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2017-10-07
In snow environments, light aircraft use skis as landing gear. This ski is on a 1942 Noordyun Norseman IV, displayed at the Alberta Aviation Museum. The Noordyun Norseman, "the quintessential Canadian bush plane", was designed to operate on wheels, skis, or floats. These skis are made of...
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2012-03-11
Canadian North is a northern aboriginal owned airline based in Yellowknife and serving Arctic Canada. This aircraft at Yellowknife Airport has the airline logo which includes a polar bear, the midnight sun and the Northern Lights (aurora borealis). The aircraft is a Boeing 727, the largest plane...
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2011-01-01
View east from Pilots' Monument, Yellowknife, NT, to Jollife Island. In summer the channel in front of the Island is the landing area for float planes. The Monument has a signal light on top that flashes when a float plane is about to land, indicating that boat traffic should move aside....
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2011-01-01
Historic marker on Pilots' Monument ('The Rock') in the Old Town area of Yellowknife, NT. The Monument is a high point that originally held the town water tanks but is now dedicated to the bush pilots and air engineers. In summer the monument has a signal light on top that flashes when a float...