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Old 03-21-2012, 08:18 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by bizaro86 View Post
Interesting. I assume you flew a small plane yourself? Wikipedia lists Invermere as having a 3000 ft runway and no commercial service.

Would anything (other than business risk) stop someone form operating a small prop service from Springbank to Invermere? It'd be a pretty short flight, and lots of Calgarians (probably from that side of town!) own property in the Columbia Valley.
Yes I did, usually flew over in a Cessna 172. During the last boom it was not unusual to see chartered flights arriving in Invermere from Calgary and Edmonton. One time I ran into some old flying buddies operating a charter there with North Cariboo Air.
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