9xoTnAdFprlSmthgLRE0LgD_klVKi2IqaRz7wtT1lzpEg2ZDwrgNfFfQt3yK8r7YixXXeiVIVg3SJ5WyIe436-LfErg/s1600/IMG_0383.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXYp4kEgaQV-AqS37l2H-3CqmTLSTaBrDlMQoa8iBG0e9xoTnAdFprlSmthgLRE0LgD_klVKi2IqaRz7wtT1lzpEg2ZDwrgNfFfQt3yK8r7YixXXeiVIVg3SJ5WyIe436-LfErg/s400/IMG_0383.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The office building of the Whitehorse Tower staff...very friendly service here in Whitehorse. Mid morning and already the TCU's are building around the hills.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3-H43ufv0cQNJlzWISKCqVS4F3Ap4AOYZZhIJA_c3qBK1ixOHhyphenhyphenhXwLyY7mMjLj4ULySt9tvI2k-IqxDt2sd9wBpjmgzzv_LuF_aPftxngbzxOZFpd9jhEBo9IZQW9io745IHA/s1600/IMG_0407.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3-H43ufv0cQNJlzWISKCqVS4F3Ap4AOYZZhIJA_c3qBK1ixOHhyphenhyphenhXwLyY7mMjLj4ULySt9tvI2k-IqxDt2sd9wBpjmgzzv_LuF_aPftxngbzxOZFpd9jhEBo9IZQW9io745IHA/s400/IMG_0407.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For a fairly northern city everything up here is so well done, clean and maintained. Probably due to the fact there are lots of travelers passing through on the Alaska Highway but still I really love the cleanliness of Whitehorse.</span></div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebQXn757qiDpPbNXMcXvR8WpBcHOT7NE89nXB6ocfEzkeWVOvZdsutwNnz-110KVkcOVYA073k6DCwgV3VaNw3UNNF415pIurjXj5HTfTkF_qgQpYJWBlK1au514KFXHCtXntoA/s1600/IMG_0500.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebQXn757qiDpPbNXMcXvR8WpBcHOT7NE89nXB6ocfEzkeWVOvZdsutwNnz-110KVkcOVYA073k6DCwgV3VaNw3UNNF415pIurjXj5HTfTkF_qgQpYJWBlK1au514KFXHCtXntoA/s400/IMG_0500.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Overlooking downtown Whitehorse from the trail that circles the airport. So many trails in this town too which is perfect for someone who currently doesn't have a car ! What started out as just a walk to downtown for lunch turned into 3 hours of touring and a bit of a sun burn. I was pretty sweaty after I climbed up the hill to the airport as I couldn't seem to find the damn return trail. I knew the stairs was farther north but I decided to "save time" and go direct. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BkeR-ciSk6VrxujOOZBWKRldXmUrR1kX3PtDoJ2V7N36E5T2WMaqyyfRFwIR7uOaK11-lBleYgLyecYZsL1wVByRhxMHkC4MfmOuZiX3yhFfVQ318_uCqiuvw4oxP09xPV1Pgw/s1600/IMG_0504.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BkeR-ciSk6VrxujOOZBWKRldXmUrR1kX3PtDoJ2V7N36E5T2WMaqyyfRFwIR7uOaK11-lBleYgLyecYZsL1wVByRhxMHkC4MfmOuZiX3yhFfVQ318_uCqiuvw4oxP09xPV1Pgw/s400/IMG_0504.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Big sink hole which nearly runs right up to the perimeter fence of the airport. Eventually they will have to deal with this.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvocuoawNJ-HccvLqT2mQv4vheeKYfQVVaIM7qEJsPRNu5hyphenhyphen1W1Qx4sbPPFeoYzRqmGsDG804xrWHOcpMToci3lH0hln2Kf67Gmqjry9JTylqZVuCg1HWRd24PThEpTZ69zOu_dQ/s1600/IMG_0528.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvocuoawNJ-HccvLqT2mQv4vheeKYfQVVaIM7qEJsPRNu5hyphenhyphen1W1Qx4sbPPFeoYzRqmGsDG804xrWHOcpMToci3lH0hln2Kf67Gmqjry9JTylqZVuCg1HWRd24PThEpTZ69zOu_dQ/s400/IMG_0528.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Miles Canyon from atop the bridge..now much more tame since the hydro dam was put in but back in the day it was apparently one hell of a challenge to get through.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCdfinrNscqfv7u-Be-Q0V4K9M8sD7orABpiSzp0ebt_tjiUFM8p45pFg-MAzKxP0a9tgjPg_-u7-Cd50Ae_vH8X_Ui50_UntTeY4_Ogb-A3qNeSmUPhN7mymkSpm1NCn9tyTbQ/s1600/IMG_0531.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCdfinrNscqfv7u-Be-Q0V4K9M8sD7orABpiSzp0ebt_tjiUFM8p45pFg-MAzKxP0a9tgjPg_-u7-Cd50Ae_vH8X_Ui50_UntTeY4_Ogb-A3qNeSmUPhN7mymkSpm1NCn9tyTbQ/s400/IMG_0531.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Miles Canyon bridge....apparently if you come here at the right time this place is covered with hundreds of German tourists. In this case it's just me...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ovknAmhS9j10Gp-dNVY6b9zweGcm8lttvJdvNwwoZz66o-C0y1_S8yzFE_HIUkQKyZ5fe5CWLzSbJCvnhN_PvzCwJhmvCUoKoQ1WS8EzoEITjTkoGbOLaCeTJKF1o4AxvbcMjQ/s1600/IMG_0544.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ovknAmhS9j10Gp-dNVY6b9zweGcm8lttvJdvNwwoZz66o-C0y1_S8yzFE_HIUkQKyZ5fe5CWLzSbJCvnhN_PvzCwJhmvCUoKoQ1WS8EzoEITjTkoGbOLaCeTJKF1o4AxvbcMjQ/s400/IMG_0544.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basically read the following picture to describe this one...we drove up beside the summit and took some more pictures but there are bike trails all over this mountain and at the top the walking is easy going (once you get there of course).</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1H8U8RwX7v-ArgNZENH3W7XmpMD20s8QiugmyzzzbL8j_hE2DExSvrHW18QBAZ_NlbQJWqPQFfEZapMRmzt8OXOXcgMwW99A2FXzEqM89qXn1ZrLV6tu1BmBzTCpkTXqNVLXOlw/s1600/IMG_0545.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1H8U8RwX7v-ArgNZENH3W7XmpMD20s8QiugmyzzzbL8j_hE2DExSvrHW18QBAZ_NlbQJWqPQFfEZapMRmzt8OXOXcgMwW99A2FXzEqM89qXn1ZrLV6tu1BmBzTCpkTXqNVLXOlw/s400/IMG_0545.JPG" /></a> </div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhdt7tVZa4IcmE-DZ3oud35_hiAEePcSDg843BvJAKCpmV9nr7d7lyhIwwIs5h_e3GWVD62-A7ey3FVe9AbhK_8Ikt7QHzfMo4G6fK41BKlG9RG71yPShWwX1x9u9xs8MiDNE3g/s1600/IMG_0546.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhdt7tVZa4IcmE-DZ3oud35_hiAEePcSDg843BvJAKCpmV9nr7d7lyhIwwIs5h_e3GWVD62-A7ey3FVe9AbhK_8Ikt7QHzfMo4G6fK41BKlG9RG71yPShWwX1x9u9xs8MiDNE3g/s400/IMG_0546.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turbine Otter being difficult and I wanted to post the next picture I took after this one where the guy with the rope was leaning back almost 60 degrees trying to hold the plane. That is one reason I kinds stayed away from float flying...I don't have sea legs and I figured I would be in the water more then in the plane.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is just south of Whitehorse on Schwatka Lake, a great place to visit with quite a few float planes.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW_d70b1nsvp-kx6psTJuH_nguhwaXqnSvmitHju3Pa5-d1h0oHOXb_T5t2k1mPW9Ke9Iy0_XsKAswgNhNt4DJP4M-1z39oLpt1pBOXg20d_OgRX-cvuWbmv0SiLZCViQtU3G-g/s1600/IMG_0549.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW_d70b1nsvp-kx6psTJuH_nguhwaXqnSvmitHju3Pa5-d1h0oHOXb_T5t2k1mPW9Ke9Iy0_XsKAswgNhNt4DJP4M-1z39oLpt1pBOXg20d_OgRX-cvuWbmv0SiLZCViQtU3G-g/s400/IMG_0549.JPG" /></a> </div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the way to the top of some mountain close to town which I can't remember or find (</span><a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=whitehorse&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=51.361035,135.263672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Whitehorse,+Yukon,+Yukon+Territory&ll=60.747963,-135.226765&spn=0.037747,0.132093&z=14" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">click here for the Google Map location</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">) we noticed something that almost looked like people in trench coats from a far. But with all my 500 mm lens to it's fullest extent we ended up spotting two bald eagles. There were some babies close by and after trying to get some low light photo's this is all that turned out. It just amazes me that this is only 10 minutes from downtown Whitehorse.</span><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeWXW9sY5rAFtVakIIhl55bONZP9DvW_IeERoZ1uUYgJsRMP9eOZuQRAeIccxUlLV4BaKbeziAUOlIxNGX_68zADToIHGHn-xkOFTicg32SgwXxIOTMvVLjBl3zDbmO_m1jQHAQ/s1600/IMG_0552.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeWXW9sY5rAFtVakIIhl55bONZP9DvW_IeERoZ1uUYgJsRMP9eOZuQRAeIccxUlLV4BaKbeziAUOlIxNGX_68zADToIHGHn-xkOFTicg32SgwXxIOTMvVLjBl3zDbmO_m1jQHAQ/s400/IMG_0552.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Laberge" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lake Laberge</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> made famous from the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cremation_of_Sam_McGee" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Robert Service poem</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...."The Cremation of Sam McGee". This is atop the mountain just to the northwest of Whitehorse which we drove up a pretty crappy washed out back woods road. But it sure beat walking up the mountain considering I only had one night to see all the sights. This is looking north east towards Lake Laberge which essentially a widening of the Yukon River. Lots of farmland in that area which seems odd being North of 60.<br />
The climate in this area is dry and fairly warm considering it's latitude so spring comes sooner and winter isn't as cold as similar places in Canada at this latitude.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxRgXCs2lNzxX3PHH16PeiYlr_C3iVDOSxdE3Xw15yCZS52LjnenA6UrTo_HDM5YVkngC5JRRdYWeFs9OkXs9k2raPlqu5pSHPS-mnxUGp-BN5rRnmYpVqjD9-t0XVneDkEGcKA/s1600/IMG_0553.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxRgXCs2lNzxX3PHH16PeiYlr_C3iVDOSxdE3Xw15yCZS52LjnenA6UrTo_HDM5YVkngC5JRRdYWeFs9OkXs9k2raPlqu5pSHPS-mnxUGp-BN5rRnmYpVqjD9-t0XVneDkEGcKA/s400/IMG_0553.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On top of the same mountain from the previous photo, looking south/east towards Whitehorse and grey mountain is to the left under the shadow of the cloud. Whitehorse only has around 21,000 people but the new subdivisions aren't made on cleared land like they are in places like Calgary, Toronto...etc. They seem to cut out neighborhoods in the trees so you don't really see it at all when you are driving by.</span><br />
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Just a beautiful spot to see from a distance I can only imagine what it's like to be on the shore...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45Aj0t0dfZQhyzdPQ0D32z0o-kmpWx6GAhHDAvWEjtaIStOyW5hKBXb8uhSNzbBEY-QeKrgWKb3D_8niJNHRXqJuaWJBo6TIB0K0fxbfd9O38Vknn9ayq_F4YsWCx9pe2bs8KpA/s1600/IMG_0560.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45Aj0t0dfZQhyzdPQ0D32z0o-kmpWx6GAhHDAvWEjtaIStOyW5hKBXb8uhSNzbBEY-QeKrgWKb3D_8niJNHRXqJuaWJBo6TIB0K0fxbfd9O38Vknn9ayq_F4YsWCx9pe2bs8KpA/s400/IMG_0560.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Looking off to the south towards Alaska...it isn't very far away from here but to go direct from here you would need a plane.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuP8USHNNe58fCwDh6Y0-BOzTurD4DOF1zLZCj2yg2ISYlV0mhb3DKSDQwJ8f59EGGul633rpQF2bBE-Y2Ltu587u6a4h52nYyFNb7CEan2AAOQlxqN567NvRtpcMc0YOhrcI_6w/s1600/IMG_0599.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuP8USHNNe58fCwDh6Y0-BOzTurD4DOF1zLZCj2yg2ISYlV0mhb3DKSDQwJ8f59EGGul633rpQF2bBE-Y2Ltu587u6a4h52nYyFNb7CEan2AAOQlxqN567NvRtpcMc0YOhrcI_6w/s400/IMG_0599.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Man do I have a huge shadow....actually that would be the monster wind generator on top...looking east towards Grey mountain and Whitehorse.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcASM-dxWwfP2dtStvs4ljQv9CcSHC2refhFmPZjAYiddbQP41H9tbLnYlwrmnUe1a5fBUekyvFH4ni2eI5wM1kfpr6CaZPIqRFcrXmPWjvTcY1Hn3iVXYdMROlhwUUNH4p-PPzA/s1600/IMG_0613.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcASM-dxWwfP2dtStvs4ljQv9CcSHC2refhFmPZjAYiddbQP41H9tbLnYlwrmnUe1a5fBUekyvFH4ni2eI5wM1kfpr6CaZPIqRFcrXmPWjvTcY1Hn3iVXYdMROlhwUUNH4p-PPzA/s400/IMG_0613.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For those of you considering going to Whitehorse but are worried where you will find your precious Latte's....you're in luck ! There are also many bakeries and cafe's that will suit your fancy with excellent food abound.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcr-J3DIPPu5nspym-lfPfLCIl4c8OmAbI6IyERtRGTSmsLo37x-Hah6WHi7BkrAlBaqvqp4rPx1CjCRnsZNilqK3KdPIellVekIkq8CZXTKI9U7KYivJeL2Xy318gz0BHQbXIg/s1600/IMG_0614.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcr-J3DIPPu5nspym-lfPfLCIl4c8OmAbI6IyERtRGTSmsLo37x-Hah6WHi7BkrAlBaqvqp4rPx1CjCRnsZNilqK3KdPIellVekIkq8CZXTKI9U7KYivJeL2Xy318gz0BHQbXIg/s400/IMG_0614.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Looking down main street....not a high quality photo but to give a general idea. The airport is just at the end of the street up about 100 feet on the bank...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibh7CU_YflUalPkE_h-tc-lzLdhh9mTYJByFBcrPhAZh-IV4UII-1kW6D0n7ZRhJiSXy6bhPUaIGgyWETQgFD1lFLCAdjDVlBBBlPEFc-k-qN_pVhoyBNlZ5jS9ICzFY7I-4VSDw/s1600/IMG_0660.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibh7CU_YflUalPkE_h-tc-lzLdhh9mTYJByFBcrPhAZh-IV4UII-1kW6D0n7ZRhJiSXy6bhPUaIGgyWETQgFD1lFLCAdjDVlBBBlPEFc-k-qN_pVhoyBNlZ5jS9ICzFY7I-4VSDw/s400/IMG_0660.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mammatus clouds....not really but this is two developing Cumulonimbus clouds growing about 20 miles away and this picture is taken from Grey mountain.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We seemed to avoid the rain everywhere we went and those close were sitting on top of the first mountain we went to visit and eventually a down pour could be seen when they started to die out.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaMHIIH-GQ0uudt3EHDwmuEKm5hmGrlZ-3XOQPibQ49dw7PxJnp0CpdTYfnADFVg3cYRDZ7ILTBQXBIouiGx_BKSn5egNgDS1tC656YVWXWuo1S47XzBji4gKcBwQMEqdTShgQQ/s1600/IMG_0677.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaMHIIH-GQ0uudt3EHDwmuEKm5hmGrlZ-3XOQPibQ49dw7PxJnp0CpdTYfnADFVg3cYRDZ7ILTBQXBIouiGx_BKSn5egNgDS1tC656YVWXWuo1S47XzBji4gKcBwQMEqdTShgQQ/s400/IMG_0677.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To keep with the airplane theme here is an Eva Airways 747-400 probably out of Anchorage heading to somewhere in the USA. This was taken on top of Grey Mountain.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZBeW41ma4ppFp5xj8zoUaAcSqnM-Kqu6SVKORRjAPDGP3InUN_S6Tv_txUf6jvPXUFAva1Xl6ECW4G8_TELnRxoV-QttBzGpM9gSmKs5mQOTSj9HDSuXyMK9XJ2g2XqRoJBUkQ/s1600/IMG_0679.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZBeW41ma4ppFp5xj8zoUaAcSqnM-Kqu6SVKORRjAPDGP3InUN_S6Tv_txUf6jvPXUFAva1Xl6ECW4G8_TELnRxoV-QttBzGpM9gSmKs5mQOTSj9HDSuXyMK9XJ2g2XqRoJBUkQ/s400/IMG_0679.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Beringia tourist info parking lot. Basically talking about when the Bering Strait was emptied of water due to more water being locked in glaciers and when wooly mammoths roamed around these parts. Also when most of the first peeps came across to inhabit North America. Lots of cool pictures and maps including many fossils to look at. Also a full size mammoth skeleton too.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC48LTepqdM-WhaUwgaoXPcAJy5DhgZCX0dwTwrbp6__MnGb64eJRIudgxSSsjOqFR7PLavj2mZXGEYIbAxDhHwXc73PY4ogLrfYJfNyDbcANHAByrftkZkVd7b7MDelJsJtAtag/s1600/IMG_0683.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC48LTepqdM-WhaUwgaoXPcAJy5DhgZCX0dwTwrbp6__MnGb64eJRIudgxSSsjOqFR7PLavj2mZXGEYIbAxDhHwXc73PY4ogLrfYJfNyDbcANHAByrftkZkVd7b7MDelJsJtAtag/s400/IMG_0683.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a family blog but I just couldn't resist.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What things would have looked like for people back in the day...you can see them just in the bottom right hand of the picture.</span><br />
