any plane owner willing to join/help

nyco · Post by **nyco** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:09 am

I am looking for some plane owner willing to come with 5 other ppl (myself, a cpl multi IFR, and 4 other persons) to Baffin (around clyde river, end april begining of may) I figure a beech 18 or Navajo would be what would work.
Please, if you have any information or hint, I d greatly appreciate

Hedley · Post by **Hedley** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:55 am

I'm not sure, but I think you might get busted by Enforcement for charter without an OC for what you are proposing. This has come up here in the past ....

Donald · Post by **Donald** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:01 pm

Good luck with the 100LL. Maybe Dust Devil left some in YIO?

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:44 pm

Good place to get stuck with a big snag....and no avgas...buy a ticket on First Air! Wouldn't want your average PPL anywhere near there. BTW, It's still the dead of winter in Clyde River in April!

trey kule · Post by **trey kule** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:48 pm

Before I offer a possibility, I need to know:

You mentioned at least one of the people was a CPL/IFR.
What is the significance of that? Are some of you planning to ride as anything other than passangers? And how much gear are you planning to carry (that is what is the total weight of all five people and gear.

bamboo · Post by **bamboo** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:39 pm

Sounds like fun. No real great big deal about the avgas. Just need to plan it. Send it ahead of time on the sea lift and take a a few pumps with you and a manual pump as a back up. Get the local Co-op to truck it to the airport the day you arrive. Call ahead before you go to make sure it didn't make it into the gas tanks of the snowmobiles. Fly to YFB then to YXP fly the pass to YVM then north to YCY. Continuing to YIO would be worth it. When are you planning to go? I would go around the end of June first of July. Not cold, lots of light and no bugs yet.

Be willing to wait out the weather at the Inns North Hotel.

Dust Devil · Post by **Dust Devil** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:50 pm

Donald wrote:Good luck with the 100LL. Maybe Dust Devil left some in YIO?

Nope burnt it all up!!!

I think it's about $75/barrel to ship fuel up there one way, not including the cost of the barrels and the fuel in them. Plan well in advance as I think the ship only goes twice a year. I think in May and August. Also take any spares you can. I shipped 2 cases of oil up there from ottawa and it was $600 just for shipping.