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Sept Oct 2006 Volume 16 Number 5 |
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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. |
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Written by Staff of Canadian Aviator
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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
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Written by Blair Watson
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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.
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Written by Blair Orr
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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.
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Written by Russ Niles
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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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