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re: Kingston Ultralight Club

Reply to @david:

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Wings of Alaska

Can you tell me what terminal this airline is located at MCI? Is there on line check in available for scheduled flights?

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Boeing

Location of the Assembly point of Boeing

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Homebuilt flow from Guelph Airport to Goderich in October 20

I am trying to locate Brian Harrington who flew a homebuilt aircraft from Guelph to Goderich. I believe Brian knew my father many years ago. Does anyone know him? If so please contact me at maryeoneil52@yahoo.com. Thanks

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approach

interesting place. Surrounded by mountains - approach carefully. Slope up hill on 28 like a ski jump. Nice FBO - odd in the middle of nowhere. People came out in a hurry b/c they thought the pump was broken. Stopped for fuel on the way home. I'd stop again.

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re: Kingston Ultralight Club

Sounds great. I'd love to drop by in my Warrior for a visit, but a 1,200 ft grass strip doesn't leave a lot of safety margin (it's doable, especially when I'm lightly loaded, but closer than I like). Maybe I'll drive in some Sunday.

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Kingston Ultralight Club

Camden East airport is the home station of the Kingston Ultralight club, the group flies, powered chutes, trikes and fixed wing. Club meets 1st Sunday of each month at the strip 0900 hrs. The club is both a COPA flight and a UPAC Squadron.

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re: Sparwood NDB

I confirmed this also via the latest CFS and updated the entry.

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Sparwood NDB

Sparwood NDB is on 200 kHz, not 400 kHz.

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wardair

gone 1989 . bin on it TWICE (there, back)

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maple airport i think i was there twice(leaving/arriving/the

buttonville 4 times ( leaving/arriving/leaving/arriving). toronto centre island billy bishop ( not SEATON HOUSE centre island and not OWEN SOUND billy bishop airport that i know of and billy bishop big flap hero/not hero never . Owen sound billy bishop NEVER . they were hiring 'dispatchers' air traffic controllers porter airlines larry tanenbaum paul 'god' godfrey's (grandfather changed name from greenberg or something) friend. the 'maple syrup'=baloney.

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MAPLE airport.

gone in 87 (wikipedia) .

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oshawa and markham airports.

next. or ALREADY .

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BUTTONVILLE airport.

cadillac-fairview (as in EATON centre for example) got it .

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Quiet and friendly to ultralights

The field is nicely maintained by EAA chapter 65. If you fly there regularly, they ask you join them ($50/year or so).

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Friendly owner

The field's owner, Newton Little, is an aviation enthusiast that is too old to fly but maintains the strip and welcomes guest pilots. He lives in the house next to the field - please ask him for permission or inquire about hangaring your plane there. There is also an RC field on the premises. Great scenery to the NW.

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Looks like the airport is closing

Cadillac Fairview will be developing the airport lands.

http://fly.blakecrosby.com/2010/10/buttonville-airport-to-close.html

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airport upgrades

The airport is currently closed getting new lights a new beacon and a new awos system. The airport also received a new piece of snow removal equipment last year . Keep up the good work Mr. Roman!!!!

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Air Canada 767's

some of Air Canada Boeing 767-200/ER are stored here waiting for scrap.

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Hotel Rooms

There is no accomodation available in Williston, all occupied by oil people. The FBO is wonderfull, offered coach and Crew Van, saved the day.

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don't do it

Gail died and the field has a pivot across it as well as overhead power.

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verysafe

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stkittsnevis

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Contact info

Operator: +1 867 979-5224 (Nunavut government)

Fuel (Jet-A, 100LL by prior arrangement): +1 867 979-1620 or +1 867 979-2855

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Contact info

Operator: +1 867 645-8200 (Nunavut government)

Fuel (100LL, Jet-A): +1 867 645-3150, +1 867 645-6920, +1 867 645-6922

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Contact info

Operator: +1 867 983-4002 (Nunavut government)

Community Aerodrome Radio Service (CARS): +1 867 983-2501

Fuel (100LL, Jet-A): +1 867 983-2501

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Contact info

Airport operator: +1 867 645-8200 (Nunavut government)

Community Aerodrome Radio Station (CARS): +1 867 793-2931

Fuel (100LL, Jet-A, Jet-B): +1 867 793-2234 or +1 867 793-2928

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Whitehorse Ranch Airport

Great landmark when flying the Black Rock / Owyhee area. Good emergency field, the associated ranch is about 3/4 mile East of the strip. Probably not a good idea to drop in uninvited without a really good reason.

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Sea plane base is closed

Lake is drying fast , and not really enough depth to land on water here ( water is a loose term, for mud and sludge )

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Vending machines

The flying school is the only (sort-of) public building at the airport. It has washrooms, a restaurant that operates only on weekends, and vending machines available the rest of the week.

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Fuel

Burlington has both 100LL and Jet-A. The fuel pumps are operated by the airport, not the Spectrum Airways flight school.