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Whitehorse is an amazing place to go visit with lots of outdoor activities and a good starting point to venture out into the Yukon. It reminds me of a Vancouver North but with a lot less people and no traffic to deal with...or HST :) Also a good spot to go to start a trip similar to going to Banff but again it is more rugged and less populated and I think you would get more from the experience. Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I will have something to blog about in the near future.</div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cheers,</span></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-49857050698485622992010-07-10T13:36:00.001-04:002010-07-10T13:37:56.115-04:007 Years<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXBRSvll9KTBY0YukwNdp0wxv3YuYuptuta0Vl2worCKYgZHQdh30OtZt75HkYXDAoALKJ8UzQGNPCt6T7pTCUlkwZNOm4aYS0nujs8ildqtd_9N8Bd8Incqsb6U27Gk0eOzGlw/s1600/138_3854.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXBRSvll9KTBY0YukwNdp0wxv3YuYuptuta0Vl2worCKYgZHQdh30OtZt75HkYXDAoALKJ8UzQGNPCt6T7pTCUlkwZNOm4aYS0nujs8ildqtd_9N8Bd8Incqsb6U27Gk0eOzGlw/s400/138_3854.JPG" /></a> </div><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7 years ago this week I started out finally getting paid to do this gig. It was for less money than I made to load them but at least instead of showing up to work to load 4 of them I just was responsible for one. No this airplane wasn't flying in a 3rd world country......it was Northern Manitoba which for the most part could be considered one!. This girl had a directional gyro on the co-pilot's side and a fixed card ADF with a VFR gps. 172's had better avionics but it was a nice airplane to fly, stable and boy could she take a load. I believe we got 4 snow machines in the back for a charter once. It wasn't pretty but a sight to behold none the less. A year after this picture was taken the company went bankrupt (this is an aviation blog after all) and all the Bandeirante's were flown south into a scrap yard.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Looking back at the path I have taken things have gone about 180 degrees from where I initially set course but where I have ended up is even better then my previous supposed destination ! Here's to going with the flow and enjoying the journey every minute (or every other minute when you have to hold in places like Tadoule Lake :)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Photo courtesy of LostAv8r. He doesn't know that he has lent it to me but that's what happens when you are so poor you don't have a computer so you have to download them to your friends.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-89848954175147339132010-06-30T22:44:00.003-04:002010-06-30T22:54:33.907-04:00Happy Canada Day !!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10A2xwWdKE3K37C5Am0dM_0BUQvkMsYg7yVRuHXrkUjrngz64AHOrbm24BFV3F6orGwCnzAc4jQT1meAHndCg6pH-NkTQGQ13RM4Whk2CsoBQUXS2Yjcf080dq8p2_v196xtH3w/s1600/CanadaDay.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10A2xwWdKE3K37C5Am0dM_0BUQvkMsYg7yVRuHXrkUjrngz64AHOrbm24BFV3F6orGwCnzAc4jQT1meAHndCg6pH-NkTQGQ13RM4Whk2CsoBQUXS2Yjcf080dq8p2_v196xtH3w/s400/CanadaDay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488763411961139682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Happy Birthday Canada !!! </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The above picture is a collage of photo's from my collection and each Province, and Territory is represented. I have been extremely fortunate to be able to travel to every area of my Country (not like Mr. Cash who has been everywhere man, but close). I have not lived in any other country but from what I have seen, I don't need to go anywhere else because we already have it all (great neighbors ta boot, you crazy Amarakins !)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Happy Birthday Canada !</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-88128908303185943042010-06-26T23:50:00.003-04:002010-06-27T00:23:18.842-04:00Whitehorse<div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >CF-CPY Douglas DC-3 Whitehorse, Yukon</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If you watched Ice Pilots NWT which aired last winter on the History Channel then you will already be familiar with this WWII machine. This particular plane as you will read below on a photo of the plaque that sits just underneath of it, served in WW2 in Asia and eventually came to rest after working in the Yukon here at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehorse,_Yukon">Whitehorse</a> Airport (ICAO:CYXY). Whitehorse sits on the Yukon River and the Alaska Highway runs through town on it's way to....well you guessed it...Alaska ! It reminds me of a Vancouver/Seattle North as it clean and granolaish with lots of outdoor sports.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRpi64RydQ-PkuGQ1xamUTrHi6OKM1u96DwytexIV-2Fu261OLuP6r4bwq_aSlESdtATNjLcBasG9Y9yb4qMlobM39qc1h_ShgWUfg1m72ZGgI9-AB_pjD8hnGPkltS3cKn4S4w/s1600/IMG_0387.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRpi64RydQ-PkuGQ1xamUTrHi6OKM1u96DwytexIV-2Fu261OLuP6r4bwq_aSlESdtATNjLcBasG9Y9yb4qMlobM39qc1h_ShgWUfg1m72ZGgI9-AB_pjD8hnGPkltS3cKn4S4w/s400/IMG_0387.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Looking at CPY from the south east as she rests on a pedestal and weather vanes into the strong south easterly wind.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HDPrn09_zfJxR9_TBgPulLDtVoiPiWvwr7kO_RVL4sPc686Jk6gXC0arj8-N5QexvtKc8v_6eTO1plPbYv9D5iHh_VpRwhtHlx0Ao-D8qCZCXcLEea8zKzuyUhUl4M3FMuGkKw/s1600/IMG_0395.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HDPrn09_zfJxR9_TBgPulLDtVoiPiWvwr7kO_RVL4sPc686Jk6gXC0arj8-N5QexvtKc8v_6eTO1plPbYv9D5iHh_VpRwhtHlx0Ao-D8qCZCXcLEea8zKzuyUhUl4M3FMuGkKw/s400/IMG_0395.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I tried to capture a shot that would have been a possible movie angle if you were to see this old girl in flight. I have a great imagination and can imagine this old bird flying all over western Canada getting people where they needed to go. Back then the flights might not have been as cheap but at least you got good old service with a meal ! (Not complaining about today's level of service considering you can go from Vancouver to Ottawa for 200 bucks !)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z6w9zGIlvzTLaH8RiTY2kjP8-JnU0AhpZRWzfQjWn8y-c6_1Ovbm1yMtZquOHHBGtZmBoNyeWPBvFASR6thE13yj-lcxzgl70oaRjU__AFxZy3l8L21xc1bAfdfsbyLy286hRw/s1600/IMG_0403.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z6w9zGIlvzTLaH8RiTY2kjP8-JnU0AhpZRWzfQjWn8y-c6_1Ovbm1yMtZquOHHBGtZmBoNyeWPBvFASR6thE13yj-lcxzgl70oaRjU__AFxZy3l8L21xc1bAfdfsbyLy286hRw/s400/IMG_0403.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Really no need to describe the above photo....</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaTL_6Rxe0A_plTSPUpT4NF5-mwDeC_AKH5fQOUHdiDI6ChTgo4ypf1jIBaL-J0vSBCam1lo9eblaxtTvrxWeOCpC-Ylm6J6yJgjC2hizok8LdFPkKtnJQLUdUIasOzOybg4oLQ/s1600/IMG_0426.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaTL_6Rxe0A_plTSPUpT4NF5-mwDeC_AKH5fQOUHdiDI6ChTgo4ypf1jIBaL-J0vSBCam1lo9eblaxtTvrxWeOCpC-Ylm6J6yJgjC2hizok8LdFPkKtnJQLUdUIasOzOybg4oLQ/s400/IMG_0426.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Whitehorse has tons of trails that take you anywhere you need to go and today I need to get to downtown from the airport. The path I was on took me right under the approach path for the 13's and as I was walking I could see some big airplane turn final about 15 miles or so and I decided to wait to see what it was.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">There was a trough of low pressure sitting in the area causing some towering cumulus to form in the afternoon which made for a nice back drop to my plane watching.</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YDCus-Kq6PUPvvFMXi88QGPrCHqC49UXPYox7PhPmhm8t8W-eBe1EufflY9qVGxs6bzHPN7D17Fo_cCssuKsK4FvsZMy1WCm-4-hMWCT3jGG5rZYFxO0X4Pm5LA4ckfo1AKjqw/s1600/IMG_0432.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YDCus-Kq6PUPvvFMXi88QGPrCHqC49UXPYox7PhPmhm8t8W-eBe1EufflY9qVGxs6bzHPN7D17Fo_cCssuKsK4FvsZMy1WCm-4-hMWCT3jGG5rZYFxO0X4Pm5LA4ckfo1AKjqw/s400/IMG_0432.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Holy lederhosen it's zee cherman's ! 767 on short final for 13R as it goes over the gully towards downtown. I believe they serve Whitehorse direct from Germany 3 times per week in the summer. Apparently Germany is crowded and they like being alone so they come to Canada to get away from each other (after they get off the airplane) and enjoy the scenery. Pretty sweet sight though. If I would have shut off "display picture" I could have got a bunch more rapid fire shots but I was only able to get one more before she was on the ground about 700 feet behind me.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyfqGZzbPjV4EL09f_AsY3zGGu8HTcWpYrjZfnjxzJIyLD_xin_j6k9pMlXtcNj59S-1a8iof1ykalMniNAwk6EvjViRSZgjKOjkWNuvjtkbTBieOmA0I-16Oq6rHEQ1iDVPdLQ/s1600/IMG_0433.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyfqGZzbPjV4EL09f_AsY3zGGu8HTcWpYrjZfnjxzJIyLD_xin_j6k9pMlXtcNj59S-1a8iof1ykalMniNAwk6EvjViRSZgjKOjkWNuvjtkbTBieOmA0I-16Oq6rHEQ1iDVPdLQ/s400/IMG_0433.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Condor 767 about to touchdown...later in the afternoon I was fortunate enough to go up on the mountain in the bottom frame of this picture. That will be the next post but until then fly safe and enjoy the scenery !</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-31609162807611509792010-03-06T14:45:00.001-05:002010-03-06T14:54:54.434-05:00Cameron Falls, NT<div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrgBG8_v-MQvw2Re0_Lm68W5wcvqVR3j9vkfHlpFgy4NGf_bZjypw78fvdu9SBLamAnvDdeKukXCZp58FXtcUNh46zmkUNWPiwbqk9ZvJKQr_9O7JM1jRwk7WlClJoz08j2ZJ9w/s1600-h/IMG_1653.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrgBG8_v-MQvw2Re0_Lm68W5wcvqVR3j9vkfHlpFgy4NGf_bZjypw78fvdu9SBLamAnvDdeKukXCZp58FXtcUNh46zmkUNWPiwbqk9ZvJKQr_9O7JM1jRwk7WlClJoz08j2ZJ9w/s400/IMG_1653.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is some more photo's of our experience at Cameron Falls. It was in the fall and the weather was gorgeous (-5 and Sunny). The next day we received 30 cm's (12 inches) of snow so our timing was impeccable. Here is a stand of Aspen on the way to the falls, quite a bit of symmetry for random events in nature.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEf4xQlqMmPKvujHZMv0GUypVmqrVPYUeQEOWkUDv9iTbu9LUAyVllp2GZCKO2B6Yv5pdxExnd7Hce1djvtv6j6Zyha3AdEswmX7TwItqzsbF_b64dBjEG-nXUKfiJ0uNP_zK3Xg/s1600-h/IMG_1717.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEf4xQlqMmPKvujHZMv0GUypVmqrVPYUeQEOWkUDv9iTbu9LUAyVllp2GZCKO2B6Yv5pdxExnd7Hce1djvtv6j6Zyha3AdEswmX7TwItqzsbF_b64dBjEG-nXUKfiJ0uNP_zK3Xg/s400/IMG_1717.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Jay">Whiskey Jack's</a> swooping in to grab some egg salad sandwich as we sit for lunch after checking out the falls. They are also know as Grey Jay's and are the most friendly birds I have ever encountered. At first they flew by us over and over and eventually landed in the trees beside us. Then I tried a piece of cheese on the ground and eventually it lead to them sitting on our hand and eating ! An awesome experience.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Fbo1dxUtvusVN-EHeUyhn3_wxiweZhx-cOHTnYVczvmmJ7W79mbZG_nHtuE28fs30lOLyoDDo2c8H5DRmBv-OmbhWp7FAY66dxaYnp-c2iumm_yHUW58oZY8i4M5pva04w1nnQ/s1600-h/IMG_1733.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Fbo1dxUtvusVN-EHeUyhn3_wxiweZhx-cOHTnYVczvmmJ7W79mbZG_nHtuE28fs30lOLyoDDo2c8H5DRmBv-OmbhWp7FAY66dxaYnp-c2iumm_yHUW58oZY8i4M5pva04w1nnQ/s400/IMG_1733.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">By the time we were done there was about 4 of them competing for the food, we had lots so we were able to share some to get them primed for the upcoming winter weather.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyafwRqk-82f4PLHtShehAK1GmX95pVT9cZzZHHBKQb_O6LRdLanQIS7C9WYIo90OHZw4tDSbO2riKaWkrxtHqGp4D03M0Nlqbk-LLBUtghSus6Oq6svyqknRi4PPulHiwqRbBUQ/s1600-h/IMG_1719.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyafwRqk-82f4PLHtShehAK1GmX95pVT9cZzZHHBKQb_O6LRdLanQIS7C9WYIo90OHZw4tDSbO2riKaWkrxtHqGp4D03M0Nlqbk-LLBUtghSus6Oq6svyqknRi4PPulHiwqRbBUQ/s400/IMG_1719.