A friend of mine sent this to me and I thought I would pass it along.

>> Hi Ken
>
> At the last meeting i believe you were talking about places to fly
> for members of the club. I was just talking to my friend in Fairview
> Alberta , (CEB5), 60 miles north of Grande Prairie. They have a great
> airfield with tenting available. There is a terminal with washrooms.
> Their flyin is on June 21 which is unfortunately the same as ours
> but if anyone is in the area, they are more than welcome to drop in.
> Some of the group are involved in restoring a Canso aircraft. For
> anyone interested, just look up http://www.savethecanso.com/. It is a
> fantastic story of how they are bringing this aircraft back to life.
> We are in the final stages and hope to put the wing back on this
> spring and have it flying this year. If anyone is interested in
> becoming a member of this project, the yearly fees are $ 20 or $50
> for three years. Don Wieben, the leader of the group said he would
> be willing to talk to our club if he is down when our meeting is on
> if people are interested.
>
> Cheers
>
> Bill

Just thought I'd mention, for the benefit of our American friends, that the Canso is the Canadian version of the Catalina.

But you probably already knew that

Thanks for the info. I'm just south of Fairview across the Peace river and was unaware of the fly-in or the restoration project. Is Don Wieben the Don that flies the Beech 18? If so I met him at Eagleshams breakfast fly-in 2 years ago. Great guy.
David

I don’t know if my reply went out as my iPad is doing funny things. Yes Don has a Beech 18, a super cub and a cessna 185. Your friend is welcome to give him a call if he wants to see the Canso project.
Thanks for putting out the word.

175 magnum wrote:I don’t know if my reply went out as my iPad is doing funny things. Yes Don has a Beech 18, a super cub and a cessna 185. Your friend is welcome to give him a call if he wants to see the Canso project.
Thanks for putting out the word.

Thanks Ken. I did get your PM. Just didn't have time to reply yet.