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 Original instrument panel as purchased June, 2011 |
 Updated Panel in flight March 24, 2012 |
 Three year old grandson Noah helping with the annual inspection October, 2011 |
 Noah helping at the hangar October, 2011 |
 One of the numerous Garmin GNS530 pins |
 New avionics harness completed at home December, 2011 |
 New radio stack to be installed |
 Instrument panel and radios removed November, 2011 |
 Trial template for new instrument panel November, 2011 |
 New glareshield and instrument panel Fabricated by Shelby Isham December, 2011 |
 Radio stack installed January 3, 2012 |
 Power up ! January 7, 2012 |
 Panel installed January 30, 2012 |
 Tim as PIC March 24, 2012 |
 Rick, Noah, Tim March 24, 2012 |
Interior Refurbishment
 Seat leather kit Fabricated by Shelby Isham April 27, 2012 |
 Interior Installed Front seats May, 2012 |
 Interior Installed May, 2012 |
 Interior Installed May, 2012 |
 Interior Installed Rear seats May, 2012 |
Flight to Alaska
May 25-28, 2012
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 Ready to depart Olive Branch, MS May 25, 2012 |
 Gadgets SPOT tracker, DeLorme inReach, Traffic Collision system, GPS with XM weather, iPad with ForeFlight showing our track on the chart. May 25, 2012 |
 Tim in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada May 26, 2012 |
 Departing Edmonton Alberta, Canada May, 2012 |
 "Mile Zero" of The Alaska Highway Dawson Creek, British Columbia After 1870 NM (2150 statute miles) and 15.4 hours of flying May 26, 2012 |
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 Departing Dawson Creek with our survival vests on for the 'Sparsley Settled Area' (the next 1,000 miles!) May 27, 2012 |
 Departing Ft. Nelson, BC |
 Fueling at Watson Lake Yukon Territory |
 Our position at Watson Lake Showing the map of the Alaska- Siberia Northwest Staging Route where thousands of aircraft were ferried to Russia in WW-II |
 Cassier Mountains between Watson Lake and Whitehorse, YT |
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 Cassier Mountains between Watson Lake and Whitehorse, YT |
 Cassier Mountains between Watson Lake and Whitehorse, YT |
 You Tube Video Flying over The Yukon |
 Cassier Mountains between Watson Lake and Whitehorse, YT |
 Teslin Lake Yukon |
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 Whitehorse, Yukon Landing Runway 13 Left May 27, 2012 |
 Flight Planning at Whitehorse May 28, 2012 |
 Kluane Lake Yukon |
 Rick & Tim near Kluane Lake, Yukon |
 Tim over Kluane Lake, Yukon |
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 Approaching Beaver Creek about to leave Canada along The Alaska Highway |
 iPad entering Alaska May 28, 2012 |
 GPS entering Alaska |
 Northway, Alaska airport |
 Runway 5 Northway, AK Cleared US Customs here |
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 Tim at Northway, Alaska May 28, 2012 |
 Terrain on the GPS The Mentasta Mountains, Alaska |
 Snow showers in the Mentasta Mountains |
 iPad ForeFlight showing our track through the mountain passes |
 Suslota Pass staying VFR |
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 The Alaska Pipeline near Gulkana |
 Tazlina Lake and Glacier |
 Chugach Mountains |
 Matanuska Glacier |
 Tim with the Chugach Mountains |
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 Runway 15 Anchorage International Airport |
 Clearing the runway Anchorage International Airport |
 Taxiway "Victor" crosses Postmark Drive to connect Anchorage Internatonal Airport with the Lake Hood Seaplane Base and gravel strip |
 Tim & Rick arriving at Anchorage May 28, 2012 |
 Tim & Rick Lake Hood 'Echo' parking Anchorage - May 28, 2012 |
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 Linda saying a sad goodbye to our Skylane June 27, 2014 |
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