JM
What a good deal to get Andy to do a presentation, My friend who we lost on the Cathederal Glacier (Kurt Gloyer), And Andy were good friends, He, Paul and Doug travel some pretty high roads!!!
Any chance you can talk Doug the chopper pilot from Haines Junction into coming? He helped us get Kurt and the other two survivors out of a bottomless Crevice at 12,500, Him and those courageous and wonderful Park Wardens of Kluane Park along with Paul and Andy are some of my Hero's
Hope to see all of you there.
GT

OK, OK!! I'm comin!

We have finalized our Menu...hope you like it! On site meals to be paid at the catering table in cash. For the meals at the Food Basket, transportation will be available and pay in cash at the till.

Friday Night -Free "Bubba's" wild meat chilli dinner
Saturday Breakfast, 8 am on airport site -Traditional eggs, bacon, ham, hash browns, toasts, hot drinks and juices $15
Saturday Lunch, Noonish at the Food Basket -Sub sandwiches, hot soup, dessert, etc $15
Saturday Dinner, 6 pm on airport site -Salmon bake on cedar planks! wild rice, choice of salads, veggies, home made buns, hot and cold drinks $25
Sunday Breakfast, 8 am at the Food Basket -Canada Day Pancake breakfast with real maple syrup and the whole works! $15
Sunday Lunch, after Canada Day Parade -Options of free BBQ lunch on airport site courtesy of the Whitehorse Lions Club or you can join the Canada Day festivities at the Tarahne Park where a meal will also be provided at low cost.
Sunday Dinner, 6 pm on airport site -Canada Day BBQ Dinner, a variety of meats, Ribs, Steaks, Chicken, Smokies, baked potatoes, coleslaw, choice of salads, home made buns, hot and cold drinks & a home made dessert to die for $25 ($5 rebate for those wearing Habs Jersey ) Raffle draws to begin right after the meal!
Monday Breakfast, 8 am on airport site -Wild meat breakfast, eggs, toast, hot & cold drinks accompanied by sheep, caribou, moose and bison sausages! $15
Monday Lunch, pick up on site -Cold bagged lunch for those flying out that day $15

A big thank you to Brian from the Pine Tree restaurant and Corinne from the Food Basket for catering this event

OK, OK!! I'm comin!

JM, i have a major problem with your menu. I only have the 150hp motor in my 172.
KenW

Hey, how smooth is the runway? I would like to put my wheel pants on for the long flight up but I would hate to leave them there.
JK

Runway is good gravel strip.
Have fun.
GT

M6RV6 wrote:Runway is good gravel strip.
Have fun.
GT

Hi JK...yep, GT is bang on, gravel and in great shape...the photo you see on the first page of this thread is bang on...many fly with wheel pants all over. You may want to remove them for the fly out to Telsequa but you can just as quick put them back on after that. We will fly over Atlin Lake, Juneau Icefield, land at Telsequa and back to Atlin!

Cheers, J-M

Hi J-M
After the flyin there are about 8 of us that want to stay and see the sights of the Yukon for about 2weeks. We are planning to go to Whitehorse,Carcross,Dawson City plus?????. We are hopeing over the weekend you folks can tell us where to go. Local cool spots to fly to etc.
KenW

175 magnum wrote:Hi J-M
After the flyin there are about 8 of us that want to stay and see the sights of the Yukon for about 2weeks. We are planning to go to Whitehorse,Carcross,Dawson City plus?????. We are hopeing over the weekend you folks can tell us where to go. Local cool spots to fly to etc.
KenW

Ken, of course! we will set you up for the nicest place around and you may just win some fantastic prizes that you can use while spending time in the Yukon! The loop through Carcross, Dawson, Haines Junction, Whitehorse is a fantastic flight plan! Ron Grue will be at the flyin', he has a nice strip south of Haines Junction near the Alaska border...great joint.. No worries, we'll hook you up! If you wish to make reservations for Dawson City, it would be prudent. Call Mary Anne at the WestMark Whitehorse hotel, tell her that you are with the Atlin Flyin' and that I told you to call her..she'll book you up at a good rate in Dawson. Cheers, J-M

EMERGENCY CONTACT # in Atlin:

We will have a phone at the airport in Atlin in case you need to contact me or another organizer. You can also pass on this number to your families in case of emergency: 250-651-2226 Helen will likely answer the phone, you can leave messages for me or anyone else. Internet terminal will be available on site as well for EAPIS filing, weather, etc.

