Here is gorgeous snowcapped winter flight from CYQF Red Deer Regional Airport located six nmiles south southwest of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada to CYWL Williams Lake Airport or Williams Lake Regional Airport located four nmiles northeast of Williams Lake, British Columbia hauling local Canadian cargo and mail which goes straight across beauty of majestic Banff or Canadian Rockies mountains via VOBIL waypoint.
Starting engines resulting into cool engine start smoke
Taxiing to short of runway 34 in clear but bitter cold weather
Entering into runway 34 for take off!!!
Airborne on climb to 10,000 ft making left turn to fly westward toward VOBIL
Still climbing to 10,000 ft
Now cruising at 10,000 ft
Approaching Banff or Canadian Rockies mountains!!!
Wing view of Banff National park!!!
uh oh uh oh Much higher mountain ranges loomed ahead which signaled time to climb from 10,000 ft to 12,000 ft
Intercepting VOBIL with background view of North Saskatchewan river and Douglas Fir Natural Area
Yikes even at 12,000 ft the plane had to watch out for mountain tips with background view of Mount Forbes!!!!
Cruising past above Mount Columbia
Cruising at 12,000 ft past Canadian Rockies mountain range offering you few shots of gorgeous view!!!
Sorry I cannot resist gorgeous beauty of majestic Canadian mountains
Yoho National Park is in background view
More view of mountains
Background view of Hamber Provincial Park and its Mount Clemenceau
Passing Kinbasket Lake which is a reservoir on the Columbia River in southeast British Columbia north of the city of Revelstoke and the town of Golden
I forgot to shift little left to show you the view of The Mica Dam which is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River that is shown just above right corner of this screenshot.
Descending from 12,000 ft to 10,000 ft cruising above Wells Gray Provincial Park
Now descending from 10,000 ft to 3,000 ft with background view of Eagle (Murphy) Lake
Passing through clouds during descent on way to CYWL runway 29
Moments before touchdown with background view of deep forest showing fresh coat of snow from previous night's snowstorm
TOUCHDOWN on icy runway 29
Exiting from runway into taxiway B to taxi to cargo apron
I decided to have fun of revving up engines while exiting from runway to produce cool engine smokes
Taxiing on taxiway B with background view of fresh coat of snow from previous night's snowstorm
Unloading and loading local Canadian cargo stuff and Canadian mail at cargo apron
Starting engines with lots lots of cool engine start smokes for return trip
Thank you for viewing!!! Stay tuned for next exciting flight.
Regards,
Aharon
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Post subject: Re: Gorgeous Banff Mountain Crossing
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:53 pm
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Look at Aharon with his MONSTER RADIAL ENGINES!!!!
Nice shots as always Aharon! Good to see you flying the props too!!!
Cheers!
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Post subject: Re: Gorgeous Banff Mountain Crossing
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:24 pm
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