Mar 04
Planes to fly in Arctic
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Again, another ’sporadic photo-session’ happened, as I drove to work. Impossible to miss such an ‘eye catching look’ 
Wondering, where did this plane come from, what skies, over what ‘uncharted’ lands it was flying..
As for general information about this type, - you just ‘google’ it.. ‘Basler’ BT-67, for example, and you’ll find a wealth of pertinent information on this DC-3’s turbine conversion, a project aimed at giving the ’second life’ to venerable, but aging design, - which, no doubt, proved to be quite a success.
Indeed, C-FMKB has a great look, exuding impression of her impeccable ’shape’, and great capability.
Would love to get a ride on it.. Well, a good tour to see it ‘from inside’ would certainly do
March 5th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
She’s a beautiful bird for sure! I’d love to get a ride on her as well.
March 5th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Hi, Dave,
I’m thinking, maybe some of our ex-Borek pilots still have connections in the company…
I just bought a copy of ‘Today’s Pilot’ magazine, there’s quite an interesting article on flying BT-67 ‘Polar 5′ to a Russian Arctic station ‘North Pole-35′. It’s funny, just days before I got this magazine, I remember myself sitting at home, browsing through my digital archives where I came across an image of the same ‘Polar 5′ Basler. Shot was taken at Winnipeg. I’ll post it here, or on Flickr.
Take care,
S