This was to be a walk in
the past for Ted while he took pictures of places he once
inhabited, and then shared them with his sister.
We travelled to many places around Winnipeg and then went to meet
Nattacha at Joey Polo Park Restaurant for lunch.
I'd met Nattacha when I flew here in the Airvan during its
delivery flight to Vancouver with David, of course this was at a
Thai Restaurant.
We three took a drive out to historic Lower Fort Garry where students staff the place to show life in the early days of trading here.
Our departure from
Winnipeg was at 15:48z and this first leg was to Dauphin Manitoba
where we arrived at 17:17z.
The route was via Delta Beach at the bottom of Lake Manitoba and
then past the high ground west of Mc Creary.
At Dauphin we added 39.8 litres of Avgas.
There's not much space for luggage in a
Chipmunk, so the bag is a cushion with side pockets.
Polo Mints or Trebor Extra Strong Mints are essential items for
long flights.
Takeoff from Dauphin was
at 17:59z followed by landing at 19:05z at Yorkton Saskatchewan
whereupon 32 litres of Avgas were added.
They are very friendly at Yorkton airport and they have a
courtesy vehicle to enable visitors to go for lunch.
Mano's Restaurant was recommended to us, a few kilometres down
the road at the nearby Parkland Shopping Mall.
Lunch was very good... The CR-V was already
full of petrol and so I left a fiver towards the next refuel.
The agricultural operator at Yorkton uses a
highly modified Chipmunk for Ag/Spray pilot training.
When we stopped for fuel
18 years ago as we travelled west in the Chipmunk from St Hubert
Quebec, Saskatoon ATC paid the aeroplane a compliment and so we
had to drop by.
Besides Saskatoon would make a good night stop... Takeoff from
Yorkton was at 21:54z and landing was at 23:36z; 61.1 litres of
fuel was added.
Routing into the prevailing wind across the Prairies is best done at low level... No worries about engine failure as there are plenty of places to put down.
View of a classic 'Railway Hotel', The
Bessborough, from my room in the Delta Saskatoon Downtown Hotel.
In the evening we walked across the bridge to the Yard & Flagon pub for a late bite and an excellent local brew beer.
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