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Wasaya Airways
Now imagine having to air transport all of the supplies in to these communities which do not have road access to southern markets, suppliers and manufacturers. The fleet consists of Beech 1900D, Cessna 208B, Hawker-Siddeley 748, Pilatus PC12 and Dash-8. |
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Wasaya Airways incorporated by Wasaya Corporation (now Wasaya Group Inc.) in 1989 for a requesting group of Northwestern Ontario First Nations, whose purpose was to acquire controlling interest in what was known as Kelner Airways. In 1993, the Kelner Airways name changed to Wasaya Airways Limited. It holds 100% ownership of Wasaya Airways, thus making it 100% First Nation owned. Source: www.Wasaya.com/ |
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Iraqi Airways To Auction Old Boeing 747's As reported first by FlightGlobal, Iraqi Airways is putting up for auction two Boeing 747's which were employed by the airline decades ago. These planes were taken out of commercial activity in the aftermath of the Gulf War. One plane is a Boeing 747-200CM and the other is a B-747SP-70. Both were manufactured in 1982 and have Pratt & Whitney JT9D engines. Source: SimpleFlying.com |
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Boeing 720 (modified). Introduced by Boeing in 1959, the B-720 is a smaller capacity, lighter, medium range variant of the B-707, one of the most successful airliners of the 20th century. C-FETB is the B-720 flying test bed operated by Pratt & Whitney Canada until 2010. One of 154 model B-720's manufactured by Boeing between 1959 and 1967, C-FETB was the single remaining operational Boeing 720 in the world. On May 9, 2012, the aircraft made its final flight, travelling from Montreal Saint-Hubert to CFB Trenton – the last flight ever of a B-720. Source: airforcemuseum.ca |
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Joby Aviation says that it has successfully flown the production prototype of its in-development electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for the first time. Joby Aviation intends for its air taxi to enter service in 2025. Source: JobyAviation.com |
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Imagine the quantities of food, clothing, hardware, building materials, gasoline, heating fuel, boats, motors, snowmobiles, medical supplies, school and office supplies that are required to meet the needs of over 25 communities with populations of 500 to 4,000 people.