Two
New
Northern
Routes
Added
TWO
Airlines
Infrnriunori
scheduled
flights
from
Prince
George
to
Fort
St
James
and
Mackenzie
this
month
This
brings
to
five
the
num
number
¬
ber
of
airlines
offering
sched
scheduled
¬
uled
fllehts
to
and
from
Prince
George
BC
and
Yukon
points
ana
AiDerta
The
first
of
the
new
flights
was
flown
out
of
her
by
Thun
derblrd
Airlines
Ltd
on
Its
825
of
two
helicopters
and
seven
flxed
wlng
craft
by
adding
a
58
000
helicopter
to
its
roster
And
with
this
plane
an
Alpine
J
2A
Northern
Mountain
Air
Airlines
¬
lines
Ltd
is
gearing
for
an
ever
Increasing
competitive
atmos
am
fllcht
to
Mackenzie
Thunderblrd
president
Milton
Ritchie
In
making
the
announce
announcement
¬
ment
Tuesday
said
Introduction
of
the
schedule
Is
welcomed
bv
Mackenzie
residents
Rltlchte
will
be
flying
In
Cessna
206
a
five
passen
passenger
¬
ger
plane
on
the
runs
for
the
first
month
or
so
Ironing
out
whatever
bugs
exist
Northern
Mountain
Airlines
resumed
Its
Class
3
sched
phere
In
charter
flying
to
North
Northern
¬
ern
BC
Weve
only
had
the
planVfor
10
days
and
it
has
already
pro
produced
¬
duced
19
hours
of
revenue
fly
flying
¬
ing
for
us
said
NM
terminal
manager
Ed
McPherson
Ve
leased
a
machine
last
year
and
grossed
our
expecta-
BC
Airlines
Uses
24
Passenger
Planes
A
new
bird
made
Us
ap
appearance
¬
pearance
at
Prince
George
airport
when
BC
Air
Lines
introduced
Thunderblrd
ser
services
¬
vices
to
and
through
this
Central
British
Columbia
com
community
¬
munity
with
jet
prop
Nord
Vis
Vistaliner
¬
taliner
aircraft
It
marked
the
Inaugura
Inauguration
¬
tion
of
BCA
service
to
com
communities
¬
munities
throughout
the
In
Interior
¬
terior
of
British
Columbia
with
regularly
scheduled
air
airline
¬
line
flights
The
Routes
of
the
Thunder
Thunderblrd
¬
blrd
will
provide
flights
be
between
¬
tween
Vancouver
Penticton
and
Kelowna
continuing
onward
from
the
Okanagan
to
Castlegar
and
Cranbrook
flights
north
to
Kamloops
Williams
Lake
Ques
nel
and
Prince
George
with
fur
ther
flights
carrying
on
west
westward
¬
ward
from
Prince
George
to
Smithers
and
Terrace
All
flights
will
be
operated
with
24
passenger
turbine
powered
Nord
Vistallners
fully
pressurized
with
hostess
cabin
service
and
picture
window
viewing
of
the
terrain
particularly
Important
In
beau
beautiful
¬
tiful
BC
The
largest
airline
operating
entirely
within
the
province
BC
Air
Lines
has
served
the
people
of
the
Pacific
Coast
for
more
than
two
decades
It
was
founded
In
1947
to
provide
float
plane
service
to
the
Isolated
communities
up
and
downthe
coast
between
Van
Vancouver
¬
couver
and
as
far
north
as
Alaska
uled
to
Fort
St
James
with
an
830
am
flight
to
Fort
St
James
The
Northern
Mountain
fran
franchise
¬
chise
was
closed
during
the
winter
because
of
snowed-
ln
runway
conditions
at
Fort
St
james
The
spring
break
up
Is
now
over
and
the
runways
ok
said
NM
terminal
manager
Ed
Mc
Pherson
and
Vancouver
Northern
Mountain
Expands
Fleet
of
Charter
Copters
A
Nnrthprn
Bfi
nlnnoor
air
line
has
boosted
Its
fleet
tlons
on
that
one
Were
at
a
high
competitive
stage
now
and
we
know
from
experience
that
well
clear
on
this
plane
he
said
in
a
press
conference
Tues
Tuesday
¬
day
The
nextstep
for
Northern
he
said
is
the
purchase
of
a
turbine
helicopter
and
predic
predicted
¬
ted
Northern
will
have
one
here
next
summer
McPherson
also
said
the
pur
purchase
¬
chase
of
the
plane
Is
a
planned
step
designed
to
coincide
with
the
airliners
hopes
of
getting
a
charter
rotary
licence
for
Prince
George
Its
application
In
December
last
year
was
turned
down
in
February
this
year
ty
tne
oaiv
adlan
Transport
Commission
which
in
effect
said
the
ra
tary
licence
wasnt
in
the
public
interest
Weve
appealed
this
decision
in
March
and
we
hope
to
hear
from
the
acting
minister
of
trans
port
within
the
next
couple
of
weeks
said
McPherson
A
rotary
licence
for
Northern
here
will
mean
an
expansion
of
staff
fleet
and
airport
facilities
for
the
company
he
aaid
We
cant
operate
a
helicop
helicopter
¬
ter
charter
from
Prince
George
although
we
do
have
a
rotary
licence
for
Fort
St
James
one
of
the
most
competitive
places
from
which
to
work
said
Mc
McPherson
¬
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Prince
George
and
Mackenzie
Thunderblrd
will
be
operat
operating
¬
ing
dally
morning
flights
Monday
through
Friday
to
Mackenzie
at
13
a
seat
All
weekday
flights
leave
Prince
George
at
825
am
and
leave
Mackenzie
for
the
return
trip
at
930
am
Saturday
schedules
call
for
Prince
George
departure
at
1140
am
and
a
Mackenzie
de
parture
at
1245
pm
BC
Air
Lines
Nord
Vistaliner
has
dally
runs
between
Prince
George
Terrace
and
Smithers
and
another
service
which
links
Prince
George
with
the
Cariboo
Okanogan
Kootenays
Robertson
photo
Ten
Drivers
Honored
For
Safety
Ten
drivers
with
the
Cana
Canadian
¬
dian
Coachways
system
In
the
Prince
George
district
have
been
awarded
prizes
for
their
safety
records
Between
them
drivers
in
the
Prince
George
and
Smithers
areas
covered
more
than
1
mil
million
¬
lion
of
the
775
million
miles
run
by
Coachways
buses
during
1968
Edwin
Boyes
was
honored
for
his
14
years
of
safe
driving
He
has
been
a
bus
driver
since
1951
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big
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small
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It
even
copies
three
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images
offset
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cuts
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to
the
size
of
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original
message
when
you
want
it
to
It
uses
roll
paper
It
fits
on
a
table
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best
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all
it
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a
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Prince
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service
with
this
six
seat
Cessna
Pacific
Western
Airlines
ha
a
jet
prop
aircraft
on
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between
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