Taken from the Norman Wells community facebook page:
A huge shout out to North-Wright Airways, they have saved Christmas. Santa left the presents for all the children in Norman Wells in Yellowknife and then skipped the country – bad Santa! But the good men and women of North-Wright Airways said NO these presents have to, no, must get to the children in Norman Wells. So they sent a plane to Yellowknife to pick them up. The young pilots braved raging blizzards, hostile reindeer and a broken windshield wiper to get back to the Wells but then as they came over the Franklin Range the tiny town of Norman Wells was nowhere to be found; lost under a blanket of a thick clouds. “No way are we turning back now!”, exclaimed the pilot and prompted his first officer to look for a hole in the clouds. They circled and circled until their fuel was getting dangerously low and just when the situation looked hopeless, a hole opened in the clouds and the pilot dived in and landed the plane. They taxied the plane over to the terminal just as the engines cut out as the last of the fuel was expended. The pilot finally exhaled, as he had been holding his breath since the landing attempt and then he smiled and looked over at his first officer. The first officer looked over at the pilot and stated “you know we were flying IFR, right, we could have landed awhile ago.” The pilot replied “after the hostile reindeer and broken windshield wiper, we needed the dramatic ending.”
And that, boys and girls, is how North-Wright Airways saved Christmas. That is how i remember it. Disclaimer – Things might not have happened as described, probably not even close, definitely a brilliant fabrication. North-Wright Airways, y’all rock, thank you for bringing in the Christmas presents this year and a special shout out to the pilots who do what you do so well.
