Recently brought an obstruction lighting project online at the plant next to CJF8 in Biggar, SK. If someone is flying by at night I would greatly appreciate a short video.

It's been a lot of years since I flew the 46 but if I recall correctly the WWII vintage freighters did not have to meet engine out performance standards or accelerate / stop standards. V1 (89 kts ??) was usually 4000' - 4500' down a 5000' runway on a warm day. If the Aviation Gods decided it was you...

I'm guessing IBX (C-46) is still sitting there - would be worth a look. What about any DC-3s or the old Saunders (sp?)?

Is it just me or does Colonel Sanders sound a lot like Hedley?

Head down to the annual Pietenpol gathering in Brodhead, WI in July. I met a lot of Hatz owners and builders there. The Matronics lists may have something as well.

Saw a post on a Yahoo forum that TPO of FNT was registered to Buffalo again. Does anybody have further info?

Anyone with some C-46 PIC care to chime in on this one?

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I decided to go late (May) last year. Ended up in Madison at the Super 8. Little over an hour to the field on divided highway and had the benefit of a bigger centre for eating and boozing.

Thanks HS-748 2A, that's the best one I've got so far! I have the Jerry Bates plans for the 46 and a partial wood kit. I hope to finish it sometime in the next decade - young kids put a bit of a damper on hobbies. :) I also flew TX as a cojo many moons ago before I gave up on flying for money. Still...

Does anyone out there have a good close up of the tail art that was on TXW back in the Air Manitoba days?

Does anyone else sense that quiet erosion of personal freedoms? I think the "bad guys" are winning......

Is there anything new with this story?

How 'bout the C-46 or C-123?

Does anyone have a line on a decent Corvair core? I'm slowly starting a Pietenpol project.

I have the greatest of admiration for people that can take tragedy and turn it into something positive. On a side note – wow – Widow’s a hottie!

The funeral service for Paton will be held Saturday December 27th, 2:30 pm at MacKenzie Funeral Home, 433 Main Street, Stonewall, MB

I will post the details for any service planned as soon as I get them.

I'm very sad to pass along the news that Paton passed away late yesterday at his home. He retired from the Manitoba Government Air Service a little less than one year ago and has had a well deserved retirement cut short. He was a good friend and my deepest sympathies go out to his family.

Do any of you wrench benders out there have a copy of this in your files? It outlines the specs for grading wood for aircraft use.

Keep an eye on the Winnipeg news tomorrow. The judge is expected to sentence the pilot involved in the McPhillips and Logan crash in Winnipeg.

I'm another pilot who left flying for the railway. Flying was great in my 20's but I got into my 30's, got married, kids and decided that lifestyle and being alive to see my kids grow up meant more than airplanes. I can't speak for all railways but at the one I work for safety comes above anything e...

Some of the old timers will have to help me out with this one. Wasn't there a brief blip in the 70's or 80's when this sort of thing happened? A neighbor's brother was plucked out of Selkirk College by Canadian Pacific and put right seat on the 737. Took 17 years to go Captain if I recall the story ...

I heard that it's FNT. They're making so much money with the ol' 46's that they need some write offs and passenger ops on 1900s seemed the best way to go.