Dear Vi, I believe I have not yet told you what brought Kelly and I to Dawson City last summer…and what brought us back again this year. This is it – a vintage Stearman biplane. She’s a beauty, eh? Kelly was hired to ferry her from Ontario to Dawson last summer. It was a long… Continue reading A Stearman Biplane in Dawson City, Yukon
Category: Flying
Cabin contentment
Dear Vi, I’ve turned my chair to look North, where a thunderstorm is slowly working its way down the lake. I sat knitting for an hour or so while Kelly napped in the cabin and listened to thunder rumbling in the distance, wind in the trees, the snick of my knitting needles, the pair of… Continue reading Cabin contentment
The Icing on the Cake: Kelly Collins wins the Yukon Order of Polaris
…a thick layer of frosting on an already rich and delicious cake. Congratulations to my wonderful husband on being awarded the Order of Polaris and inducted into the Yukon Transportation Hall of Fame! LOCAL PILOT HONOURED FOR 27 YEARS OF SERVICE By Max Leighton, What’s Up Yukon Photo by Michael Collins Local flight instructor Kelly… Continue reading The Icing on the Cake: Kelly Collins wins the Yukon Order of Polaris
Turquoise and Tangerine
I took this picture out the window when I was flying home last month. I love the colours together. And I love flying Air North, too (but that goes without saying).