Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Back in February of this year, Canadian North Airlines launched a new route between Calgary, Alberta and Yellowknife, NWT!
Canadian North is the largest airline in Northern Canada, and serves the Northwest Territories and Nunavut through their hubs in Yellowknife and Iqaluit respectively.
Needing to get to Yellowknife for my trip on their 737-200 before it was retired, I wanted to take advantage of this very convenient new service and see what Canadian North had to offer out of YYC!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Canadian North (AKT/5T)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-700 (B737)
Flight Number: 5T252
Seat: 17A
Livery: New, post-merger
Engines: 2x CFMI CFM56-7B24
Registration: C-FHBO
Route: Calgary (YYC) - Yellowknife (YZF)
Callsign: ARCTIC 252
Runway used: 35R (YYC) - 34 (YZF)
Date filmed: April 2023
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Outro song - "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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Back in February of this year, Canadian North Airlines launched a new route between Calgary, Alberta and Yellowknife, NWT!
Canadian North is the largest airline in Northern Canada, and serves the Northwest Territories and Nunavut through their hubs in Yellowknife and Iqaluit respectively.
Needing to get to Yellowknife for my trip on their 737-200 before it was retired, I wanted to take advantage of this very convenient new service and see what Canadian North had to offer out of YYC!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Canadian North (AKT/5T)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-700 (B737)
Flight Number: 5T252
Seat: 17A
Livery: New, post-merger
Engines: 2x CFMI CFM56-7B24
Registration: C-FHBO
Route: Calgary (YYC) - Yellowknife (YZF)
Callsign: ARCTIC 252
Runway used: 35R (YYC) - 34 (YZF)
Date filmed: April 2023
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Outro song - "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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![Red Deer Airports Ambitious $15,000,000 Expansion
Red Deer Regional Airport serves the city of Red Deer, Alberta, located right in the middle of the busy Calgary to Edmonton corridor.
Right now, it serves as mainly a general aviation airport, with plenty of flight training traffic, as well as some larger movements from tenants Buffalo Airways and Air Spray.
However, that could soon change a bit, with the announcement a few months back that a $15,000,000 expansion plan would be going ahead! Lets see what this involves!
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SOURCES:
[1] YQF Expansion Announcement:
https://www.flyreddeer.com/news/15-million-airport-expansion-set-to-begin/
https://rdnewsnow.com/2022/02/28/red-deer-regional-airport-expansion-set-to-take-flight/
[2] YQF Demand Study:
https://rdnewsnow.com/2021/05/10/airport-eager-to-see-continued-revenue-growth/
[3] Enerjet and YQF: https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-deer-airports-future-prospects-to-be-discussed-at-agm/
[4] Lynx Air and YQF (May 18th post): https://www.facebook.com/reddeerairport
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![Why These Canadian Airlines Planes Still Exist
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In the middle of the Canadian Prairies at Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker Airport are a dozen or so Fokker F-28s, in the livery of Canadian Regional Airlines.
But why exactly are these old planes sitting in Saskatoon, in the livery of an airline that hasnt existed for almost 20 years?
Time Air Historical Society: https://www.timeairhs.ca
With many thanks to the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum for their help: https://saskaviation.ca
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SOURCES:
[1] Canadian and Air Canada merger timeline: https://publications.gc.ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/CIR/892-e.htm
Air Canada - The History, by Peter Pigott (Dundurn Press, 2014)
[2a] p. 253
[2b] p. 179
[2c] p. 278-279
[3] Time Air Historical Society: https://www.timeairhs.ca
[4] Historical Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/CCARCS-RIACC/RchHsRes.aspx?st=2&m=%7C%7C&cn=%7C%7C&mn=%7C%7C&sn=%7C%7C&cnn=TIME%20AIR%7C&tn=%7C%7C&ln=%7C%7C&fn=%7C%7C&rfr2=RchHs.aspx&print=y
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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![RARE VISITOR! Royal Canadian Air Force CC-138 Twin Otter at Calgary Springbank Airport [4K]
A couple weeks ago, this Royal Canadian Air Force CC-138 Twin Otter paid a visit to Calgary. This visitor from 440 Squadron spent a few days at Calgary’s Springbank Airport, apparently giving some rides to Air Cadets.
