CFB Comox has requested our help transferring in supplies from the former CFB Calgary. Load your aircraft in Calgary and fly direct to Comox.

The Prince Rupert Flying club has chartered Timberwolf Airways to fly 10 of it's members to Juneau AK for the big Salmon fishing derby.

You leave PR at 06:00 am Monday and arrive Juneau AK just before 08:00 am.

TC202-A
After dropping off in Juneau A.K. you are chartered to fly 6 hunters into Big Lake AK.

Leave at 09:00 am, they will spend three days at Big Lake.

TC202-B
After dropping off your party at Big Lake you notice while refueling that one of your floats has a crack in the aluminum, you prepare to fly to Fairbanks A.K. to have it repaired.

You have a one day lay-over.

TC202-C
While in Fairbanks you call PR to report your mishap, you are then given a charter from Fairbanks to Deadhorse Lake A.K. Leave Wednesday 07:00am. After you land and unload at Deadhorse Lake you leave for Big Lake. You overnight there.

TC202-D
Leave Big Lake with your party of hunters at 08:00am Thursday and return them to Juneau A.K.

TC202-E
When you arrive in Juneau A.K. you are told the fishing derby has been cancelled. You leave at 13:00 with the fishing club and return them to PR

Timberwolf Airways has picked up a contract for crew changes in the oilfield. Our first job is to pick up workers in Williams Lake and take them to a new job site in Tumbler Ridge. Their baggage will have to be transferred in a separate flight from Williams Lake to Tumbler Ridge, after dropping off the passengers.

*** This flight is security level HIGH and is not to land anywhere other than the authorized flight plan, The FBI will be monitoring your Freq. at all times.***

The CBC is making a documentary film about the Queen Charlotte`s Islands. Timberwolf Airways has been chartered to provide transportation for flim crews and equipment between Prince Rupert and their two shooting locations at Sandspit and Masset. Our DHC-5 Buffalo has just finished a new overhaul on it`s engines and is ready to go.

Type: Medium Range (Float/Ski)
Distance: 343 nm (leg)
Time to Completion: Approx 2.5 hrs (leg)
7 Boyscouts from Western BC need 1 more merit badge to make Eagle Scout. One of the Scoutmasters suggested Quesnel Lake as the site for completing the Wilderness Survival Meritbadge. Fly 9 people and gear from Prince Rupert (CYPR) to Quesnel Lake (Lat N52* 29.14' Long W121* 22.36') for their 3 day stay. There is no runway here, only the lake. For non GPS users stear HDG 102* for 22 nm from the Quesnel (YQZ) NDB. (Winter flights may use an aircraft equipped with skis)

Type: Medium Range (Wheels)
Distance: 484 nm (leg)
Time to Completion: Approx 3.5 hrs (leg)
The Canadian Rural Teacher Project has recruited a new teacher for the Burton Prarie Elementary School. She is arriving at Edmonton Int'l on a commercial flight from Nova Scotia. Transport this teacher and her gear from Edmonton In'tl (CYEG) to Bella Coola (CYBD).

Type: Short Range (Wheels/Floats)
Distance: 180 nm (round trip)
Time to Completion: 1.3 hrs (round trip)
A Mackenzie rafting outfitter wants to check out two locations as starting points for new day long rafting trips. One is on the Murray River, the other is on the Sukunka River. Fly the outfitter from Mackenzie (CYZY) to Tumbler Ridge (N9) and then to Chetwynd (CYCQ). Float planes can land on the river itself nearest that point. Return to Mackenzie when done.

Type: Short Range (Wheels/Float)
Distance: 90 nm (leg)
Time to Completion: .75 hrs (leg)
A local hunting guide has an overbook. He is in the field with one party already and another party needs to be taken to the hunting camp. Fly 3 hunters from Fort Nelson (CYYE) to La Biche River (CFP6). Floatplanes can land nearest the G6 NDB. If you want to impress these hunters follow the river North at low altitude. Return to Fort Nelson when done.