***PILOTS: Make sure to close your flight plan upon arrival to Atlin. If you are coming from the US, you will need to close with Juneau.*** You can clear Customs directly in Atlin, the RCMP officers are designated Custom Officers and will be available...You must call 1-888 CAN PASS (226-7277) two (2) hours prior to your arrival in Atlin.

The East Coast band "North to Finch" will be performing after the Raffle draws on Sunday evening The dance will take place in the main hangar

One of us organizers will have a hand held radio at most times and will be able to provide airfield advisory upon arrival (Friday & Saturday) within 10 miles of the airfield on 123.2 If no answer, proceed as per normal uncontrolled field operations. Once you have landed, you will be marshalled to a parking spot along the old runway fence. As for float planes, we will provide you with an advisory and your parking location upon landing. Overflow will park at Komo lake 1 mile west of the airfield and transportation will be provided. Komo has a beautiful beach perfect for float parking!

Any questions, please PM me.

Cheers, BCT

J-M
Can we do customs in Atlin?That would be great.
Thanks GT

M6RV6 wrote:J-M
Can we do customs in Atlin?That would be great.
Thanks GT

Thanks George...I just updated the post above with the number to call 2 hours prior to arrival... The Mounties are designated custom officers and I spoke to them in person today and they will be available. Thanks for bringing up this very important detail!

J-M

J-M
Make sure you give DEE a call over at the Alaska Airmens and let them know you can clear customs there, they were talking a month or so ago about getting some people over that way.
Still hoping to make it!!
GT

On top of the 35 amazing raffle prizes, we will be holding a live auction for a "TRIP OF A LIFETIME"! The auction is a package deal including a return flight wherever Air North flies, four night stay (double occupancy & nights can be split up) at Yukon's finest WestMark Hotel a four day RV rental (for however many you can fit in their top of the line RV's!) to tour around Yukon & Alaska from Fraserway RV and a four day midsize car rental from Driving Force out of either Whitehorse or Inuvik location for a total value of well over $2500

Live auction to take place right after Sunday night's dinner!
Oh yeah... we will throw in the local knowledge for the best fishing spots...FREE

Here's an important message from Tom George from, AOPA Alaska Regional Manager, thank you Tom!

I don’t know how many folks coming to your flyin might be returning to Alaska via Northway, but I thought I would pass on something that came to my attention yesterday.

The US Customs Alcan Border Station is experiencing a temporary staffing shorting, making it more difficult to clear aircraft entering Alaska at Northway. Published operational hours for entering at the Northway Airport are between 8:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. (Alaska Time) daily. During this temporary staffing shortage, we can expect better service if we arrive between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. While they will honor the published hours, pilots may experience a longer wait time for clearance.

Also note that due to the river tour closing in Eagle, there is no longer a customs officer stationed there to clear aircraft.

As always, calling the Alcan station at least two hours prior to arrival time is essential.

Here's a list of Customs and Border patrol for Aviation in AK
Hope this link will help some.
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/ak/

Tried to copy the page image, but that did not work.
It is so ridiculous that it is so hard to get back into AK. And the USA!!!!
GT

Locate a Port Of Entry - Air, Land, or Sea

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Wrangell
Inquiries (877) CBP-5511 | International Callers (703) 526-4200 | TTD (866) 880-6582

I plan to fly up Friday evening from Juneau. I have not had a problem here with Customs, though they do tend to seem to want to make it hard for a U.S. citizen to enter their own country... Anybody else planning on bringing dogs with them? This will be our first camping trip for my puppy (1.5 years now, still a big puppy to me).

George, Haines is also a port of entry and for doing it quite a bit myself and getting used to it, it aint that bad...just the EAPIS that is truly a pain in the butt but the good thing is that once you are registered with them, all the info shows up so all that you have to enter is your point of entry & time really... so no biggy! The plan is the fly to Skagway for the 4th of July although the celebrations and fireworks happen on the night of the 3rd. Parade and games is on the 4th.

Dogs...yes, a few people bringing theirs from what I recall.

BCT

OK, OK, I'm comin' but looks like we will be a bit late.
Bud from SE BC is gonna be weathered in for a couple days, crap wx from Montana is gonna hold him back until probably Wed. He has to get up here (on bushwheels) and we haft'a mount/rig his floats & then he needs a warmup day (hasn't flown floats for 15 yrs) before we can set out. But we're comin'!
JM, take notes on that mtn. flying seminar for me!