(October 10, 2011) – Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us on Saturday October 22nd, 2011 at 20h00edt (23h59z) for our October fly-in where we will fly to one of the lowest airports in North America.

Departing from Los Angeles Intl (KLAX) we will fly some of the country’s cooperate elite to Furnace Creek (L06) in Death Valley at 230 feet below sea level. These CEOs will be taking part in high stress meetings, networking and investment trading, better known as a weekend of golf at a high end resort with a side trip to Las Vegas (KLAS).

So aircraft of choice for this event will be of the cooperate style. None of these CEO’s will be happy showing up in a Dash 6 or Continue reading →

Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us on Saturday September 17th, 2011 at 10h00edt (14h00z) for our September Fly-In where we will fly to the highest commercial airport in the world.

Bangda which is located in Bangda, Tibet, has an elevation of 14,219 ft and its runway 14/32 is the longest public runway in the world at 18,045 ft or 3.42 miles. The low air density at this altitude makes a higher takeoff & landing airspeed necessary, thus why there is a longer runway.

Departing from Zia International (VGZR), Dhaka, Bangladesh, the former finish line of the world famous Paris to Dhaka rally, we will follow standard IFR routing and climb from 26 feet above sea level to land in Continue reading →