My weekly BC aviation updates and travel blogs

A round up of aviation news in BC/YT and with major airlines who serve BC.  All photos my own unless stated. If anyone has any news or photos - particularly from elsewhere in BC or Yukon - please comment or send to me via email cangloballog@gmail.com NEW DELIVERIES 6th March ... C-FGOJ ... Bombardier Dash 8-106 ... Central Mountain Air [Smithers BC] 5th March ... C-FSCY ... Boeing 737-8 MAX ... Air Canada Rouge [Montreal QC] ... tfd from AC 4th March ... C-FZPJ ... Boeing 767-33A (ER) (BDSF) ... Cargojet Airways [Hamilton ON] ... std Goodyear AZ after F conversion by IAI Bedek in Tel Aviv between 02.02.25 - 20.02.26 4th March ... C-GKFF ... ATR 72-500 (F) ... KF Aerospace [Kelowna BC] ... re-reg from C-GKFY 4th March ... C-FIDL ... Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 ... Pacific Sky Aviation [Victoria BC] ... tfd from DHC 3rd March ... 153001 ... Airbus CT-153 Juno ... RCAF 15 Wing (SkyAlyne) [CFB Moose Jaw SK] C-FIDL as seen in Victoria [YYJ], photo taken by Tim Martin on Flickr.  Remains...

A round up of aviation news in BC/YT and with major airlines who serve BC.  As the first post, this will go back further than future posts which I intend to be weekly.  All photos my own unless stated. If anyone has any news or photos - particularly from elsewhere in BC or Yukon - please comment or send to me via email cangloballog@gmail.com NEW DELIVERIES Feb 28th ... C-GMJI ... Boeing 737-8 MAX ... Air Canada [Montreal YUL] Feb 27th ... C-GWJQ ... Boeing 737-8 MAX ... WestJet [Calgary YYC] Feb 27th ... C-FEVX ... Airbus H130 ... Le Fevre Air Services [Victoria YYJ] Feb 25th ... C-GWJN ... Boeing 737-8 MAX ... WestJet [Calgary YYC] (this reg used to be on a 700) Feb 20th ... 295512 ... Airbus CC-295 Kingfisher ... RCAF 442 Squadron [Comox YQQ] EXPORTS Feb 23rd ... C-FKTU ... DHC 3 Turbine Otter ... Sealand Aviation [Campbell River YBL] Feb 19th ... C-FJXL ... Beech 1900C ... Skylink Express [Toronto YYZ] Feb 19th ... C-FJXO ... Beech 1900C ... Skylink Express [Toronto YYZ] Fe...

Two of many avgeeks bucket list items are in Scotland.  One is the Barra beach airport which I covered in a previous post.  The other - and probably the most popular of the two - is the worlds shortest scheduled flight with a block time of two minutes between Westray and Papa Westray in the Orkney Islands north of the mainland. The flight is operated by Glasgow head quartered Loganair using a pair of Britten Norman BN2 Islander's.  It is actually a government funded Public Service Obligation (PSO) route which operates as a triangle from Kirkwall on the main Orkney Island and back again.  They have three triangular flights out of Kirkwall named the inter island flights, the other two loops being North Ronaldsay (NRL) & Eday (EOI) and Stronsay (SOY) & Sanday (NDY). Image created using Great Circle Mapper Image credit : Shutterstock Image credit : Encyclopaedia Britannica Because they are PSO routes, they are very reasonably priced and are bookable as expected o...