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Coming in for a landing...I thought it was hard trying to capture an airplane on short final but this was a little more challenging. Thank God for the rapid fire option on the new SLR ! Sorry for the lack of new aviation material but I thought I would share some of the Northern Experience I have been having lately! Next photo's are of some really amazing birds. They fly all the way from pole to pole each year and soon we should be seeing them again ! </span><br /></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-81564556410750528952010-02-26T11:27:00.009-05:002010-02-26T13:55:14.022-05:00Tuk, Yellowknife, Pingo's, The Mackenzie River, and Rapids<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXirLWS8Z51E2VNbofDYuKG4DOyvDfF9IvUsBPFtLAlv0nHAyLmcZSDNTEkuzrBMPdNPebzOXJykQ1QAKp79yfnlLjj_7DwW72-hIVrNuxIhhNO_jdnECVkxx6eEDfVzEwO6xX6w/s1600-h/IMG_2675.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXirLWS8Z51E2VNbofDYuKG4DOyvDfF9IvUsBPFtLAlv0nHAyLmcZSDNTEkuzrBMPdNPebzOXJykQ1QAKp79yfnlLjj_7DwW72-hIVrNuxIhhNO_jdnECVkxx6eEDfVzEwO6xX6w/s400/IMG_2675.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442599824463637378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuktoyaktuk">Tuktoyaktuk, NT</a>. Early September and the tundra is turning it's b-e-a-uuuuutiful red. I started this post off with the 4th picture so now I have added a few because it helps to paint the picture a little better. Tuk has about 900 or so people and is located on the Arctic Ocean. In the 70's it had a booming gas operation and today a lot of those structures are mostly dormant waiting the next big surge in gas prices. When you land in Tuk and look at your cell coverage you will be shocked to realize you actually have 1X service and your Blackberry will be fully functional. Slow downloads but what else can you as for in a town of 900 people in the middle of nowhere. It is hard to see in this picture but right south of town in the bay there is an old drilling platform. There is just the foundation today and nothing active is going on but still neat to see.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgzxMKqM5m3DUfRYKRwkFFda0Ak7bopEeNFMXXDjUj0Mzhb06_0y6t6fKN1Uq480EiORGdfGvK-KH1NlkASoCA_YgrMZhw3Jwx8KL6sMZ8YuN_zXn1XoEYFGEQA50yMbx6RhXnA/s1600-h/IMG_2687.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgzxMKqM5m3DUfRYKRwkFFda0Ak7bopEeNFMXXDjUj0Mzhb06_0y6t6fKN1Uq480EiORGdfGvK-KH1NlkASoCA_YgrMZhw3Jwx8KL6sMZ8YuN_zXn1XoEYFGEQA50yMbx6RhXnA/s400/IMG_2687.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442599810577683906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Not to be confused with a Dingo, these are called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingo">Pingo's</a>. There is actually a National Park located here and there are many of these bad boys around but as far as I know these are the two biggest I have seen. They are essentially giant frost heaves of permafrost sticking out of a Kansas like flatness. I have yet to walk to the top but I hopefully will this summer and post new pictures from a different perspective. </span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0N29UYYZmwJb0-joN8D1eRaCByFJK5lVPxdQFh1XTlC25KHh-2oj__gA3xPaan-KKkzIJlTQMNJ8vPMQDpYxiDJT9rLYY05k52_C2-Onw2fDEljw9Iu7JK24J8oJ_8_UGBHwmCg/s1600-h/IMG_2718-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0N29UYYZmwJb0-joN8D1eRaCByFJK5lVPxdQFh1XTlC25KHh-2oj__gA3xPaan-KKkzIJlTQMNJ8vPMQDpYxiDJT9rLYY05k52_C2-Onw2fDEljw9Iu7JK24J8oJ_8_UGBHwmCg/s400/IMG_2718-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442596335515775874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This picture isn't enhanced very much, only to get to get rid of glare and darkened up a little. This was taken the first week in September and this colour only lasts for a few days and then it goes straight to brown. I consider myself lucky for being able to get a trip up here at the perfect time to see this and the picture turned out amazing ! I had to borrow someone's camera from Tuk as I had not taken mine and luckily it all worked out. In the bottom of the frame is a small boat and if you look at the full res version you will see two people on top of the Pingo. They were in Tuk filming for a documentary but so far I haven't seen myself on TV yet.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis5c7S7nqJbxY0FaDcWEIS_rX4vPNnxC3y_OmhM5yCGr_ddggK1prY414SzSlvYn_se8u3uTLxWyzIfw5TKAxmxkFL-MXOvoYXp3akSvZ071D6hZWP52G5ucD2H0n8v5qTJM8G9Q/s1600-h/IMG_0475.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis5c7S7nqJbxY0FaDcWEIS_rX4vPNnxC3y_OmhM5yCGr_ddggK1prY414SzSlvYn_se8u3uTLxWyzIfw5TKAxmxkFL-MXOvoYXp3akSvZ071D6hZWP52G5ucD2H0n8v5qTJM8G9Q/s400/IMG_0475.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;">On final to the runway in Wekwetti (ICAO: CFJ2) (former name: Snare River) NT. Runway is the average size for up here around 3000 feet ish and is in great condition. Compared to experiencing the fall in the mid latitudes with all the colours of the leaves changing, up here it is mostly just yellow on the Aspen that you see but also a bright red on the ground. The bright red comes from small plants on the ground which I don't know the name of but they usually have berries associated and the colour is amazing. This is mid September so the leaves are on their way out and the land of the evergreen lives on for the winter.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58Vt40AS4-Qfr-Um3Y5JAIWMmm4RX0uHAMTr7q5vgLm2TKST5-l-tzcNhl4ZKj10Sq25LL5Y5NCzjMTZ7CycsOaAwyI7C_q0zTX3TBVOttPHUqPcxBUEsXlhhLbYtFTCmrLUoBw/s1600-h/IMG_0051.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58Vt40AS4-Qfr-Um3Y5JAIWMmm4RX0uHAMTr7q5vgLm2TKST5-l-tzcNhl4ZKj10Sq25LL5Y5NCzjMTZ7CycsOaAwyI7C_q0zTX3TBVOttPHUqPcxBUEsXlhhLbYtFTCmrLUoBw/s400/IMG_0051.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is a scene from my back yard...well I can see it from my backyard if I walk about 200 feet out the back door and around some other houses :) This is Frame Lake which is a small lake essentially right in the middle of Yellowknife. It has a walking path which is paved following the South shore where town is, and a marked trail around the North Shore. To walk all the way around it takes about an hour and a quarter. It is a very nice trail to walk as it is fairly hilly and offers many view points of town. The only time it isn't so good to walk on is late spring, (spring is about 3 days here) when the snow is melting and I near impaled myself on the rocks. Before I moved here every person I met who had been or lived here had nothing bad to say about it (except the length and temperatures of Winter). So far this winter has been awesome hitting only -40's a few times each month. Last year not so much. Since Westjet has started coming here the cost of getting here from Edmonton is dirt cheap (didn't say it was sustainable). Yellowknife is about 590 NM north of Edmonton so about 1 hr 20 min jet ride. If you are looking at driving that would add up to about 15 hours non stop driving plus a little wait at the ferry crossing at Fort Providence. That would be the reason aviation is probably so big up here :)<br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6tbkpZsJ8ycEuQlTuepBz9roxrqgG7k-uGB64mvalaCXGXwxaBR8B-aaKJgdPfDMKlQJ2zTXpA-NbN9cddK1Dz1kX736fUHYz0IcSgG89Fdp7cGIEBl0K5QoimXNmQE1gVEPWQ/s1600-h/IMG_0105.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6tbkpZsJ8ycEuQlTuepBz9roxrqgG7k-uGB64mvalaCXGXwxaBR8B-aaKJgdPfDMKlQJ2zTXpA-NbN9cddK1Dz1kX736fUHYz0IcSgG89Fdp7cGIEBl0K5QoimXNmQE1gVEPWQ/s400/IMG_0105.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Looking at downtown from the NW side of Frame Lake trail. The recently rehabilitated the waterfront by City Hall and they did a very good job. Lots of place to sit and enjoy the scenery and lots of grass to play around on. Grass is a commodity up here let me tell ya ! The big glass building on the left is the JTFN (Military geek squad for Joint Task Force North). The have the cheapest beer at any mess in town...so I have heard. To the right of the that is the RCMP G Division HQ building and beside that is City Hall. For a town with 20,000 people it sure has a lot of high rise building but land is at a premium here because if you want to build something your gonna spend a lot of cash blasting the rock out of the way first.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qD-NInRrttrcLqLqT_J4SRAnBYnIHsGkUrgkrvSLUJic_UPjAjy2XcM8x1N2UpSS-idqp-MF49X0aB5ToIxYP1r_f3cgdeMsVW7sN8AFbKX3eBdNw4q0ExGvbnH11zpTeXaGAQ/s1600-h/IMG_0066.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qD-NInRrttrcLqLqT_J4SRAnBYnIHsGkUrgkrvSLUJic_UPjAjy2XcM8x1N2UpSS-idqp-MF49X0aB5ToIxYP1r_f3cgdeMsVW7sN8AFbKX3eBdNw4q0ExGvbnH11zpTeXaGAQ/s400/IMG_0066.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-family: arial;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">45 minutes east of Yellowknife on the Ingram Trail, you will find Cameron Falls. It isn't no Niagara, but as you can see we are the only ones there to enjoy it ! It sounds bad but I love the fact there is hardly anyone up here and also with all these sights there is no gates or walk ways to stay within, you can walk right up and be with nature. The sound the falls make reverberate with your heart and you can really feel the energy as you get closer to it. The walk in from the road is about 15 minutes and it is also a gorgeous trail with rolling hills. My first visit was shared with a bunch of Japanese tourists which is actually a pretty large business around here. In the winter time they fly all the way to Yellowknife to experience the Northern Lights which of the past two years haven't been the greatest. In the next few years we are going to a solar peak so we should see a good show.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsP0cfbSgcNljROnwGBjSfrz6QUw7Pf6KFt7E8dsE7rdRy0VbXOIQWW2aAASRyZ8N6edvX2UgU_XNNgTIffB1s0AF0LnI5t7m8VPIeXxvBLKwfPTfKyTbJhyx2fIpE7UDtCOyhg/s1600-h/IMG_1794.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsP0cfbSgcNljROnwGBjSfrz6QUw7Pf6KFt7E8dsE7rdRy0VbXOIQWW2aAASRyZ8N6edvX2UgU_XNNgTIffB1s0AF0LnI5t7m8VPIeXxvBLKwfPTfKyTbJhyx2fIpE7UDtCOyhg/s400/IMG_1794.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442620307020732226" border="0" /></a>This is what I was talking about...being able to stand right beside it and feel the rumbling and getting water spray on your face.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQRy_5MEs4VHGx9qmJT2qS4Ox6SllW2zTly9IviH_S_I78nBaVmCJP88K9IuAWdz7ItRJ82jC5JrsfdkNKmS2N8LHX-BhJdIVVWRB4ptxl3U1g22cECQ80LOE7Jra5h8wvxuOJg/s1600-h/IMG_0103.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQRy_5MEs4VHGx9qmJT2qS4Ox6SllW2zTly9IviH_S_I78nBaVmCJP88K9IuAWdz7ItRJ82jC5JrsfdkNKmS2N8LHX-BhJdIVVWRB4ptxl3U1g22cECQ80LOE7Jra5h8wvxuOJg/s400/IMG_0103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442620301401754786" border="0" /></a>Laying down on the rocks to get this picture, was trying the slow shutter speed but overexposed it a bit but I am new to this whole fancy shmancy stuff. This is just a side stream off the main falls and it quietly runs through the woods and it is very peaceful to walk beside.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjU5B_bN884iJNx_m_26GGKbxYsiWSUWvakxEww2FPSeulaNGmYf1NKUrI1llCAKtIG-mOliDG5lB4U4XQ6-ZjmpwtrzvjatjVkWtW5FvRyiyTVOVJPiPe39SFIefxkg1Co5vWRw/s1600-h/IMG_0324.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjU5B_bN884iJNx_m_26GGKbxYsiWSUWvakxEww2FPSeulaNGmYf1NKUrI1llCAKtIG-mOliDG5lB4U4XQ6-ZjmpwtrzvjatjVkWtW5FvRyiyTVOVJPiPe39SFIefxkg1Co5vWRw/s400/IMG_0324.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now we leave Yellowknife and are landing in </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Wells">Norman Wells, NT</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Norman Wells is an oil town half way up the Mackenzie River and is one of the nicest spots in NWT as far as scenery and the actual town goes (Oil money helps a lot). If you have seen the series <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_pilots">Ice Pilot's NWT</a> then you would have seen Norman Wells a few times. This is one of the places the plane had an engine change and they were "stranded" here. Let me tell ya, this about 1 of three places I would want to be stranded in the NT. First they have hotel's and secondly they have a liqour store ! Also they have scheduled airline service that uses jets, there is only about 3 airports up here that have jet service so yeah Norman Wells is a good place to be "stuck in the boonies".</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqir-8B3dOeU5zgGTyP9NQ4mQJIqUXLi66u_AZBByFa7zMW5tLk4jZQWIkPsbJjjum7Bee5NHsORQZTNavfLnlC0hV5yyivwoXdzc7x1BY2vUTLtLl8YbEzyIo1N1H0MZV5S8jqg/s1600-h/IMG_0328.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqir-8B3dOeU5zgGTyP9NQ4mQJIqUXLi66u_AZBByFa7zMW5tLk4jZQWIkPsbJjjum7Bee5NHsORQZTNavfLnlC0hV5yyivwoXdzc7x1BY2vUTLtLl8YbEzyIo1N1H0MZV5S8jqg/s400/IMG_0328.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is Empress triple four, Canadian North's 737 Classic on it's daily flight up the valley from Edmonton, Yellowknife, Norman Wells and eventually on to Inuvik. Basically it shuttles oil workers into and out of Norman Wells and if I leave on time in the morning we usually don't conflict with each other. Up here there is no radar so ATC basically has to give one airplane at a time the approach clearance while the other holds if the timing is too close. When the weather is bad we have to hold but usually if you can get visual and the airport is calling VFR weather (at least 3 miles and 1000 feet) everyone uses the common courtesy of canceling the IFR. That is another nice thing about flying up here for the most part. Everyone just want's to get er done and flying is the only means for the most part so no weekend warriors out to throw a wrench into the plans. Nothing against weekend warriors as I plan on being one in retirement, it's just that I have had close calls with people saying they are on a downwind for one runway when it's actually the other etc...