John Vandene
John Vandene's 20+ year career as a commercial pilot for guide outfitters and air carriers in British Columbia, Alberta, and Northwest Territories has put him in the seat of most every bush plane known to man, from de Havilland Beavers to Grumman ampibs, and even as a test pilot for Found Aircraft Canada. He currently works for the Canadian goverment and enjoys flying his personal Piper Pacer in his free time, as well as teaching wilderness survival from his home base of Anahim Lake, BC.
Canadian commercial pilot John Vandene ventures north of the Arctic Circle to the territory of Nunavut in a Beechcraft King Air, and gets a taste of true, remote, backcountry dotted by a sparse but rich native culture.
This is the year you’re going to do it...you’re going to take your southern acclimatized bush bird and take her North.