Painless Extraction
C-FPBJ, a de Havilland Canada DHC-7-103 Dash 7, at the Marine Laydown Area (MLA) at Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut - just north of the Arctic Circle. It had just arrived as TIN806 (Air Tindi Ltd.) from Goose Lake, Nunavut and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Its 70" x 91" cargo door permits oversized objects to be loaded and unloaded with ease.
Serial number 9 is currently the oldest Dash 7 in service around the world. The 44-year-old workhorse began its career as A6-MLM with Emirates Air Service at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on July 31, 1978. It later served with Air Greenland A/S of Nuuk, Greenland and with Trans Capital Air Ltd. of Toronto, Ontario before joining the Air Tindi fleet on March 10, 2021.
For heavy equipment fans, the machine shown is a Caterpillar IT28G Wheel Loader.
Painless Extraction
C-FPBJ, a de Havilland Canada DHC-7-103 Dash 7, at the Marine Laydown Area (MLA) at Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut - just north of the Arctic Circle. It had just arrived as TIN806 (Air Tindi Ltd.) from Goose Lake, Nunavut and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Its 70" x 91" cargo door permits oversized objects to be loaded and unloaded with ease.
Serial number 9 is currently the oldest Dash 7 in service around the world. The 44-year-old workhorse began its career as A6-MLM with Emirates Air Service at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on July 31, 1978. It later served with Air Greenland A/S of Nuuk, Greenland and with Trans Capital Air Ltd. of Toronto, Ontario before joining the Air Tindi fleet on March 10, 2021.
For heavy equipment fans, the machine shown is a Caterpillar IT28G Wheel Loader.