</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOUsZM4wz4lmiOd6j_fW3kl-SMM0p_8ARkfYyEusGrsj0CmmhaOkSBPIYwsUydNTWMmRVH8d_E4Koc3HRR4YP-HxhFfCUTyV3UkyGiCvdWXU5RPbTVWGybwB5pZPwnjQTth4ldA/s1600-h/IMG_0329.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOUsZM4wz4lmiOd6j_fW3kl-SMM0p_8ARkfYyEusGrsj0CmmhaOkSBPIYwsUydNTWMmRVH8d_E4Koc3HRR4YP-HxhFfCUTyV3UkyGiCvdWXU5RPbTVWGybwB5pZPwnjQTth4ldA/s400/IMG_0329.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;">This isn't the Beech 99 that ran out of fuel and landed on the Dempster Highway but the other one made it out to fly another day (not sure about the pilot). Here is sorta what happened...<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >a Beech 99 operated by North-Wright Airways, was on a VFR flight from Fort Good Hope to Inuvik (YEV) and about 30 NM south of YEV when the pilot advised Inuvik FSS of a double engine failure. The pilot force-landed on the Dempster Highway with no reported damage to the aircraft. The pilot was the only occupant. TSB has been in contact with the company and the initial report indicates that the engines quit due to fuel exhaustion. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">North-Wright is based out of Norman Wells and serves the Sahtu (Mackenzie valley area around the Wells and the Delta).<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPof32ywoR8qaMj-ZPRTFR6dkCPx1CXTVP3SMp57N7lgTvXJ4Lgx3HlUuCP-Cb1yLYJT6aHExGpD030Gjr8vVa9MlT7SDrlQbgwBu2Vf2qyr8SOH_NKRdzHJYq8YF-devkaHTxw/s1600-h/IMG_0348.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPof32ywoR8qaMj-ZPRTFR6dkCPx1CXTVP3SMp57N7lgTvXJ4Lgx3HlUuCP-Cb1yLYJT6aHExGpD030Gjr8vVa9MlT7SDrlQbgwBu2Vf2qyr8SOH_NKRdzHJYq8YF-devkaHTxw/s400/IMG_0348.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Last but not least is the Mackenzie River. It is the longest river in Canada and the fact it takes about 2 hours in a jet to fly to the full distance demonstrates that. Alexander Mackenzie canoed it in 1789 (they had a lot of time on their hands back then) trying to reach the pacific ocean. Apparently he was disappointed when he didn't get there, because canoeing like 4000 km's is child's play. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">There is a lot of history in this area and I will have to gather some more pictures and keep this up. I never thought I would be a billboard for the NWT but this place is gorgeous if you can deal with mosquitoes, black flies, and freezing cold temps in the winter.</span><br /></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-21464422257408099262010-02-25T14:51:00.002-05:002010-02-25T15:25:32.337-05:00Update from the field<div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc9DGu63XxSO92ct8iSRbzFVj4B4GDG_62ligtS0pXmQlsDkRxZc5U1kjFtsJEZpbXvEKcQGhF03JKPIi4guWNkNzoAvrP0UovKmfsKe5uszzazQ00tTUH0EzPDBLPbbu9flUbA/s1600-h/IMG_0439.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc9DGu63XxSO92ct8iSRbzFVj4B4GDG_62ligtS0pXmQlsDkRxZc5U1kjFtsJEZpbXvEKcQGhF03JKPIi4guWNkNzoAvrP0UovKmfsKe5uszzazQ00tTUH0EzPDBLPbbu9flUbA/s400/IMG_0439.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442279548750237042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tindi Caravan departing CYLK Lutsle'Ke<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><a style="" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuPDUzJrzBv3kY690qU0RDQMBP_e79qitvXUCZ6BOg4hp-PdpUvIn_DVHo7wTVi_d9ObeQksQ9CN85E0KYbqnPsFRTkuO3fEMyjodB7fAXeKylxanpeUDK6fDSeGUK1zTKlNYcg/s1600-h/IMG_0374.JPG"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">One of those guys</span>....I had every intention of maintaining this blog when I started it but I must say that life happens when you make other plans. Life is going very well and I am enjoying life flying around Canada's Great White North and the variety of geography in the NWT alone excites me to learn about how all the land features got to the condition they are in today. I found a good book called <a href="http://www.cbcshop.ca/CBC/shopping/product.aspx?Product_ID=ETDOC00143&Variant_ID=GJB&lang=en-CA">Canada Rocks </a>which describes the formation of the area known as Canada today and what has happened over the billions of years to each region to help us understand what we see. Also CBC produced an excellent series of shows called the <a href="http://www.cbcshop.ca/CBC/shopping/product.aspx?Product_ID=ETDOC00142&Variant_ID=7103&lang=en-CA">Geologic Journey </a>which is available for purchase from the CBC. It has excellent computer animations and it is narrated by David Suzuki, I highly recommend it. For our Friends South of the border, it also covers a bit of the US too :)<br /><br />Below are a few shots that I took around the north that I wanted to share. I have kinda lost the photo bug and do not even carry a camera with me to work anymore. Hopefully having my outlet back will motivate me to get snapping ! Otherwise hope all is well with you and enjoy. FD</div><br /><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPgz9Obu5-hWlzcLBC0xZQ2K6JHvOd6UhzzJFZ36DJMFzlmEVn5j7Ip2HOuUvnmXKFBjMfb7sFVmqwXO3ULov70Fn1roecOT488njx894oiWRPzyzlbKVAe104t-x3cE23pWRFA/s1600-h/IMG_0401.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPgz9Obu5-hWlzcLBC0xZQ2K6JHvOd6UhzzJFZ36DJMFzlmEVn5j7Ip2HOuUvnmXKFBjMfb7sFVmqwXO3ULov70Fn1roecOT488njx894oiWRPzyzlbKVAe104t-x3cE23pWRFA/s400/IMG_0401.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;">This is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_Hills">Smoking Hills of Paulatuk</a>, looking North in the early summer. Still lots of ice left but it is amazing what 24 hour sunshine can do. Click here to <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4536363">view it from the ground</a>.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb06BEiz_QfeMI4tbgo_NRsj1ANltcGtwwuMnSB7CVg1eUmvRrqzQznyBQeZ1C0nN30IRRSrzxAumlPDXgXR_HJL1ckVVVttfvl6chf-WsWt47G48-dmSl2InNpYr9nbnH3xBYNw/s1600-h/IMG_0434.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb06BEiz_QfeMI4tbgo_NRsj1ANltcGtwwuMnSB7CVg1eUmvRrqzQznyBQeZ1C0nN30IRRSrzxAumlPDXgXR_HJL1ckVVVttfvl6chf-WsWt47G48-dmSl2InNpYr9nbnH3xBYNw/s400/IMG_0434.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;" >Part of the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=69.16964,-123.088074&spn=0.122208,0.594292&t=h&z=12">Hornaday River</a><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;" >. It is an extremely fast moving river and it is a mini grand canyon of the north. Lots of caribou are in this area and it runs into the Arctic Ocean after passing through </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/tuktutnogait/natcul/natcul2.aspx">Tuktut Nogait National Park</a><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;" >. This is pretty northern and not cheap to get to as far as National Parks are concerned but for those hard core back packers with serious money this would be an excellent place to visit ! Also worth checking out is the Brock River Canyon, it has some very beautiful scenery (</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.tinoxygentungsten.com/Arctic/tuktut.htm">check it out here</a><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;" >) and is in the park as well. For southerns wanting to access this region you would first have to fly to Edmonton, then onto Yellowknife, Inuvik, and then on Aklak Air from Inuvik to Paulatuk. I believe there are guides you can hire in Paulatuk and once there you are only about 40 miles from the park. I remember seeing a quad trail half way out towards the Hornaday so you can access it over land or by boat from Darnly Bay in Paulatuk. You would want to make sure you had everything you needed for the trip because Paulatuk does not have much more then a Northern Store where prices are sky high and selection is minimal. (Relatively speaking).</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:georgia;" >I will get out more with the camera and bring you more of the North which is so expansive and gorgeous. Till next time (could be next year :), fly safe.</span><br /></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-85562286099231483292009-07-10T12:14:00.002-04:002009-07-10T12:16:41.238-04:00United Breaks Guitars<span style="font-family: arial;">I haven't done what I previously stated but I have been busy...Here is a funny song about a musicians experience with United Airlines. If only we could all write songs to peacefully demonstrate against being screwed over :) Fly Safe !</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo">UNITED BROKE MY TAYLOR GUITAR</a>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-4983106522736734302009-01-26T12:54:00.004-05:002009-01-26T13:21:20.480-05:00Update from the field....<span style="font-family: arial;">Lot's of new changes have happened since the last time I posted to the blog. After getting married I got another new job and moved 6300 Km's away from home. I guess home is where I am so I can't really move away from it !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Off the beaten path used to represent the type of flying I used to do but these days I am home every night and hit the same hot spot locales almost everyday. All the things about my old job I did not like were cured by my new job but I sure do miss going somewhere new everyday. With the old schedule of 12 on and 3 off I don't think I would have stayed married too long so this is definitely a move in the right direction !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I just upgraded to a new Core I7 computer system with many giga this and giga that, and the bonus of having a 24 inch LCD aids in my picture viewing and editing by 1000 percent compared to the old laptop.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I will try and post some new pictures here shortly as they are taken in areas that are indeed off the beaten path but lately I have been burning tracks in the sky everyday flying to them.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Take care,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">FD<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">Here are just a few pictures to spruce up the place till I get more organized and create some good posts going.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayHnrjKlRvemGqW2U42ea1ykv7XcyMfyhq1S5CTAO-MGbVvMCrBEMZY606fbwC85Lbgnw_-qozeoyXWKx-4hadIhDcN0DMbhUH8YlUtp9cLKLHP-fqDyXoPXM8bPSGvsgJtGGEA/s1600-h/00770014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayHnrjKlRvemGqW2U42ea1ykv7XcyMfyhq1S5CTAO-MGbVvMCrBEMZY606fbwC85Lbgnw_-qozeoyXWKx-4hadIhDcN0DMbhUH8YlUtp9cLKLHP-fqDyXoPXM8bPSGvsgJtGGEA/s400/00770014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295667122077334338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Most amazing sunset I have ever seen ! (Captured on my Wife's old Minolta 35mm as I left my digital in the rental cars trunk..to be never "found" again).</span><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj562H5N6qK_1us0dLaLIujJYucx9HcOukNufzZOCY6tSC9MsSg6eLJ7Ov8GdoCii6gZOojDvaqP_NrA0mRF0aXGABGHrbbM1uJhRhh3ZpdouvEW6QPBqXpxwRxo6NyTYRRZTdPYw/s1600-h/IMG_2532.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj562H5N6qK_1us0dLaLIujJYucx9HcOukNufzZOCY6tSC9MsSg6eLJ7Ov8GdoCii6gZOojDvaqP_NrA0mRF0aXGABGHrbbM1uJhRhh3ZpdouvEW6QPBqXpxwRxo6NyTYRRZTdPYw/s400/IMG_2532.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295667145746841650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Localized fog...it was just hanging over the airport on one side so I was able to land without a problem. It was -41 Celsius ambient so the little bit of moisture off the river caused water vapour to turn into ice crystals.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkyMHSZWCvIJz8GSfIOJKbIi072lm7eJ1fDu7zC30tjqhu8OGo7qEg12SJ-JjrRk_Owb7gvR5uY4tr7yYI0LRNNxf6SiXIFXK-HSIQ5gsIH16SjK6m6QfHnNrtOIrZtwQL3z7YQ/s1600-h/IMG_1027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkyMHSZWCvIJz8GSfIOJKbIi072lm7eJ1fDu7zC30tjqhu8OGo7qEg12SJ-JjrRk_Owb7gvR5uY4tr7yYI0LRNNxf6SiXIFXK-HSIQ5gsIH16SjK6m6QfHnNrtOIrZtwQL3z7YQ/s400/IMG_1027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295667141599142402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Lovely turquoise coloured lake from 24,000 feet.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkdjpAvThyphenhyphenXxEErkw1I-sOMgCNRscXbX6xrQzOuB7nCjCcmmwFtLEuhKjzxaWA4YTcMYDtvjmOYlITC4f8YP0J1wwp6Ku1Xv3jq9Pzk-gAedPDLKzxIW66DfhZViyQaL9YyeM0g/s1600-h/IMG_0279.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkdjpAvThyphenhyphenXxEErkw1I-sOMgCNRscXbX6xrQzOuB7nCjCcmmwFtLEuhKjzxaWA4YTcMYDtvjmOYlITC4f8YP0J1wwp6Ku1Xv3jq9Pzk-gAedPDLKzxIW66DfhZViyQaL9YyeM0g/s400/IMG_0279.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295667133397465570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Turbine Otter resting after a hard days work. This was my first day in our new city and after seeing this view I knew things were going to work out juuuust fine !</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27hwZcLK5gonjxz59LSnY65E3TKEO8pNIupkMZvoGib_9K6Vt37WEYRQT1jRFyiVvu-EsFWpLBnTwcCZ5jrGH7TvQO5juXoEg4Btq2nUNxfuP5tAJM9OO63ONzf9cZx7fGw6KmQ/s1600-h/IMG_0164.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27hwZcLK5gonjxz59LSnY65E3TKEO8pNIupkMZvoGib_9K6Vt37WEYRQT1jRFyiVvu-EsFWpLBnTwcCZ5jrGH7TvQO5juXoEg4Btq2nUNxfuP5tAJM9OO63ONzf9cZx7fGw6KmQ/s400/IMG_0164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295667130596708322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">It is not Niagara but the fact you can stand right beside the edge made it much more exciting ! The rumble of the water and the essence of it's power almost hit ya right in the heart. Amazing !