{"id":2896,"date":"2014-06-19T23:42:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T23:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2014-07-04T18:36:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T18:36:49","slug":"taking-the-long-way-to-cbaa-in-edmonton-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/taking-the-long-way-to-cbaa-in-edmonton-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the long way to CBAA in Edmonton &#8211; Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Fort McMurray and Oil Sands<\/h1>\n<p>After arriving in the late afternoon to Fort McMurray, Steve and Daryl spent the night to have an adventure the next day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Oil-sands-in-Fort-McMurray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2897\" title=\"Oil sands in Fort McMurray\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Oil-sands-in-Fort-McMurray-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Oil-sands-in-Fort-McMurray-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Oil-sands-in-Fort-McMurray.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next day, Steve and Daryl were very fortunate to have a generous helicopter tour of the oil sands in Fort McMurray by the owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoenixheliflight.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Helicopters<\/a>, Paul Spring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Very fascinating to see the whole process according to Steve and Daryl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Buffalo-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2901\" title=\"Wood Buffalo 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Buffalo-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Buffalo-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Buffalo-3.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Buffalo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2899\" title=\"Wood Buffalo 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Buffalo-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Buffalo-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Buffalo-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Later in the evening, they flew to Villeneuve Airport, just 3km away from St. Alberts which is located 20 minutes from downtown Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>From there, they stayed in Edmonton for a goods nights rest to attend the CBAA the next day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maxcraft Avionics<\/a>\u00a0is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic system upgrades like the Garmin\u00a0<\/em><em>GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic VHF Radio and simple Garmin portable\u00a0<\/em><em>GPS all the way to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/product\" target=\"_blank\">TCAS, EFIS, and autopilot systems.<\/a>\u00a0We have the largest avionics facility\u00a0in\u00a0<\/em><em>Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our inventory to repair your aircraft\u00a0<\/em><em>or upgrade your cockpit.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort McMurray and Oil Sands After arriving in the late afternoon to Fort McMurray, Steve and Daryl spent the night to have an adventure the next day. 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