Type: Long Range (Wheel)
Distance: 575 nm (leg)
Time to Completion: 4.2 hrs (leg)
Pick up (uh humm) 4 civilians (uh humm) at Vancouver Intl (CYVR) and take them to Cold Lake (CYOD). You will be crossing through Edmonton Intl (CYEG) traffic but ATC has been asked to expidite you through the area. You will be landing at the military field at Cold Lake - Stay inside the aircraft. When you have discharged your passengers continue on to Cold Lake Regional (KCEN5) and if anyone should ask, you dropped your passengers off at Regional.

Comments: Airstrip is 42 nm on the Williams Lake VOR 166 Radial Freq 113.6 MHz
Requires Short field Takeoff & Landing procedures in the PC-12,
refer to the checklist. Recommend you use lefthand traffic pattern for RW 26 for TO & Ldg,
due to mountain on the east side of the airstrip.

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Route of Flight: 2nd leg

Gang Ranch airstrip To
Prince George
Heading: 332 degrees magnetic
Distance 140 nm
Alt: 22000' MSL
IAS: 220
ETE: 40 minutes

Est Total Fuel Rqd
for both legs of the
flight: 108 gallons

Arrival Airport Info: For Prince George
Alt: 2268' MSL
RW: 15/33 Asphalt 7400' long 90' wide
ATIS: 118.3
Prince George VOR Freq 112.3 ****NOT ON FIELD****
NDB Freq 272

DHC-2
Floats

TWA VFR Charter flight.

Two coal mine executives just chartered a DHC2 floatplane to fly them from the float plane base at Fairbanks (FAI) to Healy River Resort (HRR). After unloading the passengers at Healy River floatplane dock, there will be a family of three waiting for you to fly them up to Nenana to the float plane dock there, on water runway 3R/21L.

These folks have requested that we fly them to Nenana by following the Nenana River because they would like to take in the Tanana Valley scenery at a leisurely pace.
Do not overfly the airstrip at Clear but go around it (stay about 2 miles on the left side of the river when you are close to Clear Airstrip) because it is a Restricted Airspace up to 8800' MSL.
After dropping off the family at Nenean return to FAI.

Departure Arrival Magnetic Distance
Airport Airport Course NM

Fairbanks Healy River 179 deg 64

Healy River Nenana 330 deg 42

Nenana Fairbanks 038 deg 37

Approximate length of flight = 2 hours, mostly depending on how long you spend on the scenic flight from Healy River to Nenana.

Fly Safe, and have a Great Flight.

Have a good flight

Depart from Haines, AK, fly up to a little strip called Mule Creek, BC; then up to Carcross, YK via Haines & Skagway, then to Atlin, BC, and finally down to the coast & Juneau, AK.All straight VFR flying - the only IFR was "I follow rivers/roads/railroads"! A really spectacular series of legs through some very rugged country. (Based on a flight report filed by Brian Burger.)

Depart at 07:30 from Prince Rupert
1. Fly to Vernon, British Columbia, 3 hours gate to gate.
2. Load up the vacationing familiy waiting at Vernron then to fly them to Kamloops. They are a family of four...about 550 lbs with 225 lbs of baggage, and a big dog. 30 minutes startup to shutdown.
3. Pick up a couple at Kamloops and fly them to Revelstoke. Flight time 28 minutes.

According to the story this leg was challenging (and that is stating it mildly) Deliver a load of outfitter supplies from Revelstoke B.C. to Golden B.C. Takes 25 minutes. To be continued....TC218 (Based on flight reports submitted by Doug Cameron.)