</span><br /><br /></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-50042405635783287512008-03-24T00:41:00.001-04:002008-03-24T00:42:44.339-04:00PC12-47/E Newest PC12 Variant<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pilatus the makers of fine aircraft have published photo's of their new PC12/47 E aircraft. Click the link below to see for yourself...</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/applications/webgallery/index_rd.php?i=detail&kat=0000000001&img=1">Pilatus PC12/47 E</a></span><br /></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-86173313242040456432008-03-19T09:22:00.006-04:002008-12-09T01:33:39.461-05:00The Date<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2SzVlJUggS-fqAg5eH4L0Fjd5a1wmN12UE9o0yz0ES8qkGQZKV1ZytmpRTQVpY36F8MqGoc7vQYi8RsU5NKJD5iJvYdIzNM0LiZxENWfoJMxsZCS3nuJlfh6PrQV8rJ4IbTmzQ/s1600-h/IMG_8880.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2SzVlJUggS-fqAg5eH4L0Fjd5a1wmN12UE9o0yz0ES8qkGQZKV1ZytmpRTQVpY36F8MqGoc7vQYi8RsU5NKJD5iJvYdIzNM0LiZxENWfoJMxsZCS3nuJlfh6PrQV8rJ4IbTmzQ/s400/IMG_8880.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The night before the big event it had cleared out and was sky clear and the forecast for the next day was suppose to be sunny and mild. This picture was actually taken at dusk but with the aid of Picasa it appears as though it's pitch black. Nervousness was pretty pronounced tonight because of meeting someone for the first time tomorrow but I figured if it didn't work out at least I got to go flying.<br /></span><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR900UZRO9iZZnI86rJisd6zR4UVhgrd69VyyYuO0NlH8O5G07BP0C8BGdKIXZVEKN3lE6uTrCg_I08ZCyyvfo5ZV6qIQBJ2UWYG-09QvNExtF8bVeGZX1e8TLB0z3lKqSoBSdw/s1600-h/IMG_8885.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR900UZRO9iZZnI86rJisd6zR4UVhgrd69VyyYuO0NlH8O5G07BP0C8BGdKIXZVEKN3lE6uTrCg_I08ZCyyvfo5ZV6qIQBJ2UWYG-09QvNExtF8bVeGZX1e8TLB0z3lKqSoBSdw/s400/IMG_8885.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Here we are battling a 30 knot headwind as we start to cross into the Laurentian range on the north side of the Ottawa River towards Tremblant. This was a beautiful day for flying except that it was probably the most bumpy I have ever flown a 172. Seeing that she had never flown in a small plane before I had a Plan A and Plan B. Plan A was the low level bumpy flight to save time if she was a trooper and didn't get motion sickness...where Plan B was if she didn't feel comfortable in the bumps and to save me from cleaning up puke I was going to climb higher out of the bumps but add 30 minutes to the flight time. Well as I leveled at 2000 feet we were getting the crap kicked out of us and I was always asking if she was ok. At first she stated she was fine and that she loved the view from up here. Then about 15 minutes into the flight she said that the bumps were kinda soothing her and she could fall asleep!! Well I didn't want to tell her after that I was feeling queasy and wanted to take the hit on the ground speed and find smoother air. Knowing she was a good flyer I immediately knew I could check that off the list of things that would be ideal in a girl for me.<br /></span><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWkHc5wVNYJOBj3uoOcL1vYsJ5onlPyyGDgYVWFuDT5kW3PvvDEtV5aiV3e7LOUXnX9nxB2PAQ7dVDZup0groWJjQfnRadnqMuVx_2XIi6LanIBTnaY9sStFsugPw_HPS0aGzKA/s1600-h/IMG_8923.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWkHc5wVNYJOBj3uoOcL1vYsJ5onlPyyGDgYVWFuDT5kW3PvvDEtV5aiV3e7LOUXnX9nxB2PAQ7dVDZup0groWJjQfnRadnqMuVx_2XIi6LanIBTnaY9sStFsugPw_HPS0aGzKA/s400/IMG_8923.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Here we are going up the gondola to the top of Mt. Tremblant. It was a quiet ride to the top but both of us were snapping photo's out the little windows at the top of the gondola. In this photo I am looking North West towards the airport we had just arrived on. As soon as I was airborne I had checked the weather and had gotten 3 pilot reports of wind shear and moderate turbulence in this area. I don't fly the 172 all that often and with the winds and turbulence the landing was ok but I landed about halfway down the runway to make it that way.</span><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRu08I5MvIB7COak1yPvU490-UXm1wsCNVvaQNsHXB2ZcVAKfCnWekcsSn4VndEMvjlsZzpAER3QMrqKxEsUAKvqWfCFZ2n9eR-nVxZg6s8UIYZjdFPo6Vptqim-s4UkymaDx3Q/s1600-h/IMG_8933.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRu08I5MvIB7COak1yPvU490-UXm1wsCNVvaQNsHXB2ZcVAKfCnWekcsSn4VndEMvjlsZzpAER3QMrqKxEsUAKvqWfCFZ2n9eR-nVxZg6s8UIYZjdFPo6Vptqim-s4UkymaDx3Q/s400/IMG_8933.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We are about 3/4 of the way up the hill now and looking South towards the village of St.Jovite. There is another little ski hill as you can see which is called Grey Rocks, beside it is the St.Jovite grass strip I could have landed on. Due to the winds I decided to land somewhere they had firetrucks to come put out the blaze if it didn't go so well :)</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrHmBpeG6uIg7FUhQ6aShpNZC4NH7VCpzVp4sPzFnXJdxg0qACbOqBvKsDH2zFw0wJPl5i4j3Rj6OSPJgkoPI6-d12bDk3bTqYk-YdrL7zJ4kgIzltzA4_0RhQxgAV6409Ret-g/s1600-h/IMG_8969.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrHmBpeG6uIg7FUhQ6aShpNZC4NH7VCpzVp4sPzFnXJdxg0qACbOqBvKsDH2zFw0wJPl5i4j3Rj6OSPJgkoPI6-d12bDk3bTqYk-YdrL7zJ4kgIzltzA4_0RhQxgAV6409Ret-g/s400/IMG_8969.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179447441486750562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The colours were very nice but not as vibrant as the year before when I flew in here for work. It had been warmer this year so some trees were hanging on to life while others were putting on a good show for us.<br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnnX2ZSi2MDxKq5Sd9YaFPRRKFJoDD5cjiOiH3APs-V8kYYUULTRxVQO-hfPGaoBz6XE99XkSe_pZwjyz7t5lubG2wmyFFsqwH8lNlTk7mpraXOrxZdeu1E9G5-DU5IfCj20icA/s1600-h/IMG_9020.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnnX2ZSi2MDxKq5Sd9YaFPRRKFJoDD5cjiOiH3APs-V8kYYUULTRxVQO-hfPGaoBz6XE99XkSe_pZwjyz7t5lubG2wmyFFsqwH8lNlTk7mpraXOrxZdeu1E9G5-DU5IfCj20icA/s400/IMG_9020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179446887435969298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Here is the hotel's and condos at the base of Tremblant. I am not of high society and have never been to many ski resorts but this one seems to be very nice. I took this after the Tremblant experience was ending and we walked out to find the car.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjn9bR6-W5EFeti798cT1Cpry8uEBf_a657rYeszzF5Fryn8CxpsogQxiIjFyoCVzYrE3PXxM2-K4bQ5hnw7GxxC74Tb1wFOgfRaxeCjyzYcdFonMR8A9rFWhdoZ0PE3thPqIApw/s1600-h/IMG_8999.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjn9bR6-W5EFeti798cT1Cpry8uEBf_a657rYeszzF5Fryn8CxpsogQxiIjFyoCVzYrE3PXxM2-K4bQ5hnw7GxxC74Tb1wFOgfRaxeCjyzYcdFonMR8A9rFWhdoZ0PE3thPqIApw/s400/IMG_8999.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179446900320871218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A look at the main drag in the village, lots of cool shops but as you can imagine the prices are ridiculous. Thank God she only ordered Nacho's on the date :)</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsa6W6uc6CrieE1rh1REfks7I7E1hrG9lD1HU3j3aNaeEFjpoEF9WD66ZoOI8leZ6V9Rq7wVG9X8bidzAPRmBI69prwlY5u0XUGGYoP3c8joH70rSmSl7XcNyueJgR0yg5sN_Xw/s1600-h/IMG_9053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsa6W6uc6CrieE1rh1REfks7I7E1hrG9lD1HU3j3aNaeEFjpoEF9WD66ZoOI8leZ6V9Rq7wVG9X8bidzAPRmBI69prwlY5u0XUGGYoP3c8joH70rSmSl7XcNyueJgR0yg5sN_Xw/s400/IMG_9053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179445611830682322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Back to the friendly skies where I feel more at ease that the "date" part is over and now I can relax and enjoy the flight home. She had been pretty quiet for most of the time and right after take off she excitedly said " This is so awesome!" in regards to the view and the fact we were going flying again. This is the ski resort of Tremblant. The actually village associated to the area is St.Jovite which is about 3 miles or so away and has all the amenities (IE beer store, grocery store, and hotels).<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDNPX3bsT3qjNxDKAIRucJctMNppilZTSxqHvZOygX_1cRPiBcVrnvA8T17W7QCEn2FywyyrwWcjXQNDka7zf5ALhcUGLa6tLTjWHyI5dsSSZT0zoB9v9tB17UNKUUrMDYm_vqw/s1600-h/IMG_9049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDNPX3bsT3qjNxDKAIRucJctMNppilZTSxqHvZOygX_1cRPiBcVrnvA8T17W7QCEn2FywyyrwWcjXQNDka7zf5ALhcUGLa6tLTjWHyI5dsSSZT0zoB9v9tB17UNKUUrMDYm_vqw/s400/IMG_9049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179445616125649634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Tremblant from about 4500 feet I think as we do a pass on my side so I can take some pictures and then do a 180 so she can snap a few pics with her SLR "old school" camera :) The winds had died off and it was smooth as silk up here in the sky so I was having a great time. I could finally trim the airplane out and let it do most of the flying. Having autopilot over the years has made me hate hand flying while in cruise because it is harder to take pictures and stay on course and altitude. As we came to the end of this pass I did a 45-55 degree bank turn to quickly get the hill on her side and she loved the positive G feeling. Lots of people hate anything other then straight or level but so far she could handle anything I did.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI9jPsUdvwXybmSMqH_iTZ63VKPo72yW44d1OyvKrI7naFYeQks-g36KBq-nWxk3RK37-2eLAmeWsTDbUQ6LeotRqYW0MoCWstapdItOo3-i7vdxRcrWvl2BSnNN0Wo1008ca9Q/s1600-h/IMG_9047.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI9jPsUdvwXybmSMqH_iTZ63VKPo72yW44d1OyvKrI7naFYeQks-g36KBq-nWxk3RK37-2eLAmeWsTDbUQ6LeotRqYW0MoCWstapdItOo3-i7vdxRcrWvl2BSnNN0Wo1008ca9Q/s400/IMG_9047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179445620420616946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">As we turn around we are now climbed up to 6500 feet and headed home. All in all I feel pretty good to how things went today. The weather couldn't have been any better (minus the wind) and neither could the company :) The winds now on our back saved us about 15 minutes on the flight home so I was gonna save a little bit of money on this leg :)<br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZR8xMxocZ74rE_6-ulF_9UsXguaLLZx8sA0wIq2oOM61EiJF54wRJChhjPiZENGvWqhHUj4TvjAQnd318RVnX23dHLNulgn44eJYUWefwsYa3CsFN9hM13Ra2TDmhIC-CbQhmfg/s1600-h/IMG_9036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZR8xMxocZ74rE_6-ulF_9UsXguaLLZx8sA0wIq2oOM61EiJF54wRJChhjPiZENGvWqhHUj4TvjAQnd318RVnX23dHLNulgn44eJYUWefwsYa3CsFN9hM13Ra2TDmhIC-CbQhmfg/s400/IMG_9036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179445624715584258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The beautiful Laurentian mountains at dusk.<br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcAMp523fR-CimWs9dquqQvCJ_7CVkQ5_U4D9NvhiEIqpfSVln19_F-Uu6PfDFKV4tGQY95A5aOq6CA8s2f9n4MUjAcr-1-h0txbOBRT-hWJif_GrZkaJVjr4iG9z2ay2Yrd3nA/s1600-h/IMG_9058.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcAMp523fR-CimWs9dquqQvCJ_7CVkQ5_U4D9NvhiEIqpfSVln19_F-Uu6PfDFKV4tGQY95A5aOq6CA8s2f9n4MUjAcr-1-h0txbOBRT-hWJif_GrZkaJVjr4iG9z2ay2Yrd3nA/s400/IMG_9058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179444757132190386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Heading back to the flat country so I figured I better take a few more pictures of the hills. Such a beautiful area to fly or even drive in.<br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPr8gQuFOvPww23MhRXTmg4PzBpe3Ed7Lo0P2VY4GZd74RXybBa3uAX-2M2Cd1E8O9FfnVNTg9ExiNkNeNztlwZQpYqYY4KX_sfeWr2Z7NrLWwwy2XpFXnfFJU5wPmZZm27W6xg/s1600-h/IMG_9064.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPr8gQuFOvPww23MhRXTmg4PzBpe3Ed7Lo0P2VY4GZd74RXybBa3uAX-2M2Cd1E8O9FfnVNTg9ExiNkNeNztlwZQpYqYY4KX_sfeWr2Z7NrLWwwy2XpFXnfFJU5wPmZZm27W6xg/s400/IMG_9064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179444748542255778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Now what first date isn't complete without flying into the sunset ? I mean it is so cleche but I don't care :) 6500 feet in our trusty steed the sun says goodbye for today. Our ETA is about 10 minutes before legal dark so I am glad we didn't leave early because of my worrying and miss this. Like a good friend of mine always says..."This happen the way they are meant to, otherwise they would have happened differently" and today is no exception.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcpz5K3zH2shR5vFufV8beNCVPxbbGRa3SkF4Osrw0Pe9Qqg5Lu0uvP7mMuMSeZBG9B30A6IKaZOhpytbPt8lh75qAH-G_WpwWVDDipe9sO13EFQWbrutWDhubYJk1qIAu1DapA/s1600-h/IMG_9068.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcpz5K3zH2shR5vFufV8beNCVPxbbGRa3SkF4Osrw0Pe9Qqg5Lu0uvP7mMuMSeZBG9B30A6IKaZOhpytbPt8lh75qAH-G_WpwWVDDipe9sO13EFQWbrutWDhubYJk1qIAu1DapA/s400/IMG_9068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179444731362386546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I bought the camera with the zoom lens so I could get a little closer to things when I am up in the air. Times like these I am glad I did.<br /></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGl8QoHIlsMN0BDmYJJl7H2W-pXclmNo3Un79fdh7WnSNFgz3cBRvrXontOMeeS891GoIGWwkR-FBY6CaZerDQrRQs1fwoo5zbYdeEP4i5FT-EIkK8KW0WHybkhDB7fPR3IgIXw/s1600-h/IMG_9065.