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Mosquito and Hurricane biz in the First Quarter of 2019
Wow!
When your nose is right up against the bark, it's hard to
see the forest. Or in this case, working on the airplanes
two days a week and doing the almost daily
administrative work makes it hard to see what sort of
progress we are making. Doing these quarterly reports
gives me the chance to step back and see how much we
do in a relatively short span of time. And it stuns me
every time I do a report to recognize how much we get
done and how many hours supporters and volunteers
invest in our project. Cool stuff.
In reality, we put in a huge amount of time. In the first
three months of this year, volunteers have already put in
Come out to our Friday Hangar BBQ’s! a total of 2027.75 hours which is the second highest
For $6.00 get a Cheeseburger or Hotdog with chips number of hours for a quarter since we began work on
and pop. Then sit in amongst our historic WWII the airplanes in August 2012. Great work, thank you
aircraft and learn about the history of aviation in gang!
Saskatchewan.
And just for comparison, here is what our birds looked
BBQ’s will be taking place like just a year ago:
July 26th
August 9th,16th, & 23rd
From 11 am – 1 pm
We are now offering scenic flights in our
deHavilland Tiger Moth Bi-Plane.
They are $250 for a 30 min flight, and all of
the proceeds go towards getting our other
aircraft ready for passengers.
To book your flight you can contact our pilots
Gary and Dale at FlightOps@saskaviation.ca
Low cloud, high winds, lightning, or
precipitation can all prevent conditions from
being pleasurable for a flight. Gary or Dale
can discuss the weather with you in more
No wings, no cowlings, no fabric skins, no rudder and
detail before your flight.
tables full of loose little bits waiting for a good home.