Apatok island airstrip, lat-long
I confess to being somewhat reduced in enthusiasm for a couple of days after reading Pierre's accident report 
However thanks for both of the photo's, that has restored some interest! While it looks rather barren it really does evoke a sense of adventure and a desire to drop in and experience the place.
Sam, I see what looks like the bulldozer shed mentioned in the earlier report is still vaguely there. If you land you could take your toolkit and get the old girl going so you could do a bit of grading on the strip.
What could be better - flying into a remote and seriously scenic airstrip in your airborne toy, with a large ground-based toy to play with as well
FP.
However thanks for both of the photo's, that has restored some interest! While it looks rather barren it really does evoke a sense of adventure and a desire to drop in and experience the place.
Sam, I see what looks like the bulldozer shed mentioned in the earlier report is still vaguely there. If you land you could take your toolkit and get the old girl going so you could do a bit of grading on the strip.
What could be better - flying into a remote and seriously scenic airstrip in your airborne toy, with a large ground-based toy to play with as well
FP.
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Amazing, nothing seems to have changed since I flew over that strip in 1991, a real time warp, a fly out would be perfect and I have the ideal aircraft to land there 
Then please get in touch! Seriously.
I REALLY want to take a group of bushplanes and helis there (and to a series of other strips/beaches around northern Canada and Greenland).
I've even found a guy who'll sign off big wheels on our Saratoga... :-)
I REALLY want to take a group of bushplanes and helis there (and to a series of other strips/beaches around northern Canada and Greenland).
I've even found a guy who'll sign off big wheels on our Saratoga... :-)
So I guess we'll have to live the moment vicariously, hopefully someone is delegated to post a full expedition report :-)
FP.
No, but the flying here is not bad - here's my version of Akpatok, if nothing else it's a little warmer!
A more or less abandoned strip on the northeast coast of the South...
... and at the risk of a little thread drift, just to show that we're not all pussies down this way, here's something that is perhaps a little more Akapatok-like in its ruggedness (further to the south).
We do land on that white stuff occasionally
FP.
... and at the risk of a little thread drift, just to show that we're not all pussies down this way, here's something that is perhaps a little more Akapatok-like in its ruggedness (further to the south).
We do land on that white stuff occasionally
FP.
Last edited by First_Principal; 8th Jul 2017 at 23:16. Reason: Pfaffing around with image placement, didn't quite work out as I'd hoped...