IN MARGINAL OR POOR WEATHER, PORTIONS OF THESE FLIGHTS CAN BE CHALLENGING AND SO IT IS STRONGLY RECCOMMENDED THAT YOU READ THE FLIGHT REPORTS BEFORE TAKING THIS ONE ON. Under Flight Reports search Pilot Name DOUG CAMERON or Pilot Number TWF106 and look for the reports dated 2002-1-21

1. Back at Kamloops the DHC-6 Twin Otter is fueled, serviced, and ready for your next flight which is a fishing charter.
2. After grabbing a quick lunch and taking a few minutes to relax, go check the weather, plan your flight, file, then preflight.
3. You'll be transporting 15 fishermen and equipment from Kamloops CYKA to Mabel Lake Resort.
Dep CYKA 1330 Arr Mabel Lake 1410. ETE 40 minutes.
4. There will be 12 passengers waiting at Mabel Lake for the return trip back to Kamloops.
Dep Mabel Lake 1430 Arr CYKA 1510. ETE 40 minutes.

This charter was taken from a flight recorded on the Flight Report page by Bob May TWF118. Bob made the flights in a DHC-6 Twin Otter. You can fly it in any plane you enjoy piloting that can handle the loads, flight conditions, and runways.

1. Deliver a load of Tack and Feed equipment and supplies from Whitehorse to Skagway.
One of our Bell 206 pilots and our Whitehorse helicopter Powertrain and Rotor mechanic will be your passengers today.
2. After unloading at Skagway, pick up two more passengers, a veteranarian and assistant. Fly the horse doc up to Carcross and drop them off, along with some bulk mail.
Continue on from Carcross up to Sheldon Lake and drop off some small packages at the field office.
3. The final leg will be to deliver the 206 driver and mechanic at Tulita, where a TWA Bell 206 made a precautionary landing yesterday after the tail rotor gear box chip detector light began flickering on and off . Probably just a defective sensor, but the mech will fix the problem before this bird flys again. Stay with them until they have the problem fixed, in case you need to make parts/tool runs for them.

Return to Whitehorse. ETE 5 hours.
Keep an eye on the left engine oil temp, it's been running a little high.

Have a good flight.

Outside it's very dark, cold, and raining hard, with 5/8 broken clouds with bases down to 200'.
While you are relaxing in the Juneau pilots lounge, after shutting down for the final flight of a long day, the Juneau dispatcher calls over asking for a TWA pilot to take a emergency medivac flight up to Atlin. Except for you the room is empty. The customer is asking for a PC-12 and driver. No PC-12 avialable. The Bell 206 is still on a flight up to the northwest. What they are gonna get is a DHC-3T you flew in......and you.
It seems that six RCMP officers just appeared out of the woods at the base of the mountain, at the north end of the Atlin runway, with 3 suspacts that they had been tracking to ground for the last week. The RCMP folks are fine but the three suspects are suffering from severe exposure and the RCMP is trying to get someone to fly in and medivac them all back to Juneau.
The current weather for the region is that the tops are at 4000 to 5000' which is not good considering that Atlin is at 2348', but the RCMP guy at Atlin is telling us that the tops at the runway are covering the lake below but are still about 100' below the runway. TWA will accept the flight on the condition that when you get there the runway has not been covered by clouds or obscured by haze. The decision to land or not will be yours...no questions asked.
Caution: there is a big mountain directly off the north end of the runway so you cannot land to the south when it is dark. At night you cannot see it. On departure you will have to takeoff on the south runway to avoid it.

1. Depart Juneau at 10:30 pm and fly to Atlin. ETE 55 minutes
2. Load up the six RCMP and their three prisoners.
3. Fly them back to Juneau. ETE 50 minutes

On return to Juneau three ambulances will be waiting to take them to the hospital.

Fly Smart. Have a good Flight.

A European aviation magazine is doing a series of articles on the various aspects of bush flying in Canada and Alaska. They have sent a aviation writer/photographer team to TWA ops at Juneau seaplane base.
They chartered us to fly them to a few remote lakes and waterways surrounding the Juneau region and they specifically want to go in one of our DHC-2 floatplanes with a honest to gosh bush pilot. Their focus for this trip is on amphibious bushplane ops to locations that cannot be reached by landplanes or helos.
You will be quoted and photographed....a lot, as part of their article research and preperations, so at least tuck in your shirt, and try not to growl at the paying customers. Oh yeah, dont smile that may scare them away.
They will be at the motel across the way. As soon as the weather clears give them a call then give them the most awesome scenic flight you alone can.
If they want to go other places, take them. TWA is being compensated very well to fly these folks and they will continue to give us their business if their articles and photos are popular with their readers.

