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Sept Oct 2006 Volume 16 Number 5 PDF Print E-mail

Features

Bogey Nights
By Bill Inglee
Ex-Canadian Armed Forces CF-18 pilots put their skills to work posing as “agressors” during military exercises.

WestJet’s 737-200s
By Trevor McTavish
WestJet boasts the most modern fleet of airliners in North America but it all started with a collection
of 200-series aircraft from airlines all over the world.

 

Okanagan Destinations
By David Madison
The Okanagan Valley is renowned as a world-class wine-producing area and getting there is half the fun. Great airports within minutes of the vineyards provide easy air access.

 

Advanced Ultralights
By Russ Niles
Far from being the ‘flying lawn chairs’ their name suggests, today’s advanced ultralights are sophisticated, capable and comfortable aircraft that open new horizons for recreational aviation.

 
Departments PDF Print E-mail
Written by Staff of Canadian Aviator   
Airmail
Airspace Changes
 
Waypoints
Planes, Products and News
 
Gear and Gadgets
Six Product Reviews
 
North of Sixty
The Fairchild Husky
 
Vectors
Be Predictable
 
Eye On The Sky
PIREPs Help
 
Pep Talk
Flying
 
The North Coast Sched
Things Passengers Do

 Tales From the Lakeview
A Pioneer’s Story
 
Down East
Stanley Fly-In

Flightbag
Branden’s Blog, Quiz and Crossword

 
A Legend Worth Repeating PDF Print E-mail
Written by Blair Watson   
For decades, operators who exploit the unique characteristics of the Twin Otter have been looking unsuccessfully for a modern replacement. Viking Air is giving it to them.
 
At Home in the North PDF Print E-mail
Written by Blair Orr   
Today’s northern passengers want warm, comfortable planes that get them where they’re going on time. It doesn’t hurt that the flight attendants know how to build an igloo.
 
Cruising in Style PDF Print E-mail
Written by Russ Niles   
Cirrus wants nothing less than to change the way people travel by air. At 25,000 feet and more than 300 knots of ground     speed, we see how the new turbo G3 version of the SR22 fits that plan.
 

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