To Yukon Aviation

Aircraft Photographs by Murray Lundberg (Yukon & Alaska)

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Working on the engine of a C-130 Hercules at -34°C with a screaming wind must put this into the running as The Coldest Job in Whitehorse. January 28, 2008.

Icelandair Boeing 757-200 TF-FIA disembarks passengers on the ramp at Whitehorse on November 5, 2007. This was the first stop on an around-the-world charter.

Condor's Boeing 767 D-ABUH takes off for Fairbanks on October 2, 2007. With the temperature at 5° C. in a moderate rain, the plane was thoroughly de-iced before takeoff.

Celebrating the longest day of the year with a flight around the Whitehorse area in a restored de Havilland Beaver floatplane. This is the approach to Lake Schwatka, the float base at Whitehorse; the lake was formed when the Yukon River was dammed for power production in 1958. The photo was taken on June 21, 2003 at 10:19 p.m.

A beautifully-restored de Havilland Beaver (CF-FHZ) on Lake Schwatka at 10:25 p.m. on June 21, 2003.

A seldom-seen photo of propeller tip vortices on a C-130 Hercules taking off at Whitehorse on the morning of August 18, 2006.

In the 1930s, Fokker Super Universal CF-AAM was the flagship of Northern Airways Limited, hauling mail, freight and passengers to Atlin, Mayo, Fort Selkirk, Dawson City and many remote destinations in the Yukon and northwestern British Columbia. In 2001 she returned to the Yukon for a visit.

Whitehorse International Airport at 18:50 on on May 6, 2006. To the left of the Canadian search and rescue Buffalo is a Russian Mi26T helicopter that was passing through - an album of its visit can be seen here.

Whitehorse International Airport (CYXY), shot at 06:30 on May 19, 2006, at 160mm. Mount Lorne is in the background.

A 2005 satellite photo of Whitehorse airport from GoogleMaps.

Douglas DC-3 CF-CPY sits on a pedestal at Whitehorse, promoted as "The World's Largest Weather Vane." A bit of digital editing on this photo from 2003 gives her one last flight. More information on this aircraft can be found here.

Black Sheep Aviation's Turbo Otter C-GMCW picks up a tour group on the Stewart River on July 14, 2003.

Bell 206B Jet Ranger C-GCHC at Mayo on July 14, 2003. Two months later, this helicopter, owned by Trans North Turbo Air, crashed 80 miles north of here, killing the pilot.

Alpine Air's Maule, C-GXNG, picks up a couple of passengers on Lake Bennett at Carcross on August 18, 2002. This man from Washington State and his grandson had just hiked the Chilkoot Trail, and wanted to see it from the air.

Cessna 560XL Citation N561BP at Whitehorse on September 22, 2003. This aircraft is owned by Bass Pro, Inc. from Missouri - there's a sign beside the door that says "Gone Fishin'" - now that's fishin' in style!

Canadair XA-GRB at Whitehorse on September 22, 2003. This aircraft is owned by Aerolineas de Tehuacan of Mexico.

Whitehorse's Sourdough Rendezvous Air Show is always a big hit with residents, visitors and pilots. March 2, 2003.

A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18A leaves Whitehorse in a snowstorm on March 1, 2003.

Air North's Boeing 737-201 C-GNAU at Calgary, Alberta. This is one of two 737s leased by Air North to provide service beween Whitehorse and Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.