Route of Flight:
Juneau seaplane base
Otter Cove (OTC)
Rainy Day Lake (RPL)
Alaxender Marina (POA)
September Lake (SEPL)
Deep Water Lodge (DEL)
Juneau seaplane base

Whoa! Couldn't turn this one down! The Canadian Postal Service was looking for someone to give them a tour of some of their remote facilities near Yellowkife, NWT. I happened to be there sitting in the Pilot's Lounge after a trip up from Whitehorse after making a trial run in my newly painted Bell 214 (Yup, thats right 214). The fellow at FSS told him that there weren't a lot of folks still hangin' around flyin' for fun due to the season, weather, and the really short days. The Postal Inspector showed the FSS attendant a list of carriers that he had developed and asked if any of the outfits on the list had any local connections. The gent scanned the list, looked over at me, smiled, looked back at the Postal guy and said, "Well you got three choices. Timberwolf Airway, Timberwolf Airway, or Timberwolf Airway because that fellow over there just happens to be one of Bear's drivers." That was all I needed. I introduced myself to him and learned that his name was Dawes Toyefsky. He laid out the itinerary that he was going to follow. He sheepishly said that even if the weather was good there wasn't much to see. (Like I didn't know that! I mean they don't call it the Northwest Residential community, its a Territory.) The flight would commence here in Yellowknife, and the first stop would be Wekewti, NWT. There are more letters in the name then there are buildings at the airport. From there we would head to Thaltheilei. Neither of us were sure how to pronounce that one. The next one was a piece of cake. Lutse K'e. O, K'e! Aha, a straight name next. From there we would go to Ft. Smith, then to Ft. Resolution, and back to Yellowknife. 562 Miles Estimated distance 5:34 Estimated Flight Time 154 Gallons of fuel estimated: Actual: 4 hours 48 minutes, and only 148 gallons of fuel. As the slogan goes for the US Postal System, "Neither snow, nor sleet, nor hail, nor dark of night... etc., etc., etc." Now I know where they got the inspiration for that slogan. They flew this route and saw all those things in one day.

Marty flew this one in a Bell 214. Well, we dont have a Bell 214 but we do have a really sharp, high flying (cieling FL220), powerful (145 Kt cruise), comfortable Dauphin which you can absolutely get the job done in, and in style. You will have to refuel at least once.
Flight time is around 5 hours

Route of Flight:
Yellowknife
Wekewti, NWT
Thaltheilei
Lutse K'e
Ft. Smith
Ft. Resolution
Yellowknife
562 Miles

(Special thanks to Marty Murphy, TWF283, for writing this one up and getting it to Don!)

You may use the Caribou or any other appropriate aircraft. The following cargo needs to be shipped from Prince Rupert to Hanks trading post; wood burning stove for Martha's B&B, provisions for the tavern and the liquor store, (Be carefull, some of these are breakable!) 6 Air Rangers heading out on exercises and their gear. When you arrive at Hanks, help with the unloading and be prepared to stay overnight (fireworks at 9) , you should be meeting up with 3 people coming back from a trip in Alasksa, they will ride back with you to Prince Rupert and be taken to the TWA office for continuation to Bella Coola for hunting with a local guide. If you wish you may take this charter as well. Use a smaller aircraft for 4 pax and watch your routing, it's pretty tight in there.

You need to download TREES_V3.zip, Trees by Gerrish Gray on the misc. page of downloads and Hanks Outpost. Both in the Timberwolf download pages. Note the instructions in MSTrees, there are a few steps to do this and also how to clean up your old tree files to improve frame rates.