The RCAF only has 4 of these planes and they’re based out of Yellowknife for transport and search and rescue operations up north, so theyre not a common sight here at all. That, plus Springbank backgrounds, meant I had to go film a few of those flights for myself. Enjoy the video!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Operator: Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Aircraft: De Havilland Canada CC-138 Twin Otter (DHC6)
Livery: SAR yellow
Engines: 2x Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Registration: 13804
Route: Springbank (YBW) - Springbank (YBW)
Callsign: VAMPIRE 4
Runway used: 26, 17, 08
Date filmed: April 2023
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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![Calgary Might Be Getting a NEW AIRPORT?
Back in mid-September, De Havilland Canada announced that they’ll be building a brand new aircraft manufacturing facility just 30 minutes east of Calgary.
Since then, theyve released an official Area Concept Plan with some more technical details, so lets take a look and see what this could mean for aviation in Alberta!
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[1] De Havilland Field Press Release: https://dehavilland.com/en/news/posts/de-havilland-canada-announces-site-of-new-alberta-aircraft-manufacturing-facility
[2] About De Havilland Field: https://dehavillandfield.com/about/
[3] The DHC-515: https://dehavilland.com/en/news/posts/de-havilland-aircraft-of-canada-limited-launches-dhc-515-firefighter
[4] Reviewing the Twin Otter and Dash 8-400s: https://skiesmag.com/news/de-havilland-to-build-large-manufacturing-campus-near-calgary-to-meet-future-production-needs%EF%BF%BC/
[5] DHC’s existing Calgary presence: https://www.vikingair.com/twin-otter-series-400/twin-otter-answers/where-are-twin-otter-airplanes-manufactured
[6] De Havilland Field Area Concept Plan:
https://dehavillandfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1905-31-De-Havilland-Field-Area-Concept-Plan_Sept28_2022.pdf
[7] The Hybrid-Electric Dash 8: https://dehavilland.com/en/news/posts/de-havilland-canada-working-with-pratt-whitney-canada-to-support-the-development-of-sustainable-hybrid-electric-aircraft-propulsion-technology
[8] Hydrogen-Electric Dash 8-400 Engines: https://dehavilland.com/en/news/posts/de-havilland-canada-and-zeroavia-announce-memorandum-of-understanding
[9] Derivatives of other DHC Types: https://calgaryherald.com/business/varcoe-heartbeat-is-going-to-be-here-in-alberta-de-havilland-to-announce-major-aircraft-manufacturing-complex-west-of-calgary
[10] Aircraft Group Numbers, TP312 pg. 30: https://www.tc.gc.ca/wwwdocs/TCDR/en/aviation/publications/TP312-ENG-05-amendment-1-15jan2020.pdf
[11] Boeing 767 Wingspan: https://www.boeing.com/commercial/767/
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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![BOEING FACTORY PLANE SPOTTING! Everett Paine Field (PAE/KPAE) [4K]
The day I filmed the NASA DC-8 at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, there were a few other movements of interest, including multiple KC-46 test flights, a 747 LCF Dreamlifter departing for Charleston, South Carolina, and a rare Boeing 737-600 from the secretive Janet Airlines.
Ive compiled them all into this 18 minute video, so I hope you enjoy!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
00:00 - Intro
00:06 - GOL 737 MAX 8 to Paine Field (PAE)
01:29 - U.S. Air Force KC-46 to Paine Field (PAE)
03:53 - U.S. Air Force KC-46 from Paine Field (PAE)
04:29 - Boeing 747LCF Dreamlifter under tow
05:00 - JASDF KC-46 high speed taxi test
06:11 - JASDF KC-46 to Paine Field (PAE)
07:33 - Private DHC-2 Beaver from Jefferson County (TWD)
08:08 - Boeing 747LCF Dreamlifter to Charleston (CHS)
11:15 - IFL Group Falcon 20 from El Paso (ELP)
11:50 - Janet Airlines 737-600 to Paine Field (PAE)
14:59 - IFL Group Falcon 20 taxiing
15:25 - Janet Airlines 737-600 from Paine Field (PAE)
16:03 - IFL Group Falcon 20 to El Paso (ELP)
17:04 - JASDF KC-46 from Paine Field (PAE)
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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