Joe Mcbryan News Today

Merlyn Carter was a pioneer in northern aviation and now a family friend is hoping to have his contributions recognized by Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF).

Peyote's family spent two months searching for him. Meanwhile, the runaway tabby was living high on the hog as 'Claude' at the Buffalo Airways hangar with food to eat, rodents to chase and important paperwork to sleep on.

Jeff Faulkner climbs into the cockpit of his De Havilland single-engine Otter. He lays out his map, runs through his check list and scans the grid of meters on the instrument panel of his plane. Then he fiddles with some buttons and knobs and the propeller starts to spin and he taxis down the runway until the nose of the plane lifts up and soars into the air. Faulkner’s heart skips a beat, knowing that even after 15 years of flying, the feeling of taking off never gets old. “It’s my sandb...