The Dash-7 is waiting at the Fairbanks headquarters where the MSS and the towed array have been installed. Pick up the 3 Western Geosciences personnel and fly North to Anuktavuk Pass where a fuel cache and field office has been set up.

Depart Anuktavuk Pass and fly to location 67.58.00N 150.48.00W. Here you will find an obvious valley. Enter the valley at a bearing of roughly 150. Establish level flight at 4000 ASL and 120kts SOG as quickly as possible. Fly down valley until conditions warrant action to permit a safe exit (over flying the valley prior to the run is highly recommended). Once the technicians are satisfied, fly East to location 2.

Location 2 is at 68.25.02 N 149.53.00 W. It takes approx. 15 minutes to get here from location 1. At the eastern end of the valley you will see a lake. Prepare to start your run over the lake at 5000 ASL 160 and follow the valley (Use River as guide) after a couple of miles turn to 188 and continue to the end of the valley at pos. 68.04.60N and 150.25.96W. Here you can turn right 250 and exit west starting a climb out. Turning left is possible but the conditions have to be perfect to get out safely. Turning right puts you right on course to go back to Anuktavuk Pass.

Once the Western Geosciences people have all the results they need, return to Anuktavuk Pass pick up their gear and head back to Fairbanks.

Note: Weather conditions have to be good to get this job done. You might have to fly multiple runs to get enough results for the technicians. If the technicians see any other interesting valleys and want you to do runs into them, note this on your flight report. Daylight will be limited so plan to get away early am.

This one will take some skilled flying, navigational planning, weather checking/forcasting.

You may use the Caribou or any other appropriate aircraft. The following cargo needs to be shipped from Prince Rupert to Hanks trading post; wood burning stove for Martha's B&B, provisions for the tavern and the liquor store, (Be carefull, some of these are breakable!) 6 Air Rangers heading out on exercises and their gear. When you arrive at Hanks, help with the unloading and be prepared to stay overnight (fireworks at 9) , you should be meeting up with 3 people coming back from a trip in Alasksa, they will ride back with you to Prince Rupert and be taken to the TWA office for continuation to Bella Coola for hunting with a local guide. If you wish you may take this charter as well. Use a smaller aircraft for 4 pax and watch your routing, it's pretty tight in there.

you need to download TREES_V3.zip, Trees by Gerrish Gray on the misc. page of downloads and Hanks Outpost. Both in the Timberwolf download pages. Note the instructions in MSTrees, there are a few steps to do this and also how to clean up your old tree files to improve frame rates.

A team of six world class mountian climbers, from Europe, wants to charter TWF to transport them and their 700 lbs of equipment from Victoria International airport BC to the summit of Keele Peak mountian, which is a few miles to the northwest of Macmillan Pass airstrip, which is in a very remote region of the Yukon Territory.
The climbers want to go now....arriving at the peak before sundown, get there fast, travel in style and comfort, and to our (TWA's) very good fortune they said "MONEY IS NO OBJECT".
This is a good thing. Get to do a lot of flying and make an excessively large amount of profit in the process.

Required Aircraft:
To complete the charter you will fly it in three different segments and in three very different aircraft:
1. Citation II...................................................For the fast, IFR, high altitude segment.
2. Brittan Norman Islander..........................For the VFR segment & Stol landing at Macmillan Pass. It's only 1500' long.
3. The AS-365 Helicopter............................To get the climbers and equipment up to Keele Peak Summit in one flight.

Route of Flight:
The first leg of the flight will be IFR from Victoria International BC to Ft Simpson in the Northwest Territory and flown in the Citation II. Plan this leg using high (or low) altitude airways with your Flight Planner in FS (or any planner you prefer). Then fly it per the route listed in the Nav Log printout. This leg took me 2.7 hours cruising at FL 310 at Mach .69 and average ground speed of 405 kts. .

