2008 Mackenzie River Challenge
Our journey is a tribute to Alexander Mackenzie and his brave companions.
( Read story : “Voyages from Montreal” )
The International Air Rally participants will start the journey from Brandon, Manitoba and proceed across the province of Saskatchewan and Alberta to reach the North West Territories and follow the Mackenzie River from Great Slave Lake (Hay River) . The teams will reach Inuvik July 20th on time to celebrate Inuvik’s 50th anniversary.
During this 10 day journey, the participants will have the great privilege to meet the people who have, with great enthusiasm, agreed to contribute to the organization of this unique flying event. You will get to meet them when reading the blog on a daily bases.
MEET THE TEAMS
Considering the extent of the flight (3216 NM), we can say that the pilots who have entered this challenge belong to a special breed of pilots. Neither the age: from 17 to 78 and neither the distance: some originating from Europe or distant US states have stopped them. THEY ARE ALL WINNERS FROM THE START!!!
DAN, AUREL , SIMONE AND CESAR Switzerland Pilatus PC-12
GIRSPERGER, SVEN
BOEDECKER, PAUL AND BONNIE Minnesota, USA Cirrus SR22
FUSS, PETER Vermont, USA
HOWEL, HARVEY Mass., USA C525 Citation Jet
DE LAPLANTE, FRANCINE AND MARC Ontario, Canada
GUNTER, SEIBOLD California, USA Cessna 182
SUTTON, DORIS
McCULLOCH, DAVID Florida, USA Bombardier Lear jet 23
CORPER, RAY
DUMONT, CAMIL Quebec, Canada
TOBENAS, CATHERINE
WALDNER, SAM Manitoba, Canada
TURPLE, ART Nova Scotia, Canada
LEROUX-DENNEBOUY, MARTIN France Cessna 172
DUMONT, MICHAËLLE Québec, Canada
EISENBERG, DON AND PAT California, USA Cessna T210M
McALLISTER, BRUCE Colorado, USA Cessna 182
BEVINGTON, DICK
STAPLES, WARREN Ontario, Canada Mooney M20J
LOUNSBURY, DON
BOBE, FRANK Mass., USA Cessna 172
OBERLI, CHRISTIANE
THOMAS, HELMUT Quebec, Canada Piper Cherockee 235
TURCOTTE, GINETTE
HOMER, MARK
STIEFIELD, ROBYN Ohio, USA Piper Comanche PA24-250
HARROLD, BOB
ROGERS, DAVE Ontario, Canada Mooney M-20J
DORSCHT, JOHN
MIDDLETON, PAT British Columbia, Canada Cessna U206F
SCHILL, DARRYL
GALLI, JOSEPH, ALEXANDER, THOMAS Quebec, Canada Cherokee 6
SHADE, ROBERT
HELSETH, MARK AND ANDREW Minnesota, USA Cessna 172
TUCKER,BLAKE Manitoba, Canada Cessna 172
BERTRAM, YVONNE
ASHTON, DALE Manitoba, Canada Cessna 172
Bons Vols a tous
Christian L-D
Bonjour
Le rallye sera regarde de France via la Gangue de chums de Martin ..La famille ..Stp Catherine peux-tu mettre des mots en francais Merci d avance Et que le meilleur ou la meilleure ( Michaelle ???) gagne
Christian L-D France
Warren, Dave, John. Who caught the first, the biggest and the most lake Trout in The Pas at Clearwater Lake. Betting that only Ken at Evergreen Lodge will fess up………
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