Yellowknife

wallypilot · Post by **wallypilot** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:29 am

after all the rat holes i have spent time in, Yellowknife is not bad at all. i mean, come on.....they have a real movie theatre....and you can't forget the strange range. they also have a nice english style pub....don't know whether the sushi restaurant is still open in the explorer hotel.. i hear it closed a while ago.

i agree that it is better than any of the places i have been to in northern Ont, Man, Que, or Sask! way better. plus, the northern lights are unbelievable. and you can't forget one of the best perks of YZF: there is a road out!

w squared · Post by **w squared** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:36 am

I know this may be a bit off-topic, ut how to whitehorse compare to yellowknife? My adventures in the territories have been limited to swamp spruce and muskeg.

Flybabe · Post by **Flybabe** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:07 pm

YXY vs YZF...

LOTS of differences.

There are many roads out of YXY

The economy in the Yukon sucks, ergo not as much flying. What IS there consists of basically one sched operator, a medevac/charter outfit and a few small charter operators (singles). Most work is in the summer and is tourist related. Oh there's also 1 1/2 flight schools (as I remember).

Whitehorse is VERY artsy. There are plays, concerts, galleries, organic food dealers, etc. It's pretty much like any other mountainy type town. Lots of granola crunchers, lots of German tourists, ya! Oh, and alternative ANYTHING. Also alot more.. same sex couples that YZF.

You have to admit that anyone that boasts of owning "the Yukon's oldest petrified pussy" has GOT to be out there!!

I almost forgot.... due to YXY's proximity to the ocean the wx is moderated a bit. -45 only lasts a week usually but the clag hangs in forEVER.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:00 pm

Whitehorse is awesome, a nice town in a gorgeous setting, with a temperate climate for a northern town. Alas, the flying is almost non-existent, especially compared to the Knife. The flying out of the Kniife is mondo busy and most careers progress quickly, especially at an outfit like Tindi. And YZF although not as nice as the Horse sure beats most northern towns, the spunk hole YTH comes to mind. Hey Flybabe from one ex-knifer to another, do you miss it, some days I miss it huge.

w squared · Post by **w squared** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:04 pm

Too bad about the lack of flying jbs in YXY...I have a great-uncle there. That, and the mountain town blend of liberal redneck and neo-conservative hippie works well for me.

Flybabe · Post by **Flybabe** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:23 pm

Arrow - damn right I miss it. If things weren't so tied up on my end I'd be back up there in a hurry.

Guy I knew at 7F once said "they may leave but they'll always be back".

Maybe not true for all but I guess I fell into that category.

The life I thought I wanted to live enlightened me to the life I should have kept living. Sigh.

Anyways short answer, yes

... · Post by **...** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:34 pm

I am just happy saying "Yellerknife"

or the 'Knife.

Kinda like Hamilton aka The Hammer.

Are there any other cool basterdization of town names in Canada?

Armstrong=Armpit
Dryden=Dryhump or Dryhole
Toronto=Teranna
Vancouver=Vanquvahr
Winnipeg-The Peg
Niagara Falls=Viagra Balls

Disco Stu · Post by **Disco Stu** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:30 am

I am Birddog wrote: Are there any other cool basterdization of town names in Canada?

Winnipeg-The Peg

Don't you mean Winterpeg?

Or just because I live there - Winnerpeg?

JBI · Post by **JBI** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:20 pm

corn-shoot · Post by **corn-shoot** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:11 pm

Daart wrote:Yeah, and where did you get your start? Or did daddy buy you a job.

Daddy bought me a job. But it's ok he still employed your family to clean our many household shitters. So I guess it's all good karma here.

Daart · Post by **Daart** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 5:26 am

Man, took you long enough, I was worried there for a bit. In the end though you were like a big fat trout that couldn't resist the lure.

... · Post by **...** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:20 am

Daart wrote:Man, took you long enough, I was worried there for a bit. In the end though you were like a big fat trout that couldn't resist the lure.

corn-shoot · Post by **corn-shoot** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:00 am

Daart wrote:Man, took you long enough, I was worried there for a bit. In the end though you were like a big fat trout that couldn't resist the lure.

Ah I've been trying to cut back on "four post wonders" in the last few months. Not like you're going extinct or anything. I do appreciate the attention as always, especially from the little people.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 9:19 pm

Hey Corn-shoot, I find your posts are quite good and you are a positive contributor to this board, but why the negative remarks towards YZF. I, as well as many others spent the best years of our young lives there flying the bush before moving on to bigger, higher, and faster. Not looking for an argument, just curious is all.
Cheers

corn-shoot · Post by **corn-shoot** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 12:33 am

Arrow wrote:Hey Corn-shoot, I find your posts are quite good and you are a positive contributor to this board, but why the negative remarks towards YZF. I, as well as many others spent the best years of our young lives there flying the bush before moving on to bigger, higher, and faster. Not looking for an argument, just curious is all.
Cheers

Arrow,

if you knew me personally, you'd know that No disrespect was intended. I know that some of our best aviators got their break in that fair city, I just hate to see young'ens sit up there and rot away. That's the part that makes me bitter, I hate to see completely useful human beings get beaten up in the great white north in the name of the goddess that is aviation.

I respect you for being able to break through up there, but just don't forget our many fallen comrades

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:03 am

Very true, when I was there you couldn't go to a grocery store, hardware store or whatever without bumping into some young bucks waiting for their first aviation job. Wonder how many just gave up altogether. I know there were many days when I wanted to say piss on this, especially when some drunk in the back of the taxi I was driving wanted to be a jerk, lived up there for nearly a year and a half before getting a ramp job. Your point is well taken.

SierraPoppa · Post by **SierraPoppa** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 4:18 pm

I am Birddog wrote: Are there any other cool basterdization of town names in Canada?

Red Deer: Dead Rear
Airdre: Air Dry
Fort St. John: Foresk*n John
Swift Current: Speedy Creek
Rocky Mountain House: Rotten Monkey House
Calgary: Clagry
Springbank: Sp*rmbank (Yeh I know it's not a town)
Regina: V*gina
Saskatoon: 'toon Town
Edmonton: Admonchuk

. ._ · Post by **. ._** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 4:42 pm

I believe it's pronounced- Van Queue Ver

-istp

yycflyguy · Post by **yycflyguy** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 4:58 pm

I thought it was Hongcouver

W5 · Post by W5 » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:08 pm

And did you know that Regina (V*gina) is close to Climax?

SierraPoppa · Post by **SierraPoppa** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:29 pm

W5 wrote:And did you know that Regina (V*gina) is close to Climax?

251 miles by road and 189 if you fly direct.

W5 · Post by W5 » Sun Aug 01, 2004 9:33 pm

It's called a long climax!

Btw. wasn't YZF also called yellowcrotch ?(That's because it used to be Canada's VD capital)

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 10:14 pm

Hay River: Straw Creek
Yellowknife: The Blade

Flybabe · Post by **Flybabe** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:02 pm

Arrow - when were you north of 60?

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:02 pm

Hit the NWT border in 1987, and left in 1998 after stints in YSM, YHY, YZF (7 years) and YFB. Oh, by the way I remember taxing by a yellow Twotter on the East Bay in the mid to late 90's and seeing a young blond girl on the wing checking oils. The Flybabe perhaps?