Transfer to the BN Islander at Ft Simpson TWA facility and continue direct to Macmillan Pass. This leg takes about 1.3 hours at 10500 ft with a ground speed of 168 kts. Macmillan Pass is only 1500 feet long, so you need a STOL aircraft with capacity for six (plus you) and cargo. Thats why the transfer to the Islander at Ft Simpson.

At Macmillan Pass transfer everyone and everything to the AS-365 then (if the winds and visibility allows) drop off your passengers and equipment on the summit of Keele Peak. You cant miss it. The summit is at 9685' MSL and is clearly visible above the other peaks, in the area, that are a few miles to the northwest of Macmillan Pass on a course of about 315 degrees. There will be a crew chief with the helo to assist loading it also to ensure all the climbers get off saftely as you perform a hover unload a foot or two over the summit. The trip up to the mountian top will take about 25 to 30 minutes (at 90 KTS) depending on how long you spend checking the LZ for your approach to the summit and hover unload.
Once the climbers/equipment are out and clear perform a BRIEF commmunications and personal ELT check with them on 121.5 MHz so they can check that their survival radios and personal mobile Emergency Locator Transmitters work.

Return the helo to MacMillan Pass. The crew chief will remain there with it this evening. Tomorrow our TWA helo maintenence/test pilot will be brought in to fly it back to Whitehorse.
Return the Islander to TWA at Ft Simpson.
Return the Citation to TWA at Vancouver.

Go have a beer and take tomorrow off. You will need and deserve it after this set of flights.

Operational Notes/Considerations:
In my FS Ft Simpson has no ILS or LDA. It does have a VOR and NDB. There may be published NDB arrival/departures for it but I do not know if they exist.
Macmillian Pass lies deep in narrow valley at 3810' MSL surrounded by 7, 8, and 9 thousand foot tall mountains and is only acessible during good visibility weather conditions. It is for VFR only.

The return flights can be the following day but the flights from Victoria to Ft Simpson to Macmillan Pass the to the simmit should completed in the same day and well before dark.

This morning Prince Rupert dispatch accepted a cargo charter for TWA to deliver a large load of construction materials/building supplies/tools from Vancouver to Tsuniah Lake airstrip.

The 1st portion of the flight requires that you fly the DC-4, IFR, from its current location in Prince Rupert to Vancouver International where there is 19824 lbs of construction materials and tools ready to be picked up at the TWI cargo handling facility.

For the 2nd leg of the charter deliver the cargo direct from Vancouver to Tsuniah Lake airstrip.

The final segment will be to return the DC-4 to Vancouver, unless you can pick up other business for the return trip to any required destination, in TWA's area of operations.

Route of Flight:

Prince Rupert * to Vancouver Int 2.5 hrs

Vancouver Int 325 deg to Tsuniah Lake 1.4 hrs

Tsuniah Lake 145 deg to Vancouver Int 1.6 hrs

* = Low Altitude Airways (included in default FS flight planner)

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NOTES/OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
The flight from Vancouver to Tsuniah Lake should be flown in reasonably clear VFR weather because the destination airport is not equipped for insturment operations and is surrounded by high mountians.
When landing at Tsuniah Lake, in the DC-4, it is wise to make a Right Base entry to final in approach to runway 4 because there is high terrain off the approach end of runway 4 (on the opposite side of the lake) also the airport is located in a narrow valley with upsloping terrain off the approach end of runway 22. The turning performance of the DC-4 does not allow for the normal downwind/base/final pattern usually flown for VFR ops, in the tight confines of this valley. Take-off from runway 22 and depart the pattern fom left crosswind
The DC-4 was chosen for this charter because it can carry up to 20000 lbs of cargo and land in 3000 feet...Tsuniah Lake is a 4000 foot long grass strip at an altitude of 4000 feet....Before taking this charter, practice "in the DC-4" short/soft field take-offs and landings....especially the take-offs.
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Cruise configuration flown to make this charter:
Average IAS 205 KTs / 14500' MSL / OAT -10 deg F
Mixtures set to peak EGT
Propellers set to 2400 RPM
Throttles set for 35 inches Manifold Pressure
(I have no idea if this powerplant cruise configuration is acceptable in the real DC-4. It was used here because it gave the best speed/power/fuel flow combination while keeping all "pressures/temps/rpms/power indications" in the Green arc.)