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Expensive airport

I just called Glanford Aviation (Shell), the only FBO that appears to offer 100LL, and they charge a $25 facility fee for a single-engine piston plane (not waived with a fill-up) on top of the airport's $18.50 minimum landing fee. That means that you're out $43.50 + HST = $48.72 the second your wheels hit the Shell apron, before you even start to put fuel in your tank. Would you fill up your car at a gas station that charged almost $50 to just to enter their lot and park in front of the pump?

Even big-city airports are usually much cheaper than this (Pearson is, of course, an exception). I don't know what the city of Hamilton (and Shell) are thinking, except that they want to scare as many visitors as possible away from Hamilton, and make sure no one spends any money in the local economy.

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re: Restaurant?

Reply to @bcrosby:

As of a year ago ,No, but the people at the airport are more than happy to accomodate you if you want to go to town for lunch or ?(we ate at the Beanery GREAT place)

Gilles

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re: re: project not approved

Reply to @AndreVenture:

Yesterday, at 9h45 the Supreme Court of Canada said that Aviation is under Federal juridiction ONLY!!!! The provincial and municipal governments have nothing to say about where and how to built an airport!!!

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Wittman

Winnebago County could care less about this airport, there is no promotion what so ever, meanwhile Outagamie and Austin Straubel have first class facilities...What a waste of taxpayers money..

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Berz Airport

Well someone has there facts wrong, I was a regular at Berz from 1961 to 1970, I was employed there from 1966-1970. No Learjet came in 1967 that's for sure. October 1966 American Jet Leasing was the first Lear to arrive and depart at this airport, the next time a Lear came in was 1968 when Bill Freehan and Denny McClain chartered one from Pepsi-Cola to fly to Denver after winning the World Series. Berz was sold to Rockwell and it became Grand Prix Airport in 1971 that remained until the county bought it where it is now Oakland Troy Executive..

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Pilot Pete's

Great airport restaurant

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Fast food within walking distance

There's a McD's and a Subway just northeast of the field, there might be some other places too...

Very scenic but was a bit bumpy when I visited (lots of hills around).

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No real food on location

Despite what the CFS says, the only food available at the airport is vending machine stuff (not real food IMHO)

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Early History

First Airline service was as early as Apr. 1951. Maritime Central Airways (MCA) flying Lockheed10's on the mail run

YQM/YFC/YSJ.

Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) started its first flight into YFC on Feb 1 1952, when Capt CM Harper and crew landed their DC3 .

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Nice Airport, Mediocre Service

While the flying club members are friendly, the terminal staff are less than pleasant to deal with. Next time, I'll take my money elsewhere.

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Airport sold

The airport has been sold to developers, who plan to continue to operate it and to build a residential airpark around it:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/10/06/ottawa-carp-airport.html

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ARCAL runway lighting issues

The antenna for the ARCAL type J (5 clicks) runway lighting is on the west side of the museum building. Because the huge museum building is in the way, it is difficult or impossible to activate the lighting on the ground in the east half of the field (including holding short for runway 27), so you may have to taxi to midfield to activate the lights first, then taxi back if you're departing from 27.

When approaching from the east in the air, you may also have trouble activating the lighting (unless you wait until mid-downwind). Approaching from the west, it should be much easier, since you have the antenna in line-of-sight.

That said, the ARCAL is very picky, and may take several attempts even when you have it in line of site. The flying club experimented with a lot of sensitivity settings last summer in an attempt to improve it, but with no luck. Just be patient and keep trying, or call UNICOM to see if anyone's still in the club to activate the lights for you.

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Servicio al Cliente ( Customer Service)

HONDURAS, C.A

es un Pais muy bello, y si la atencion que se le da a los viajeros al momento de llegar a el aeropuerto fuera mas cordial y profecional

estoy segura que las cifras de viajeros se triplicarian en un par de meses.

Si por casualidad el Sr, PRESIDENTE si es que lo hay lee este mensaje, le sugiero poner en practica con sus empleados el darle un excelente Servicio al Viajero ya que de ellos no solo come su Familia si no que tambien la de ellos, 1) Saludar de Mano , 2) Presentarse por su Nombre , 3) Darles la bien venida a Honduras, 4) ofrecer ayuda, 5) por ultimo y sobre todo sonreir, sonreir.....

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Fuel Prices

there fuel prices are outrageous there asking $4.60 for 100LL and $4.25 for jet Fuel. Why arent they all arested and put in jail for price gouging.

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airport management

who is the manager of the hazleton airport. Do they have an advisory committee. if they have either it appears useless. I have never seen an airport that size that is in such poor standards. no quality no lites no management my future business? I dont think so!

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weekday line service

the line serviceman during the week appears nonexistent. no one answers the radio no one comes out to greet you and if you can find the employee in question he is usually asleep.

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nice airport

make sure you visit the nice people at Cardinal aviation

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re: re: project not approved

Now, I am a member of 'Our airports' and now I know who is ''the anonymous flyer''. David Megginson, the brave, who started this very interesting website explained me that anybody who writes a comment will be call '' anonymous fyer'' if he/she is not a member of this site!

I thought this could help others to understand the comments.

AndrΓ© Durocher.

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Contact

The local person to call is Brian McDougall