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGl8QoHIlsMN0BDmYJJl7H2W-pXclmNo3Un79fdh7WnSNFgz3cBRvrXontOMeeS891GoIGWwkR-FBY6CaZerDQrRQs1fwoo5zbYdeEP4i5FT-EIkK8KW0WHybkhDB7fPR3IgIXw/s400/IMG_9065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179444744247288466" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Sunrises and sunsets happen super fast so I had to keep shooting when it got so close to the horizon. Here I got a really great shot of the last part of the suns disc descending below the horizon. Kind of a nice aura effect around it I must admit :)</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcOIJIHsZtGKa_bxQOkKEleSULixmVlA4qibmfdiRoHaETyA9W_PfXmx5YvoTmt4xOrYffPy2biY7oxz5u6L4-bvhL-YnoyCeN0FjzdjCWXOvANbLexYqhMYkz81t_Nknxzc8Zw/s1600-h/IMG_9066.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcOIJIHsZtGKa_bxQOkKEleSULixmVlA4qibmfdiRoHaETyA9W_PfXmx5YvoTmt4xOrYffPy2biY7oxz5u6L4-bvhL-YnoyCeN0FjzdjCWXOvANbLexYqhMYkz81t_Nknxzc8Zw/s400/IMG_9066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179444739952321154" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All in all a wonderful day that couldn't have gone any better or have any better turn out. 5 months later to the day the lovely lady sitting in the right is seat is now my wife. Here's to many more sunsets together !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The Dutchman</span><br /></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-60762062344600483892008-03-18T22:43:00.004-04:002008-12-09T01:33:40.189-05:00Feels Good....<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebO14j8CtiNaNjlq4pUoXSDH3C9FrVUSWX0F3hOmo2T3fR5hahQI_sCSunLuSrIfii5FIj-Ex3mvV0Ds_TFEh9VlH6B7jKUV-QVyYANnjjXIWWV1Bh38wTs6xSA8DS_QiDEzD0Q/s1600-h/IMG_9752.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebO14j8CtiNaNjlq4pUoXSDH3C9FrVUSWX0F3hOmo2T3fR5hahQI_sCSunLuSrIfii5FIj-Ex3mvV0Ds_TFEh9VlH6B7jKUV-QVyYANnjjXIWWV1Bh38wTs6xSA8DS_QiDEzD0Q/s400/IMG_9752.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">So in my previous post I stated that new pics would be coming soon, I forgot to mention that soon is a relative term and the week that I posted that I had some new developments occur in my life. The picture above is of Mt. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tremblant</span> in the province of Quebec in my wonderful country of Canada. The ski hill is in the foreground and in the background you can see a thin river type thing running kind of parallel to the top of the image. What actually you are looking at is the runway located just off the end of a lake in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Riviere</span> Rouge, Quebec the larger airport serving this area. There is a grass strip located quite close to the lake in the lower left of the picture but I usually stick to pavement just to reduce stress.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Why is my first post in half a year talking about a ski hill ? Well back in the fall I took a beautiful woman on a date here and haven't taken too many pictures since. I rented a Cessna 172 from the local flying club and as our first date I flew her to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">CYFJ</span> (Mont <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tremblant</span>/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Riviere</span> Rouge Airport). She was into photography, loved nature and there is no better area in the fall in my experience than Quebec to get lots of fall scenes and enjoy fall as it's suppose to (New England is also included in that). The strip is about 15 miles from the ski hill so I had to rent a car (cheapest option) and Serge who runs the airport had it waiting for us and was amazing at setting us up and giving suggestions on what to check out on our visit.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">We made our way along the winding road towards town and the ski hill with covered bridges crossing the river at many </span><span style="font-family:arial;">junctures. She was quiet but content as I rambled on incessantly (I do blog as you know !). We finally arrived at the base of the mountain and after eating we took the gondola to the top for some photo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">opps</span>. It was a beautiful day but the winds were probably 40 knots and the temperature around 5-10 degrees Celsius so the visit to the top didn't last very long. Before I knew it we were driving on the winding country road back to the airport for our evening flight home. I was not stressed, but overly thoughtful of the fact sunset was looming and I had to be airborne and landed before legal dark as the plane had it's turn coordinator out for service which prevented me from night flying.<br /><br />Since I am a turbine pilot piston engines apparently do not like me and after getting in and starting the plane up it ran like a 2 legged cat from a pack of dogs. At this airport there was no maintenance and once Serge left no way to get anywhere other than walking ! Serge could see that I had some problems and graciously waited for me to take off in case we needed the service of the rental car one more time, but this time for 4 hour drive home.<br /><br />To tie this story up... I finally started the airplane again after a thorough look under the cowling and she purred like a kitten. We took off and flew around the mountain and snapped some pictures and literally flew off into the sunset.<br /><br />As far as the date was concerned I thought it went off fairly well with a few minor hiccups here and there but it had gone better then anything I had ever planned in my life.<br /><br />As with all things... perspective, opinions and truth is in the eye of the beholder. Many guys would say that things turned out horribly for me and that such success is utterly a failure as an outcome for this date.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">I never thought while I did the walk around that morning that I would be getting ready to go flying with my future Wife. If I would have made a checklist for the perfect woman for me I would have sold myself short. She is more amazing then anything I could have ever dreamed of. Shortly after we met I knew she was the one for me, just like I knew cruising in the flight levels was the job for me when I was 14. After almost 15 years of flying I am more enthusiastic about my job than ever and know that I will be the same way about her 15, 25, 50 years from now.<br /><br />We are married now and soon to be moving to a new city to live in. The good news is that my job function is changing slightly and I will be able to do more posting. I feel glad that I will be able to share more experiences with you and show you more of Canada and what it has to offer.<br /><br />Below is a few pics of a recent trip I took so stay tuned in the next few months for the revival of what I started 2 years ago :) Fly Safe.</span><br /></p><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0T5qnv5-Xws7xpmofBqN3nUvotO-tf490GSeRB6_rht1PBqYEHR2kwdBn4shaI_emSz-zhqoAeHlpnEOcVAvZOr_DvzJKOnApy51btmb5OmaKwEUpsK5TozN5mpHjVDVYLYA9Kg/s1600-h/IMG_9772.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0T5qnv5-Xws7xpmofBqN3nUvotO-tf490GSeRB6_rht1PBqYEHR2kwdBn4shaI_emSz-zhqoAeHlpnEOcVAvZOr_DvzJKOnApy51btmb5OmaKwEUpsK5TozN5mpHjVDVYLYA9Kg/s400/IMG_9772.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">This guy was a bit far away so I had to zoom in with the camera to see who it was. I believe it is a 777 for British Airways flying westbound north of Washington DC for points unknown. I haven't flown in the US in a long time and it was good to get back into the high density airspace and experience <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ATC</span> at it's finest.</span></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mqYrTieJh5BZqaSogbEeteda8e3_tqL_h5Wa_SzpAL3TBlkAHNpIFioKBMbfTiYG5uKy21Qaxq0N9hpsYFArjcs4IyoveG_X4VpoBBOi7zh59BzAYjSPGEl4TGgd8zRM31jo9Q/s1600-h/IMG_9761.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mqYrTieJh5BZqaSogbEeteda8e3_tqL_h5Wa_SzpAL3TBlkAHNpIFioKBMbfTiYG5uKy21Qaxq0N9hpsYFArjcs4IyoveG_X4VpoBBOi7zh59BzAYjSPGEl4TGgd8zRM31jo9Q/s400/IMG_9761.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">I am very fortunate to have such a view from my office window and I am sure many people wish to have the same. I try and never take it for granted as there are so many people without the opportunities I have had and I can not go wasting such an experience just because I can ! This industry is the worst industry to work in but it is by far the best job of any out there. I am flying here with a good friend of mine and there is no better time to be had then hanging out at work with a really good friend enjoy every ounce of every minute.</span><br /><br /></p><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvJPpvd-cj34RMVoEWJRnVsLz2s7MWasE50RxrxjBQVxdzsAL-OC821CpLMrl0fy1LuzirgcJuRiR_P9plNypJLPHsfeh0JI6zo3rvJXPMbcBeRyswEwscIcXQoNb_LuwoJ3JIw/s1600-h/IMG_9763.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvJPpvd-cj34RMVoEWJRnVsLz2s7MWasE50RxrxjBQVxdzsAL-OC821CpLMrl0fy1LuzirgcJuRiR_P9plNypJLPHsfeh0JI6zo3rvJXPMbcBeRyswEwscIcXQoNb_LuwoJ3JIw/s400/IMG_9763.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Delta 767 which was heading westbound to somewhere I have no clue where. The upper level winds were very strong from the west so he was only 5000 feet above us at FL300. That's it for now as far as pictures are concerned but these will be the last of the US shots for while. I will bring you up to speed on what will be happening in the future in the next few months. </span></div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Cheers,</span></div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Dutchman</span></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-29093449705303502922007-10-07T12:51:00.000-04:002007-10-07T12:53:51.767-04:00New pics coming<span style="font-family: arial;">Been quite a blogging deliquent lately but I do have some new pics to post here shortly. I have problems uploading photo's with my wireless connection at home so will have to go elsewhere to do so. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Should be a few new posts in the next week.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">FD</span>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-58516767650481286302007-09-04T20:13:00.000-04:002008-12-09T01:33:40.768-05:00The light of the world<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJl8IE8deGZaWeFxi4APgeAdYYeYnrknvIB_VC3jF-pp-faUNhQeGSM1YKmbf4SM7SF6qYjs-a3fdOxF-aVSH-O17QStwFdtYks0k9EexD2y1dC64GvHFWm8K_jYIqWBpBkrk9Q/s1600-h/IMG_8673.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJl8IE8deGZaWeFxi4APgeAdYYeYnrknvIB_VC3jF-pp-faUNhQeGSM1YKmbf4SM7SF6qYjs-a3fdOxF-aVSH-O17QStwFdtYks0k9EexD2y1dC64GvHFWm8K_jYIqWBpBkrk9Q/s400/IMG_8673.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This I guess would be part 2 in the series of early mornings....this is late afternoon on a gorgeous late summer day. The sun has been hidden under a layer of overcast all day long but as the cold upper winds aloft drive them away we are in store for a beautiful sunset. I don't really need descriptions of the following photo's as they speak for themselves. I have a few more to post in the near future but I figured I would save the best for...well, first :)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgety_Kk6inqDvxUOLHqOu7oKclmla_RWZRlcse9A6cBmlj1hO7mg4_4lujAnkgQENGPnAScQKMeadzFvX3AyGyQhssYpOU4qrGjZl6EUHPkRXUwNY40BlCSrBeb7issEVGxTFGDQ/s1600-h/IMG_8710.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgety_Kk6inqDvxUOLHqOu7oKclmla_RWZRlcse9A6cBmlj1hO7mg4_4lujAnkgQENGPnAScQKMeadzFvX3AyGyQhssYpOU4qrGjZl6EUHPkRXUwNY40BlCSrBeb7issEVGxTFGDQ/s400/IMG_8710.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRKWJqmRTZH5W_td7i_iwfRmrd8i08gTgtM_PC3WAuEPI85TYh5pE_MI5_64pmaQLqvicHdjVMI4BcUsTNGEC__Y-tYOdRziPZXf5G-A3cGAKBAcK8hq8SgP7cmEHtnPLuzJPaA/s1600-h/IMG_8723.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRKWJqmRTZH5W_td7i_iwfRmrd8i08gTgtM_PC3WAuEPI85TYh5pE_MI5_64pmaQLqvicHdjVMI4BcUsTNGEC__Y-tYOdRziPZXf5G-A3cGAKBAcK8hq8SgP7cmEHtnPLuzJPaA/s400/IMG_8723.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6k7enactRixAd70g7g9zYC6e0ea-3sDUxvvGk0oAhruwhvpvOZYxTQo5vIH0HX3-YnP6U7G6otPY__WssvJwH1Dd4nPVAkYWcP5Nq0oBMXunhSgbVVu57gGcEsiTPIJIeD48GZw/s1600-h/IMG_8726.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6k7enactRixAd70g7g9zYC6e0ea-3sDUxvvGk0oAhruwhvpvOZYxTQo5vIH0HX3-YnP6U7G6otPY__WssvJwH1Dd4nPVAkYWcP5Nq0oBMXunhSgbVVu57gGcEsiTPIJIeD48GZw/s400/IMG_8726.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-74944718852579633372007-08-31T16:39:00.001-04:002008-12-09T01:33:40.918-05:00Not so GREENpeace<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUIapyzFIwRRevOL3OeC3xGyCG8GINcmoBlwoWWi4Kx0eXD8kWzicHwiC8-PvGzCHTxF4tzpB7YolOC69zWSiR2h8P_KC9bwcPQUOkykaV5AVkPEhujFczCT7MyCYW4g4sqzSuA/s1600-h/greenpeace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUIapyzFIwRRevOL3OeC3xGyCG8GINcmoBlwoWWi4Kx0eXD8kWzicHwiC8-PvGzCHTxF4tzpB7YolOC69zWSiR2h8P_KC9bwcPQUOkykaV5AVkPEhujFczCT7MyCYW4g4sqzSuA/s400/greenpeace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104967233869400226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Recently in Port Dover Ontario, Greenpeace protesters using zodiacs deployed from the above seen vessel (Arctic Sunrise) </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/251941">attached themselves to conveyor belts and to the rudder of a large ship delivering coal</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> to the power plant there.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">At first you would think...good on them for actually sticking up for a cause and turning the idea of being Green into a verb. Way to go guys.