The Yellowknife Golf Club’s strange relationship with airplanes
Written by Herb Mathisen
The original clubhouse of the Yellowknife Golf Club: the fuselage of a downed DC-3. Derek Bodington/Outcrop.
For Buffalo Joe, it’s not about money or fame—flying’s a way to escape all that
Written by Herb Mathisen
Buffalo Joe at the best seat in the house, er, DC-3. Photo: Hannah Eden
The cold facts of flying learned on the Hudson Strait Expedition
Written by Herb Mathisen
A makeshift hangar for a Fokker Universal on the coast of the Hudson Strait. Photo - Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Ted Grant’s philosophy on flying
Written by Herb Mathisen
Simpson Air’s Ted Grant is the Deh Cho’s biggest booster. Photo by Samia Madwar
What drives some spirited photographers to brave the cold for hours outside Iqaluit’s airport?
Written by Herb Mathisen
The massive Antonov An-124 drew a crowd of admirers during its brief stay in Iqaluit last April. Photo by Frank Reardon
Weldy Phipps’s madcap tourism package
Written by Herb Mathisen
Weldy Phipps pioneered tourism expeditions to the North Pole. Photo by Erik Charlton, (Flying to North Pole) [CC BY 2.0]
Heroes turned mail-boys turned heroes once more
Written by Herb Mathisen
Airmail went a long way in proving that airplanes were a quick and dependable means of delivering goods. NWT Archives/Archibald Fleming Fonds/N-1979-050: 0281
A downtown Yellowknife ballpark transformed from blight to beauty
Written by Herb Mathisen
Tommy Forrest Ballpark in Yellowknife. Photo courtesy Ollie Williams
SSi Micro’s Jeff Philipp thinks a monopoly could help fix these problems.
Written by Herb Mathisen
PHOTO BY HANNAH EDEN/UP HERE