Well folks, I just got back from my latest adventure, a Cross Canada Flight from Cold Lake Regional Airport (CEN5) in Alberta Canada to the far reaches of the Yukon Territory, Dawson City (CYDA) in Canada's far north. It was a great trip both ways with a number of weather challenges to overcome. CF-MEX performed flawlessly throughout the entire trip which I'm thankful for considering this area is the only area in Canada that has no secondary surveillance radar and relies completely on pilot position reports to enable Search and Rescue to find you in the Rockies should you not show up at your destination! I have attached some pictures to give you an idea of the trip. Next year our trip will be going to the Kooteneys and Okanogan areas of interior British Columbia; wine country...... This year unfortunately, I was the only baby beech on the trip, but there was a Bonanza in the pack of 68 aircraft that made the trip. As the Flight Director for this challenge it was great to follow all the aircraft as they converged from all corners of Canada, east and west, and the USA to assemble in Fort St John, British Columbia and then proceed north as the largest group of assembled general aviation aircraft to collectively perform a cross country flight in Canada this year. The group flew to Whitehorse and then on to Dawson City as the most northern point of the trip. Other fly-outs from Whitehorse included Carcross, YT and Haines Junction, YT. I will be providing a more descriptive account of this wonderful trip to our editors for the BACFire newsletter, so stay tuned!