Make an early departure from Prince Rupert with two passengers and 1200 lbs of mail, food, medicine , and supplies. Drop off the two mountain climbers from Austria at Ospika where they
will make the hike northeast up to Great Snow mountian which they then plan to climb. They have arranged for us to pick them up here four weeks from today for flight to Ft Saint John for
their connecting flight to Colorado.

After unloading hikers/equipment at Ospika, follow Williston Lake for the short flight up to Fort Graham and offload their portion of mail, and clothing.

Conitnue up to Finlay River to drop off more mail and supplies, then do the same after flying on to Ingenika, Swannell, Tsay Keh, and Finbow. The final delievery of this trip is to drop off the
rest of the mail, all the medicine, supplies, and food at Fort Ware.

Pick up any mail, freight, passengers at these locations if needed.

At Ft Ware take on 20 gallons of fuel from the drum next to the
airstrip shed then return to CYPR.

This is a relaxed, extremely scenic, VFR flight. The strips are long
but narrow and are easy to get in and out of. Ideal for the Beaver,
DHC-3, DHC-6 Otters.

There is no hurry to complete this flight in one day. Spread it out
over a couple of days if you want. In the Beaver this flight could
take about 5.6 hours.

ROUTE OF FLIGHT
Prince Rupert ===> Ospika
Ospik ===> Ft Graham
Ft Graham ===> Finlay River
Finlay River ===> Ingenika
Ingenika ===> Swannell
Swannell ===> Tsay Keh
Tsay Keh ===> Finbow
Finbow ===> Fort Ware
Fort Ware ===> Prince Rupert

Aircraft Type
STOL DHC-2, 3, or 6 on skis

Timberwolf Airways has been chartered by the Iditarod Trail Committee. You
will fly six contending officials for this year's completed Iditarod Trail
Sled Dog Race from Merrill Field Airport in Anchorage to Wasilla for post
race debriefings, then return them to Merrill field at 1630 hours.

Depart at 0800 from Anchorage
1. Fly to Wasilla
Distance: 22.9m

While checking your plane for the return flight, you receive a call that a
husband and wife vacationing in town are looking for a short sight-seeing
flight. It just so happens that they were told about the beauty of the
Alaska Range as seen from the unique view of Bald Mountain.

You call ahead to Talkeetna to check on the landing strip's information. It
just so happens that you were told about the beauty of landing at Bald
Mountain, and also to check if your Timberwolf charter plane might be a bit
much for the runway.

2. Depart at 1030 from Wasilla to Talkeetna Village.
Distance: 47.9m
3. Have a brief lunch with the couple and then board again, leaving at 1230.
4. Fly to Bald Mountain, land and enjoy the splendor for 25 minutes.
Distance: 11.3m
5. Return to Talkeetna Village, and prepare the TWA charter plane for the
return to Anchorage.
6. Fly the officials back to Anchorage departing at 1630.

Airport Information:

Merrill Field (PAMR)
"General Aviation Airport," restricted to aircraft that weigh 12,500
pounds or less
MRI (PAMR) -- N6186' by W14977'
Runway Elevation: 137'

Wasilla (PAVS)
The gravel runway extends for 3700 feet.
Runway 3/21 Elevation: 348'

Talkeetna Village (AK44)
Runway 16/34 Elevation: 358'
Rwy 3500 x 75 ft. / 1067 x 23 m

Bald Mountain, Talkeetna (2AK7)
Elevation: 3500'
Rwy 06/24 is a concrete strip, 1000' long and reqiures skis.

Total flying time is about 2 hours in the DHC-2 Beaver.

