Jermechanic
Well Known Member
My friend John Howroyd and I made a journey to NW British Columbia to visit the Islands of Haida Gwaii and Stewart BC. He did a great write up for our local flying club so I will share it here with his permission.
Credit to John Howroyd - Pics and Write Up
Back in the dark, dank, dreary days of December, my flying buddy, Jeremy Prpich, proposed a flight of fancy to Haida Gwaii for our summer adventure of 2019.
waxs-1 by Jeremy, on Flickr
Having always found that area mysterious and significant as the western edge of Canada, I readily agreed and Jer fixed the ETD for June 17 since he had to arrange his holiday time.
After many trials and tribulations and 2 Throttle Body Injectors later, as June approached I was ready. Surprise!!!!! On Monday, June10, in the afternoon, Jer called to say that his analysis of the Wx showed that it might be better to go the next day since our proposed week didn’t look as good. CARPE DIEM !!! He juggled his work schedule and I reinvented my week and at 1130 Tuesday, June 11 we rendezvoused at 1500 ft. over Raven.
Raven direct Port Hardy to buy fuel and confirm that my new TBI had a known fuel burn. Fueling at CYZT showed that was true with a chock to chock consumption of 6.8 US GPH , not quite as good as the previous Ellison but then I hadn’t leaned aggressively either. We had a shock , however, when settling the bill , that on top of the outrageous price per litre we were each assessed an additional $30 “truck charge”. This would have been the case even if we had purchased only 1 litre !!!!! Canadian FBO “service” at its worst !!!
Credit to John Howroyd - Pics and Write Up
Back in the dark, dank, dreary days of December, my flying buddy, Jeremy Prpich, proposed a flight of fancy to Haida Gwaii for our summer adventure of 2019.
waxs-1 by Jeremy, on Flickr
Having always found that area mysterious and significant as the western edge of Canada, I readily agreed and Jer fixed the ETD for June 17 since he had to arrange his holiday time.
After many trials and tribulations and 2 Throttle Body Injectors later, as June approached I was ready. Surprise!!!!! On Monday, June10, in the afternoon, Jer called to say that his analysis of the Wx showed that it might be better to go the next day since our proposed week didn’t look as good. CARPE DIEM !!! He juggled his work schedule and I reinvented my week and at 1130 Tuesday, June 11 we rendezvoused at 1500 ft. over Raven.
Raven direct Port Hardy to buy fuel and confirm that my new TBI had a known fuel burn. Fueling at CYZT showed that was true with a chock to chock consumption of 6.8 US GPH , not quite as good as the previous Ellison but then I hadn’t leaned aggressively either. We had a shock , however, when settling the bill , that on top of the outrageous price per litre we were each assessed an additional $30 “truck charge”. This would have been the case even if we had purchased only 1 litre !!!!! Canadian FBO “service” at its worst !!!