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Now if you look back to the picture of the boat they sailed across from the Atlantic I don't think it runs on solar power, wind generated power nor does the helicopter sitting on its back or the zodiacs it uses. Greenpeace in itself with this one boat probably has a larger carbon footprint then a lot of the people they are attacking. Why do they need a ship and zodiacs to do their dirty work ? Why don't the use the resources of the internet to organize local members to sail a boat out to the coal ship and protest ? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I am all about conservation and treating the environment with respect as we should, but these guys waste more fuel and resources to do aggressive acts to get their point across. By the pure virtue of their anti-coal or anti not green they are not doing any good for the environment just as anti-war rally's do. Because when you are anti anything you are using force and not power to create change. Mother Theresa said she would never go to an anti war, poverty..etc rally, but if you have a pro peace rally she would come. So if the lady is a saint by her actions I think she can be respected for knowing how to facilitate change for the better. Maybe Greenpeace better look to her for some wisdom.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I don't know why this bothers me so much but when you operate on a lower level of thinking to combat the opposite side which is doing the same thing you aren't gonna make any headway. Like Einstein said "</span><span class="body"><span style="font-family: arial;">You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created."</span><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-13645248519501782932007-08-30T12:21:00.001-04:002008-12-09T06:53:42.837-05:00Brantford Airshow<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFZPpKV-8fR-NsS3vs7WV757pYmxPS02JgbH_7c1z_WzwXDqi0nvA69dhpffM8yBlpL2zBvMyI_lnDaq3LlQsKKJB8TsZJzY2DFAMVH80t6v-E2O0PaQoJl0cLKQWkxW0hDusQg/s1600-h/IMG_8214.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFZPpKV-8fR-NsS3vs7WV757pYmxPS02JgbH_7c1z_WzwXDqi0nvA69dhpffM8yBlpL2zBvMyI_lnDaq3LlQsKKJB8TsZJzY2DFAMVH80t6v-E2O0PaQoJl0cLKQWkxW0hDusQg/s400/IMG_8214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104531548091926626" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Canadian Air Force's Finest. The CF-18. Yeah they have been around for a few years and are probably not the most modern fighter but it still looks cool to me. Sitting here in the evening sun before the main show tomorrow.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpSOkoJdZY1oMKe2pQhuBHLXVIF7j_dB33NjejreomSNjkHZMUdqN_M3Da6X_ykjtrj_1DYEX58ORomB3lbCew2hjhaZjwDMcApn-v46l_rs9FFVXsb0O1Xg85Hy-KzESxzgvHw/s1600-h/IMG_8221.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpSOkoJdZY1oMKe2pQhuBHLXVIF7j_dB33NjejreomSNjkHZMUdqN_M3Da6X_ykjtrj_1DYEX58ORomB3lbCew2hjhaZjwDMcApn-v46l_rs9FFVXsb0O1Xg85Hy-KzESxzgvHw/s400/IMG_8221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104531552386893938" border="0" /></a><br />Dehavilland Buffalo, a great lifter and also a short take of and landing aircraft.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCC-sRnSDSoN5Jgf-95YvtOfu_BcIPMojsYygM7ZRjiGGgJ_bl2XMJU5olqn9riR2-i_UOncrQVGL0QiQMc5VH2UJFa8kAESV4j3Dgubkes2yk6oYFX4U0Za5uiYvCTyHnCablBg/s1600-h/IMG_8234.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCC-sRnSDSoN5Jgf-95YvtOfu_BcIPMojsYygM7ZRjiGGgJ_bl2XMJU5olqn9riR2-i_UOncrQVGL0QiQMc5VH2UJFa8kAESV4j3Dgubkes2yk6oYFX4U0Za5uiYvCTyHnCablBg/s400/IMG_8234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104531560976828546" border="0" /></a><br />Patty Wagstaff's Extra 300 in the hangar resting before tomorrows punishment. Amazing how small these airplanes are and the huge engine they have up front.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfdpPogzsGxGztsH9lUHZ3cmhm-1Vlt1iUT2Ahp-jkRBjeq1kfBCnyHvKdMZtKsn8X6XStJXWBBgI7ZvYdGW8PQDPHcNryXNUz3ee1BOcP-xA8X2cwYlrDdwCyKyu-NzqaaRB5A/s1600-h/IMG_8236.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfdpPogzsGxGztsH9lUHZ3cmhm-1Vlt1iUT2Ahp-jkRBjeq1kfBCnyHvKdMZtKsn8X6XStJXWBBgI7ZvYdGW8PQDPHcNryXNUz3ee1BOcP-xA8X2cwYlrDdwCyKyu-NzqaaRB5A/s400/IMG_8236.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104531569566763154" border="0" /></a><br />This is a real man's colour right here. I guess if you go out and pull 8 g's with a plane people can't really go and make fun of you for driving a purplish pink airplane. This is a Russian design called the Sukhoi.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0escdlOPMOKdFeFyxZ71n5K_cfLjjBw49WysxstIZCgx_tEqHPobMSqynNDC0KvYKNjcRMMjdQnLmivehIwQTz-BOzgSA49HO7Q_lacnUW5uPlKWZvgQe70ldiC1sa6b6fCFPg/s1600-h/IMG_8181.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0escdlOPMOKdFeFyxZ71n5K_cfLjjBw49WysxstIZCgx_tEqHPobMSqynNDC0KvYKNjcRMMjdQnLmivehIwQTz-BOzgSA49HO7Q_lacnUW5uPlKWZvgQe70ldiC1sa6b6fCFPg/s400/IMG_8181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104530706278336530" border="0" /></a><br />CF-18 again.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zKo5wNhoVxR9qMMiEAKRWhHA1yGbWSqQHpsl_hEzlmdzf-gA04K7UHCWiglH5dXIW07DGq5yS2MHab2p1rku_Fiz8YJcXICS9ELyfBUJKChxCdGPIrWVaXx1pbmygYm35Ol3bA/s1600-h/IMG_8184.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zKo5wNhoVxR9qMMiEAKRWhHA1yGbWSqQHpsl_hEzlmdzf-gA04K7UHCWiglH5dXIW07DGq5yS2MHab2p1rku_Fiz8YJcXICS9ELyfBUJKChxCdGPIrWVaXx1pbmygYm35Ol3bA/s400/IMG_8184.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104530714868271138" border="0" /></a><br />There is two big ass jet engines stuck in the middle of that skinny fuselage which is one reason it can probably climb vertically and haul ass in a big way.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsloBRxOTCK2e9l1U40Vlbfr6x_Pb8OO7wuD9Kzs7YWVibIGLPa76sr3pohL1491efksofT6sFNbPVWLq0UvIrWPPPUAOHnq59oJH2d_K-S4vsfHFVMfEcxoLBwn41v9WCu6V2Q/s1600-h/IMG_8188.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsloBRxOTCK2e9l1U40Vlbfr6x_Pb8OO7wuD9Kzs7YWVibIGLPa76sr3pohL1491efksofT6sFNbPVWLq0UvIrWPPPUAOHnq59oJH2d_K-S4vsfHFVMfEcxoLBwn41v9WCu6V2Q/s400/IMG_8188.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104530719163238450" border="0" /></a><br />Canada's air demonstration team: The Snowbirds. Most country's stopped flying the CT-114 Tutor about 100 years ago but we still use them as our ambassadors via air shows. But to watch those guys fly them the way they do is a testament to their wicked skills.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHZh3RHsdmhZimw2kMvlAiITdak7ykZn0WhxPcbpDhUzHaDgAVeXUuEDY9ur2-Ca-ZFJat0e3s0QqUJUpsPNGhfeZJ6ctx2hiAxok8oDTjtSBdm3e5zQCKPkPAAosARj1K1vs1w/s1600-h/IMG_8191.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHZh3RHsdmhZimw2kMvlAiITdak7ykZn0WhxPcbpDhUzHaDgAVeXUuEDY9ur2-Ca-ZFJat0e3s0QqUJUpsPNGhfeZJ6ctx2hiAxok8oDTjtSBdm3e5zQCKPkPAAosARj1K1vs1w/s400/IMG_8191.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104530732048140354" border="0" /></a><br />There is quite a few of them and I couldn't get them all in the frame without not being to identify them as airplanes. Look pretty nice sitting there all together.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsajHW1i_ITWr2Og0O8J1TfODcspZs6vMItJec6xedg_BrwhLcuAy4iV4p6_zOYeuWQe4aXaUUa0ZrzLb_X2V0X_T7puOz6QLVX4VhPyWaCPYdCFERCWBAsFzVjHVfXN0LvnRxRg/s1600-h/IMG_8200.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsajHW1i_ITWr2Og0O8J1TfODcspZs6vMItJec6xedg_BrwhLcuAy4iV4p6_zOYeuWQe4aXaUUa0ZrzLb_X2V0X_T7puOz6QLVX4VhPyWaCPYdCFERCWBAsFzVjHVfXN0LvnRxRg/s400/IMG_8200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104530736343107666" border="0" /></a><br />Again the CF-18...I know I know but the choices were very limited as most of the airplanes were going to be flying in the next day !<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG4ZqKqhSbSb90uEdJkuYetVZjlggC7nvHs0T5bSaSyLwRRFKnlihchbAna6f29i6e48kmGrU6FdZQK5ukozlLScdGRajDwpG3bMVCIPKVnAMTjjIydoyhTTFOaZxEOl_60US4g/s1600-h/IMG_8159.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG4ZqKqhSbSb90uEdJkuYetVZjlggC7nvHs0T5bSaSyLwRRFKnlihchbAna6f29i6e48kmGrU6FdZQK5ukozlLScdGRajDwpG3bMVCIPKVnAMTjjIydoyhTTFOaZxEOl_60US4g/s400/IMG_8159.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104530126457751490" border="0" /></a><br />As we arrived they announced the Buffalo was going to be making a low pass over the field. Well thanks to the smokey engines I could see it from about 5 miles away low level. Wicked paint scheme I think, I like the yellow it's a happy colour and maybe that's why they paint a search and rescue plain like that because usually it would be a happy site to see if you were stranded. I can't back that up.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamr7ejJogSTS4bUew_-oJ-ENZgEG88aFIKXxowvp3WMLjmle2iRTMfcN94jwjRacoKTApfwn6xBdtR6MthTXIJ7_52PwHhIxHy1mlVniJQQKjf6-zzhpOCbdBgB0jB2Ugqi83QQ/s1600-h/IMG_8161.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamr7ejJogSTS4bUew_-oJ-ENZgEG88aFIKXxowvp3WMLjmle2iRTMfcN94jwjRacoKTApfwn6xBdtR6MthTXIJ7_52PwHhIxHy1mlVniJQQKjf6-zzhpOCbdBgB0jB2Ugqi83QQ/s400/IMG_8161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104530130752718802" border="0" /></a><br />Zoomed in a little, sexy bird.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGU7zfLj2DZPn0tNodK8_PxkxW_6qpjUZQcDi3bpd895_KXedUTrv5JJUhfFAWRQ8g6YM74RAgqWNwXDEshqTOaY9eTInktZmP_l4EZaOReSKbjAby0Zdqhp0-vczJj3TnpSbWKg/s1600-h/IMG_8169.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGU7zfLj2DZPn0tNodK8_PxkxW_6qpjUZQcDi3bpd895_KXedUTrv5JJUhfFAWRQ8g6YM74RAgqWNwXDEshqTOaY9eTInktZmP_l4EZaOReSKbjAby0Zdqhp0-vczJj3TnpSbWKg/s400/IMG_8169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104530139342653410" border="0" /></a><br />This thing can drop the hot lunch if it needs to and there is also a video that sort of starts off looking like this but the guy who was flying it was a bit too aggressive and when he pulled up to flare he was too slow and basically dropped the plane vertically into the ground in a level flight attitude. It was on airdisaster.com I believe.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisq3ZnSHz2ESoFQ8npQpOq0Eb5IJ-9Q5qtzpONN71buqRvnpY_RYLxUh7VqS3nGJCrmt0pEh10Agac4lEUXKQKyDEwx4Iwnebw4CkOvRHpy0DsTfAO-jUqxGaXy4O9m_WlLa4G9g/s1600-h/IMG_8170.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisq3ZnSHz2ESoFQ8npQpOq0Eb5IJ-9Q5qtzpONN71buqRvnpY_RYLxUh7VqS3nGJCrmt0pEh10Agac4lEUXKQKyDEwx4Iwnebw4CkOvRHpy0DsTfAO-jUqxGaXy4O9m_WlLa4G9g/s400/IMG_8170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104530143637620722" border="0" /></a><br />He came in and did a short field landing which was pretty cool and I have it on video which I will try to post here later.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQbXs2RtD3XyHaxu6HRCHjoS071Mr67qrSy_4k-uIBok5ZZwae0j_xHK-pXaCo6qCbq0NZJnXF5H8os0tgO7xauI40Gy_h7yfNk8yQJPiuasJ3QSHi21hHVXT6AgB_S_-8hNs7w/s1600-h/IMG_8175.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQbXs2RtD3XyHaxu6HRCHjoS071Mr67qrSy_4k-uIBok5ZZwae0j_xHK-pXaCo6qCbq0NZJnXF5H8os0tgO7xauI40Gy_h7yfNk8yQJPiuasJ3QSHi21hHVXT6AgB_S_-8hNs7w/s400/IMG_8175.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104530147932588034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is Patty Wagstaff of Aerobatic fame pushing her plane back into the hangar. She has been doing this forever and a day and is also on Microsoft Flight Simulator's Aerobatic videos from the FS2K versions I believe. The Extra 300 is still a stock airplane for the Flight Sim series. She does a really good routine and I first saw her at Oshkosh back in 1993 with a red and white one like the one they use in Flight Sim.</span><br /></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-85278730072362721652007-08-23T12:22:00.000-04:002008-12-09T06:53:44.274-05:00Benefits of early mornings...or late evenings<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWrAaqU2FGGwwWSek9l5nAWJm3iFAKafydpD8oGdleg96SgCZQlLiJyL7UJlWGsDmMGcvTPGlPwFb8t0Ne7zi-gnqvJHOjWyZgqUZcn6fHuM7xLvDYlLRJzLt-_arS2tBIUcezzA/s1600-h/IMG_7919.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWrAaqU2FGGwwWSek9l5nAWJm3iFAKafydpD8oGdleg96SgCZQlLiJyL7UJlWGsDmMGcvTPGlPwFb8t0Ne7zi-gnqvJHOjWyZgqUZcn6fHuM7xLvDYlLRJzLt-_arS2tBIUcezzA/s400/IMG_7919.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Being the junior man on the totem pole I recently got stuck with the 2200-0600 shift at work. I haven't brought my camera out for awhile but do to the fact it was sky clear the night before and the possibility of seeing a great sunrise I thought I would bring it with me. I don't get up early enough to see the sunrise most days so I figured this would be my chance. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It was about 6 degrees Celsius which is pretty chilly for this time of the year but it added to the awareness of the moment. Because there was a north easterly wind I could smell which smelt like sewer but when I drove home I could smell the same thing (no it wasn't me either !). I surmised it must be the pulp mill which is on th north side of the river and exactly in line with the winds that morning. Anyway can't really narrate this anymore then what you see is what you get. I love mornings.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7DsB7a2F5J0LbWXwihBEnwNftKX47WV8aa9OxbVNfwUsM1cJ4sxLfHsbQ3x7fi6_VZltB_piqT0F12yKQz4vvjvQfL0s3wEJYGmtJ1qE4JxzzuueWAkiNfbOnx1jz0KHogdcLQ/s1600-h/IMG_7927.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7DsB7a2F5J0LbWXwihBEnwNftKX47WV8aa9OxbVNfwUsM1cJ4sxLfHsbQ3x7fi6_VZltB_piqT0F12yKQz4vvjvQfL0s3wEJYGmtJ1qE4JxzzuueWAkiNfbOnx1jz0KHogdcLQ/s400/IMG_7927.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">They are building a new hotel down the road and here you can see that it is nearing completion. It is either a Marriott or a Hampton Inn but there is no signage yet. I can just imagine the view on top of that crane.