I flew from Yellowknife to Coppermine in 1971 on JCS. It belonged to Northward Aviation at the time. Dunc Matheson was the pilot and the in-flight service was KFC courtesy of one of the pax. I sat on mailbags since they ran out of seats.

Seatbelts? We don't need no stinkin' seatbelts!

Thank you!

Does anyone know if Okanagan Aviation, the flight school in Vernon, is still in business? Contact numbers?

Thanks. Penticton might work.

I have my own PA-12 so another option would be to find someone willing to come up here for a few days. It would have to be in October after the floats come off.

Any recommendations for tailwind training, preferably in southern BC and on a PA-18 type, or (ideally) a PA-12 with flaps and heel brakes.

Larry

Bravo!

Glad you had a good trip, Digits. You proved all the naysayers wrong! Way back when you were planning this trip and seeking advice, I must admit that I had assumed you were heading for the magnetic north pole. I was very impressed that you made it to the real pole! I'd love to make that same trip wi...

I wish I had found this thread a long time ago - perhaps I could have been of some help. Aime passed away a couple of years ago. There are a lot of char in the Coppermine River but they are always challenging to catch by angling. Anytime between the third week of August and the middle of September c...

Problem: I own a PA-12 replica (Amateur-Built) in CYCO (north of YZF). I'm learning how to do my own maintenance on the airframe and engine (O-320 160 hp). The airplane was completely rebuilt in 2010. Everything is working well and I want to keep it that way. I would like to have an AME check my wor...

Sediment will be taken care of by the filter on your pump. There should be next to no sediment in any drum of av-gas that has been sealed and is less than a few years old.

Once the seal is broken there is a chance that rain water will find its way into the drum. There is a rim around the top of the drum that holds rain water and the threaded bung might become submerged. Expansion and contraction of the air inside the drum may suck the water inside. So if the drum is l...

Should be fine. Tighten the bung real good and lay the drum on it's side. Hopefully, the gas will still be there when you return and not in somebody's ATV!

There are a couple of resident C172's in Iqaluit. I wonder where they get their maintenance done?

Call Bert Rose in Iqaluit (867) 979-6424. He has (had?) a C172. He'll be able to give you the info you need.

I imagine Resolute Bay. Kenn Borek should have a mechanic based there during the summer. Whether they'd be willing to do the work - I don't know. Give them a call.

Yes - Grise Fiord can be a challenging airstrip for sure. Keep in mind that SPOT uses the Globalstar a geo-stationary satellite and therefore might not be useable much past the mainland coast. Works where I am at 67-30N but maybe someone can comment on how far north it's good to. The Iridium sat-pho...

Getting the fuel in place via sea-lift has practical limitations: 1) you'd have to make your trip the following year since sea lift normally arrives at the time of the year when the weather starts becoming not-so-great, and 2) you'd have to have a trustworthy individual or company look after your fu...

A properly sealed drum should have almost no water in it and the octane will take years to decline. Our drummed fuel in Kugluktuk is more than three years old and is still perfect. I haven't found more than a few tablespoons of water in any of the drums. On the subject of a life raft and immersion s...

There will always be some water in the bottom inch of the drum. The pick-up tube on your pump should not extend closer than two inches from the bottom. To be safe, leave the last two inches behind or give it to someone to filter and use in a ground vehicle. It's not likely that the water will have c...

According to the Government of Nunavut website, 100LL is only available in four communities in Nunavut. One is Kugluktuk, and I'm guessing that the others are Cambridge Bay, Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit. Drums only. So if you've been told that avgas is available at other than those four communities you ...

By the way, I think it's admirable that we have aviators out there who are willing to stretch their wings and their skills and take on a Challenge like this. We (private flyers) have expensive machines that sit in the barn most of the time. Get out and make that long cross-country trip you always dr...