The airport in the City of Grand Forks is a busy place these days. With the high amount of forest fire activity the airport is housing and providing fuel to firefighting aircraft and crews. The City is happy to be of service, but the higher than usual airport activity has triggered the cancellation of one of this summers most anticipated events.

The Airport Appreciation Day and Fly-In was supposed to take place on Sunday August 23rd, 2015, but has been cancelled. Organizer James Traynor is disappointed but supportive of the services the airport is able to provide and pleased that the City of Grand Forks is doing their part to help with the forest fires.

Currently, there are 10-15 helicopters in and out of the Grand Forks airport. Firefighting crews are working on the wild fires in Rock Creek, North Fork and Christina Lake/ Paulsen areas. City staff are encouraging recreational air traffic to limit their use of the Grand Forks Airport to ensure for a safe environment for wild fire management operations.

For media information, please contact:
Sarah Winton, Deputy Corporate Officer / Communications
(250) 442-8266

info@grandforks.ca

Mel Rushton is a very accomplished pilot and member of the BCGA. He will be embarking on a journey from Vancouver to Geneva on August 25th. He has crossed the Atlantic many times in his and other TBM850s. Mel is so well respected in the community that Socata uses him to train new TBM owners on how to properly operate their new aircraft. 

To follow Mel's journey click his tracker link in the MEMBERS SPOT TRACKER PAGE. 

Foreflight is in the BETA release stage of its popular tablet based flight planning APP. The BETA release brings all of the convenience of the mobile APP to your computer desktop. They are currently in the BETA release stage which means they are only releasing it to a limited number of existing Foreflight subscribers. To sign up as a BETA user visit the link below. You can expect to wait anywhere from 2-6 weeks for an invitation to begin using the new desktop release. It is a very nice tool that makes flight planning a breeze!

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