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49yEelxNIKz318XgNnFUlVZjUVcej_pbm8w-c4FYUJtZSdBhRMqsdJGe-uBhEVRq0CF5X-mcvJ0ryppTgnDcLtSEnJ-sxIBl5-yI-2TkAiIZ3E3R1ToP5ff1dYHMAUD30t60dQg/s1600-h/IMG_7922.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49yEelxNIKz318XgNnFUlVZjUVcej_pbm8w-c4FYUJtZSdBhRMqsdJGe-uBhEVRq0CF5X-mcvJ0ryppTgnDcLtSEnJ-sxIBl5-yI-2TkAiIZ3E3R1ToP5ff1dYHMAUD30t60dQg/s400/IMG_7922.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Close up of the previous pic.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZP2dlv-MQbW1KIQD3kncTXI7lxLtyTC84x8vbBFPc-Yc78GibApu9qWrX9lmauhh8HlImr5gsPFqESddBBSPN6wAA3HAaFxXVzXHjD9LrpVmz3j0eKNUPfSvNasLVN-_CwDMjw/s1600-h/IMG_7950.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZP2dlv-MQbW1KIQD3kncTXI7lxLtyTC84x8vbBFPc-Yc78GibApu9qWrX9lmauhh8HlImr5gsPFqESddBBSPN6wAA3HAaFxXVzXHjD9LrpVmz3j0eKNUPfSvNasLVN-_CwDMjw/s400/IMG_7950.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><br /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Oh Canada...that's right :)</span><br /></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-27516697590184498572007-08-15T17:55:00.000-04:002007-08-15T18:08:28.534-04:00CIA edit's Wikipedia pages<span style="font-family: arial;">Not that anything you read or hear in the news has any truth to it anyways the CIA has been also editing the President of Iran's page in Wikipedia amongst other things. Here is the link...<br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6947532.stm">CIA edit of Wikipedia</a><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">In regards to the terror threat level and the rest of the crap CNN spews out I leave you with some Ben Franklin....</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" >Those who would give up E<span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">ssential</span> L<span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">iberty</span> to purchase a little T<span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">emporary</span> S<span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">afety</span>, deserve neither <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty">L<span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">iberty</span></a> nor S<span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">afety</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-86947068765208079222007-08-14T21:49:00.000-04:002008-12-09T06:53:44.762-05:00The Crackberry<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzcsVoWqpp2XQQAzIU-N1Lrwp-ExlDbhh39poy9nwfDOHuLb3oJDJd7cxHUTlN8UcA1tBf2QwGdMIS0E9HxYYJl4SRThXrIdnu2iR9UoUZp5yOImjB-GZsZ3nfqXcyul8Nooefw/s1600-h/IMG00036.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzcsVoWqpp2XQQAzIU-N1Lrwp-ExlDbhh39poy9nwfDOHuLb3oJDJd7cxHUTlN8UcA1tBf2QwGdMIS0E9HxYYJl4SRThXrIdnu2iR9UoUZp5yOImjB-GZsZ3nfqXcyul8Nooefw/s400/IMG00036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098738819916955698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is a shot from my new Blackberry Curve 8300 which I recently bought. My previous job required that we have one and now I am fortunate to have a job that I can actually afford one. The Blackberry is basically mobile internet included with a cell phone along with PDF, Excel, Word document viewing. The cost of the monthly plan is pretty steep for just a personal user because you pay for talk time and data, with the later costing a fortune if you web surf on it regularly.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I have been debating for awhile to get the new Curve or the Palm Treo which is pretty much similar in ability but also has the ability to edit Word, Excel files. Also, Pilatus creates an Aircraft Flight Manual which includes performance computations for the Treo and not the Blackberry which at first swayed me until I rationalized how much I would actually use it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The Curve like the Treo offers the full QWERTY keyboard which means it is laid out like a regular keyboard unlike the Blackberry Pearl or regular cellphone that has 3 characters per digit.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The Curve also has a 2.0 MegaPixel camera which is a bit up on the 1.3 MP camera on the Treo. It allows you to convert a picture to a 4"X6" without causing a poor image to be printed (provided you took a good shot to begin with !).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So far my experience has been really positive (minus the freeakin bill!) and the screen is just great.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The picture above was taken at about 130 km/hr as I headed north on the 416 towards Ottawa. It had been brutaly hot the last few days and these were clouds left over from the front passage and made for a truly beautiful sight.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Safe flying !</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">FD</span>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-53561978134631626602007-08-07T17:23:00.000-04:002008-12-09T06:53:46.086-05:00Serenity Now<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5bz4xAkqeoyfwoo7plKwBR82u3Mg6Rl0abuplUEl50LuLmEhu2PDJmyc3xGcIOGXhStjjmhYAasQ46dZThaS-88vNzFJBIOg0i7CWKcf6qMXbbhfjnryIOPT0PF0Xta0FnBz0A/s1600-h/IMG_7875.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5bz4xAkqeoyfwoo7plKwBR82u3Mg6Rl0abuplUEl50LuLmEhu2PDJmyc3xGcIOGXhStjjmhYAasQ46dZThaS-88vNzFJBIOg0i7CWKcf6qMXbbhfjnryIOPT0PF0Xta0FnBz0A/s400/IMG_7875.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">After 14 years since my last visit I recently made it back to Algonquin Park one of the many Provincial Parks in Ontario for a few days of camping. I don't consider driving into a campsite with all your supplies including a cooler and even electricity. This campsite we are at was a 6 hour canoe ride including about 2 kilometers of portaging. Portaging is where you have to get out of the canoe, carry all your crap including the canoe across the land to get to the next lake. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For the entire day on this lake we were the only ones but in the evening a few couples camped across on the other side of the island. The first night was spent on Burnt Island Lake and the second on Otter Slide Lake which is the site we are at now. From Ottawa, Ontario this is about a 3 hr and 30 minute drive and about 280 KM's. There are many outfitting companies on around the park but we went in at Canoe Lake which has The Portage Store where we rented our kevlar ultra light canoe. It was 40 bucks a day to rent but after having carried it about 4 km's by the end of the trip the light weight was well worth the price !!! If you are planning a trip to go interior camping with a little bit more of work involved I would highly recommend Algonquin. The rewards are much much more worth the little effort ! Mind you my 13 year old nephew who I had to slave drive to keep paddling for 6 hours might think differently. This was the first and last trip here for him :)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAbz6RHgs1sM9wTcAx92jQ9f3f2K6sCr0na46NKZouYkJQ_sRTddgpRAmD_w1vM60U3Xzb3cZp7_FGFhtPXsXFXaXh1rBIjVXh1cDIxiQ2A2177xxHhtnf4iSCYOoaJRl8Yd05w/s1600-h/IMG_7884.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAbz6RHgs1sM9wTcAx92jQ9f3f2K6sCr0na46NKZouYkJQ_sRTddgpRAmD_w1vM60U3Xzb3cZp7_FGFhtPXsXFXaXh1rBIjVXh1cDIxiQ2A2177xxHhtnf4iSCYOoaJRl8Yd05w/s400/IMG_7884.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Looking South West on Otter Slide Lake, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada. Rain clouds abound but we only received about 10 minutes of rain at 2 am the last day. We had a 15 mile per hour tail wind on the way out and oddly enough the winds did a 180 and we had a 15 mile per hour tail wind home !! What are the ahhhhhhhds of that !<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVQYR7sFNpxDy4m6G2iPvtwcq_07oi4LfSAfGv5cfqeARIFjQWtmDeZEAh6mdW0UvTiHWwVRvf5FAIc1uV5-S-7MnpmuDJkFEiRbgqAyxPdh215T5-2UnPkU5d6WbhP1dSeDleQ/s1600-h/IMG_7910.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVQYR7sFNpxDy4m6G2iPvtwcq_07oi4LfSAfGv5cfqeARIFjQWtmDeZEAh6mdW0UvTiHWwVRvf5FAIc1uV5-S-7MnpmuDJkFEiRbgqAyxPdh215T5-2UnPkU5d6WbhP1dSeDleQ/s400/IMG_7910.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Being up early and keen to get a good site we ended up picking the best one on the lake. Wide open, a good breeze and nice smooth rocks for a shore to swim off of. I cut about 3 50 foot dead pine trees which provided an entire day and a surplus of another 2 days of wood for the next people. I bought a 7 dollar hatchet and I definetly got my moneys worth ! </span><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguh-NMHp7Ns7nCTE_kY2yi9xSAYMPgmNkSQ6ukZlgAhNZ9MyBKkDyE3fCYyOX6puZ9zLYVLi2jHq-fpl0xvE_OhaRT-H3cMjdxoJ8scDzG5LDrYEf52n4hRQZFvDDnnfKeUp2VKA/s1600-h/IMG_7881.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguh-NMHp7Ns7nCTE_kY2yi9xSAYMPgmNkSQ6ukZlgAhNZ9MyBKkDyE3fCYyOX6puZ9zLYVLi2jHq-fpl0xvE_OhaRT-H3cMjdxoJ8scDzG5LDrYEf52n4hRQZFvDDnnfKeUp2VKA/s400/IMG_7881.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thunderstorms off to the distance in the south east. I can't believe our great fortune in avoiding all the bad weather. If you want to go to Algonquin you best call ahead to reserve the lakes which you would like to stay at. You have to book a minimum 3 days ahead and if not and you decide to just show up you might not have a good choice of lakes to camp at and might have to canoe in pretty far to get a spot. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Since I had promised my nephew I would take him many months ago and due to my procrastination did not book a site. But I was so committed to this outing that I thought nothing but positive thoughts and figured everything would work out just perfect. I have been doing a lot of reading lately and came upon a great book...called Power Vs. Force by Dr. David R Hawkins. It is basically about levels of consciousness and energy and if you are into The Secret this is what you are looking for. He provides evidence to support his ideas not just hocus pokus reinvented positive thinking books to make a killing at the bank. Anyways when we arrived all the lakes were available except one which I didn't even consider anyways, and the tailwind both ways sure helped also !!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I am going to blog a little bit about the books I have been reading as I am sure that no matter who you are you would enjoy what they have to offer. Until then take care and enjoy the summer.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-92180772600916894062007-07-24T19:41:00.000-04:002007-07-24T19:48:36.473-04:00OurAirports<span style="font-family:arial;">So it has been over a month between posts and the new job is going great. Considering it was not suppose to be more flying I have been doing about 60-70 hours a month so far which was close to my highest months at my previous job. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have thought many times of topics to post here but I can't get into just talking about something I have seen or read that moves me the way seeing sunsets and experiencing other parts of the continent does.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But I came across a new site by the owner of the Blog </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Land and Hold Short</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> (David Megginson) and would like to share the link here. The description of his new site is pasted below word for word...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"</span><strong style="font-family: arial;">OurAirports</strong><span style="font-family:arial;"> is a free site where visitors can explore the world's airports, read other people's comments, and leave their own.</span> <p style="font-family: arial;">The site is dedicated to both <strong>passengers</strong> and <strong>pilots</strong>. You can create your own, personal map of the airports you've visited and share that map with other people. You can find the closest airports to your home airport, and find the ones that you haven't visited yet. Find every airport in a country or region. Or go to <a href="http://www.ourairports.com/big-map.html">The Big Map</a> and zoom into to any spot in the world to see where the airports are."</p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://www.ourairports.com/">To go to OurAirports click here !!</a><br /><br /><br /></span></div><p style="font-family: arial;">It is a nice little setup and encourage the passengers and the pilots alike to post their experiences on some of the airports they have been to so that others can learn and share in the experience.</p><br /><p style="font-family: arial;">Still working on developing a good post here but I have not abandoned the blog yet !</p><br /><p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;">Cheers,</p><p><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">FD</span><br /></p>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29185977.post-86934894290314067532007-06-16T01:06:00.001-04:002007-06-16T01:08:05.646-04:0010,000 hits<span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing much of a post here....just that in one year of posting I have hit 10,000 visitors. Currently in Kansas and will have some more pictures to post soon.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks to all those in the past year that have been a regular to my blog !</span>Flyin Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647700778304563654noreply@blogger.com0