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Pilots Experience Flying In Canadian Wilderness On Midwest Flyer Fishing Fly-Out One by one, pilots participating in the “Midwest Flyer Canadian Fishing Fly-out” landed at Miminiska Lodge after a 600-mile flight from southern Wisconsin. Photos by Dave Maliszewski. by Dave Weiman of time to load the airplane the next day, as fog blanketed the region, and To stand next to the runway and watch all six planes land safely, and see the smiles five of the six airplanes in our group opted to wait until the fog burned off later that morning before departing. on the faces of the pilots, most of When we took off at 10:30 am, who have never before flown across low-level clouds were breaking up Canadian wilderness, was personally around Middleton, and fog continued rewarding. The second annual fly- towards the west and elsewhere in the out to Miminiska Lodge, August area, but Grand Marais, Minnesota 20-24, was an opportunity to share (KCKC), was reporting clear skies, my experience flying in Canada over and that was our first stop. A tailwind the past two decades. It made the trip out of the southeast helped us get back more enjoyable and educational for on schedule. all, and nearly winkle free. Our route took us northwest direct The night before our departure, to Duluth, then northeast up the North August 19, my passenger for the past Shore to Grand Marais. Once we got three years, Dick Doerfer of Verona, 50 miles north of Duluth, we lost Wis., and I drove to Middleton traffic advisories with Minneapolis Municipal Airport-Morey Field (C29), Center, and about 30 miles from Middleton, Wis., to load the plane Grand Marais, we lost radio contact, so all we would need to do the next and had to close our flight plan morning was preflight and go! As it with Princeton Flight Service upon turned out, we would have had plenty landing. 6 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2008 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE In support of the fly-out, Rodney Roy of Roy Aero Services, hosted a barbecue luncheon for the group. After topping off our tanks, we filed our flight plans with Princeton Flight Service to Thunder Bay, Ontario (CYQT), a scant 52 nm northeast, where we cleared Canadian Customs. We continued to have a good tailwind to Thunder Bay, and all the way to Miminiska Lodge, 196 nm further north. The night before our departure, I contacted Canadian Customs with our ETA into Thunder Bay using 1-888-CAN-PASS (226-7277), and when we were delayed due to fog, I called them back to give them a revised ETA. (You can call CANPASS up to 48 hours in advance, but no later than 2 hours prior to your ETA, and update your ETA as needed thereafter. U.S. Customs requires a minimum of 1 hour advance notice, and both
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