Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
On January 2nd, Air Tindi of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories operated a special charter flight to Edmonton with their rare Dash 7! Air Tindi is the largest civilian operator of the Dash 7 in the world, but it's exceptionally rare to see those in Alberta, so I knew I had to make the drive up.
They did three of these flights in total over the holiday season, as an extra option for those needing to get from Yellowknife to the south or vice versa. I'm glad I was able to catch at least one of them, and to see the Dash 7 up close while it was parked! Huge thank you to everyone who made that happen! Enjoy this rare Dash 7 action!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Air Tindi (TIN/8T)
Aircraft: De Havilland Canada DHC-7-103 (DHC7)
Flight Number: 8T101/102
Livery: Standard
Engines: 4x Pratt and Whitney PT6A-50
Registration: C-GCEV
Route: Yellowknife (YZF) - Edmonton (YEG) - Yellowknife (YZF)
Callsign: TINDI 101/102
Runway used: 12 / 20
Date filmed: January 2023
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On January 2nd, Air Tindi of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories operated a special charter flight to Edmonton with their rare Dash 7! Air Tindi is the largest civilian operator of the Dash 7 in the world, but it's exceptionally rare to see those in Alberta, so I knew I had to make the drive up.
They did three of these flights in total over the holiday season, as an extra option for those needing to get from Yellowknife to the south or vice versa. I'm glad I was able to catch at least one of them, and to see the Dash 7 up close while it was parked! Huge thank you to everyone who made that happen! Enjoy this rare Dash 7 action!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Air Tindi (TIN/8T)
Aircraft: De Havilland Canada DHC-7-103 (DHC7)
Flight Number: 8T101/102
Livery: Standard
Engines: 4x Pratt and Whitney PT6A-50
Registration: C-GCEV
Route: Yellowknife (YZF) - Edmonton (YEG) - Yellowknife (YZF)
Callsign: TINDI 101/102
Runway used: 12 / 20
Date filmed: January 2023
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Outro song - "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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![RARE DOUGLAS DC-8 STILL FLYING! Samaritans Purse DC-8 and 757 at Calgary Airport! [4K]
Yesterday, Calgary International Airport got perhaps the rarest visit of the year. Humanitarian organization Samaritans Purse brought in their Boeing 757 and their Douglas DC-8, which is one of the last ones flying in the world!
The 757 is a fairly recent addition to their operation, but the DC-8 has been flying with them since 2016.
This 55-year-old DC-8-72 Combi first entered service with Finnair in 1969, and also flew with the French Air Force and Air Transport International before being purchased by Samaritans Purse.
Both planes were here bringing in an Emergency Field Hospital to their warehouse here in Calgary. The hospital and its supplies will be based here and ready to be deployed by their Canadian division.
With barely any DC-8s still flying around the world, and NASA retiring theirs in the next few months, the plane itself is an extremely rare sight.
To see one of these in operation in 2024, right at home, was pretty unbelievable, so I hope you enjoy!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION (757)
Airline: Samaritans Purse (NSP)
Aircraft: Boeing 757-225(PCF) (B752)
Flight Number: NSP7
Livery: Standard
Engines: 2x Rolls Royce RB211-535E4
Registration: N783SP
Route: Greensboro (GSO) - Calgary (YYC) - Greensboro (GSO)
Callsign: SAM PURSE 7 / SAMS PURSE 7 (?)
Runway used: 35R, 35L
Date filmed: March 2024
FLIGHT INFORMATION (DC-8)
Airline: Samaritans Purse (NSP)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-72CF
Flight Number: NSP8
Livery: Standard
Engines: 4x CFMI CFM56-2C1
Registration: N782SP
Route: Greensboro (GSO) - Calgary (YYC) - Greensboro (GSO)
Callsign: SAM PURSE 8 / SAMS PURSE 8 (?)
Runway used: 35R, 35L
Date filmed: March 2024
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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![ONLY INTERNATIONAL HEAVY ARRIVALS at Vancouver Airport (YVR) [4K]
Vancouver International Airport is the second-busiest airport in Canada, and has plenty of international traffic throughout each day, from both and Europe and Asia.
Heres just a few of their regulars landing on runway 26R on a beautiful sunny day in May 2022!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
00:00 - Lufthansa 747-400 from Frankfurt (FRA)
01:05 - Philippine Airlines 777-300ER from Manila (MNL)
01:52 - Condor 767-300ER from Frankfurt (FRA)
02:37 - Turkish Airlines A350-900 from Istanbul (IST)
03:25 - KLM 777-200ER from Amsterdam (AMS)
04:11 - Lufthansa A350-900 from Munich (MUC)
04:58 - Qantas 787-9 from Sydney (SYD)
05:53 - China Eastern A350-900 from Shanghai (PVG)
06:40 - EVA Air 787-10 from Taipei (TPE)
07:26 - British Airways 777-200ER from London (LHR)
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://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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[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
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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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
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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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