Flying to Alaska | Lethbridge Customs After landing at Lethbridge, the first order of business is, of course, clearing customs. It was relatively easy. After the paperwork, the customs agent came out to the plane to make sure I had survival gear. They then issued me a permit to be displayed on the inside of the windshield. Thunderstorms blocked my route northwest to the Alaskan Highway. It was a good day and a nice night in Lethbridge.
Today’s Highlights… The takeoff at Williston made for some excitement in the cockpit due to the rising terrain just to the west of the airport. Also, clearing Canadian customs in an airplane for the first time was interesting.
For a more concise story see, Flying to Alaska | a 7 Image Story. And I post an image everyday at hankconrad.com.
Details…
| 7/11/1995 | Day 2 | Williston ND ➟ Havre MT➟ Lethbridge ALTA |
| Photo Gear | Minolta XG-9 SLR, Nikon Zoom Touch 500 35mm point & shoot, and Minolta IX-Date VE TIS2000 compact point & shoot with Minolta 50mm f1.7, Minolta 135mm f2.8 , and Vivitar75-300mm f4.5-5.6 zoom lenses. And, of course, a flash and tons of film! |
| Activities | Fly across Montana, file Intl. Flight Plan at Havre, dodge thunderstorms south of the Canadian border and clear customs at Lethbridge. |
| From | To | Route / Wx | Hours |
| ISN | HVR | Williston west through northern Montana to Havre, MT. Light chop. | 2.8 |
| HVR | YQL | Filed International Flight Plan. Filed HVR,CTB,YQL but CBs blocked the route to Cut Bank, MT. Avoiding the thunderstorms after leaving Havre, flew back east, then north, then west just south of the Canadian border to V21 to Lethbridge, ALTA. | 1.3 |
| Wx | Mostly sunny nice day until reaching thunderstorms in western Montana. |