If you are flying FS2K2 and have FSNav you can unzip the .fsn flight plans George
prepared for this flight (from the downloads page)

TWE long range multi leg vacation charter tour flight for a group of 20 persons over
a 21 day time span. This charter is to provide for the complete accommodations,
meals, ground transportation, golf outings, concerts and other local attractions as
may be required. These financial costs for these activities will be covered in the
pricing of the tour to be determined by TWE Financial. It is to be noted that TWE
is not responsible for costs related to alcohol purchases nor gambling expenses
incurred by individuals on this tour.

Aircraft
This tour has been put together using the DC3 aircraft. As always, feel free to
choose any TWF aircraft that can handle all the requirements for the flight.

Safety Requirements
All Legs of the tour allow for the DC3 to complete the required distances without
running out of fuel. Proper Weight and Balance rules were used to calculate the plan
and fly this tour with the DC3 with its 20 passengers and baggage including golf
clubs and met the standards with room to spare with the exception of Leg 16 which
just meets the requirement.

Crew
The Crew of TWE Can-Am Tour will consist of 1 pilot, 1 co-pilot and one
steward/stewardess.

Passengers
A maximum of 20 Passengers only, each with 70 lbs of luggage each and golf clubs
will be allowed for this charter.

The Tour
The tour will consist of 17 separate Legs and will be completed over a period of 21
days with a minimum stopover of at least one night at the end of each Leg with the
exception of Legs 16 and 17 which can be flown the same day. The 21 days include the
day of departure from Prince Rupert and the day of arrival at Prince Rupert.

Distance
The tour will cover approximately 3,600 n.m. Flying time will be approximately 27 to
30 hours depending on the type and condition of your aircraft. These figures are for
the DC3 aircraft and are based on the test flights carried out for this tour.

Fuel
To be purchased at all stops along the way so as to ensure that there is no shortage
at any time.

Flight Planning
All flight plans have been prepared for filing in advance and have been approved by
TWE.

Accommodations
All ground transportation and accommodations will be pre-booked by TWE HQ Admin.

Entertainment
Pre-arranged at each stopover and as is available for that location as follows:
Vancouver- Vancouver Lions Football game

Seattle- Visit the World Fair Site and see the Needle

Eugene-

Crescent City-

San Francisco-Giants Baseball game/Fisherman's Wharf

Monterey- Fort Ord Officers School/Golf at Pebble Beach/visit Carmel and cannery Row
(should spend two days)

Santa Maria- visit the mission at San Luis Obispo

Los Angeles- visit MGM/Dodgers Baseball game/Dine in Hollywood

Las Vegas- Spend 2 days and visit as many casinos as possible/attend Celine Dion
Show one night and Cirque du Soleil "EAU" show the second night

Salt Lake City- Visit the Olympics sites/ attend the Osmonds show

Helena - attend the great Rodeo/ Beef B-B-Q

Calgary- attend the Calgary Stampede

Edmonton- visit the West Edmonton Mall

Cold Lake- Visit Flight Training Center / Golf at Palm Springs GC / guests of the
Officers Mess for the evening

Fort St John-Since we had an early departure from Peace River it is recommende that
we stop here for breakfast and at the same time top-off the fuel tanks for the last
leg home.

***Authors Note***

Experience gained in participating in the Great Australian Race (GAR), which was to
fly around Australia, covering a distance of just over 8,000n.m., using 28 Legs (if
my memory serves me well) was a great help in preparing all elements of the tour.
The usage of Weight and Balance rules for the GAR was calculated for this tour as
well and the DC3 with its 20 passengers and baggage including golf clubs met the
standards with room to spare.

Many Thanks to Both George Meloche and Al Gay for this Great DC-3 flight.

You can download the flight plans for each of the 17 legs as well as shots taken along the way through the links below.
Flight Plans
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Can-Am Tour 2003
1. Prince Rupert, BC to Vancouver, BC CYVR 115 deg 407nm

Can-Am Tour 2003
17. Ft St John, BC to Prince Rupert BC CYPR 230 deg 351.5nm