http://www.ourairports.com/countries/CA/MB'/comments.html Comments left by OurAirports members who have visited airports in Manitoba, Canada. http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1666 Fri, 02 May 2008 19:43:50 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1666 <p>This was our first stop in Canada for our first trip to Alaska in 1988. Some kind sole gave us a ride into town where we showered at the athletic club and found some dinner. It was light for so long we went back and on to Yorkton that evening.</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1095 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:01:25 -0500 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1095 <p>This is where the "Gimli Glider", an Air Canada Boeing 767, made its famous power-off emergency landing in 1983:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider</a></p> <p>Air Canada retired the 767 from its fleet nearly 25 years later, on January 24, 2008, sending it to a bone yard in the Mojave Desert:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/01/24/gimli-glider.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/01/24/gimli-glider.html</a></p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=842 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:31:37 -0500 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=842 <p>Those who remember flying on CP or Canadian might recall the Brandon stopover. Generally was a stop, unload, wait 30 minutes then go type of thing. Was quite normal to stop here on the way from Calgary to Toronto.</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=278 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:40:39 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=278 <p>Visit Harv's Air Flight Training on apron 2. harvsair .com</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=268 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:41:47 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=268 <p>This is one of the fields Harv's Air operates out of (they own this one). The area around Steinbach can be quite busy during the days. If you are passing through I would consider stopping at Harv's for fuel - the staff are great. This is a prior permission field, but I received it with no problems.</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=246 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:21:12 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=246 <p>I bought a Cardinal here in 2000 with the help of Roy Sobchuk. Roy Sobchuk is the designer of speed mods and fairings for the beautiful Cessna 177 Cardinal and other Cessnas. There were 6 other Cardinals in the hangar in Brandon, all very nicely equipped and maintained aircraft. Maple Leaf Aviation at Brandon Airport is a Transport Canada approved manufacturer for replacement parts and modifications for Cessna aircraft. Fiberglass and metal components are manufactured in-house. Maple Leaf Aviation Limited holds over 40 STC’s in Canada (TC) and the United States (FAA). Maple Leaf Aviation Limited also provides services for the importation of aircraft.</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=243 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:13:39 -0400 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=243 <p>Flew to Winnipeg with Paul Williams to pick up my Cardinal in May 2000. Paid my first fuel bill as an owner at the Shell FBO at CYWG. Had a great time (two inexperienced pilots) flying back to Ottawa via Thunder Bay, Wawa and North Bay.</p>