One Of The World's Most Famous Airports (And What Else To Do In GANDER, Newfoundland)

Gander: Crossroads of the World. There's a fair chance you've at least heard of this place, but if like us that's as far as your knowledge goes, then why not come along and discover the airport, the town, and anything else we find on this Canadian road trip? Enjoy the video!
Filmed on Monday 20th May 2024
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[@alanholman5466]

In 1978 I was serving with the Royal Air Force. I had a stop in Gander for a couple of days where I met my future wife. We are now both living in Gander. Great place.

[@Sujowi]

That’s so romantic! ❤️‍🔥

[@KrasherJack]

Based at RAF Goose Bay in the 70's married a Lab girl, now in Halifax...

[@gadjet6794]

You know you’re a fan of the channel when you 👍 before you start watching it🤣

[@CherylSteele-rt8dj]

I DO THAT TOO! 😅

[@GabrielsReviews]

​@@CherylSteele-rt8dj I'll third that!

[@RichardThorburn]

Always .x

[@kaycee625]

Me too 😅

[@herschell64]

I do that with all the channels I like including here

[@stevenweaver9753]

Canada has roughly 318 billion trees, which cover almost 40% of the country. Canada's forests account for 30% of the world's forests, and the most common trees in the nation are spruce trees, which are distinguished by their needle-like leaves.

[@mf19856]

Kisses to both of you for mentioning the beauty of trees!

[@VoxRox1]

I used to work on the ramp in Gander for 12 years. September 11, 2001, what’s my first day back after my days off. It was only two people scheduled to work the ramp that day I was one of them along with my lead hand Nelson Piercy. It was supposed to have been a normal day for us with flights going between Gander and Halifax and Gander and St. John’s but little did we know that it was going to be the start of the busiest week of our lives this happened on a Tuesday morning I went home on Thursday for a few hours and I never got home until Sunday evening when the last plane departed. Great video 👍🏻

[@carolmurphy7572]

Thank you, to you and all the wonderful people of Gander and the surrounding towns/communities, for everything you did to assist the "plane people" who found themselves to be your unexpected guests in September, 2001. You have made your fellow Newfoundlanders proud by demonstrating the very best that people can be at such a terrible time. You certainly deserve the respect shown to you by everyone familiar with the "Come From Away" story! Bravo!

[@katewilliams4876]

@@VoxRox1 Thsnk you for all you did on that horrible day and subsequent days. The hospitality and generosity made such an impression on all of us!

[@VoxRox1]

@@katewilliams4876😊 it’s good to be appreciated

[@okiejammer2736]

Oh. My. Gosh. 🥲 How wonderful to say, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE - TO YOU AND TO ALL IN GANDER WHO EMBRACED ALL THOSE ON 9/11 AND NOW ALL THOSE WHO 'COME FROM AWAY'. No other words. Gratitude.

[@katewilliams4876]

I was stranded in Gander in the early 70’s. My Icelandic flight developed mechanical issues and we were forced to land in Gander. We had to wait hours for a replacement aircraft and then hours due to a snowstorm. Residents of Gander came to the airport w hot soup, bread, coffee and blankets. They stayed with us, engaged us in lively conversation and stories. They were so welcoming and generous. We enjoyed our unexpected layover and I have maintained a friendship with a woman there for 50 years. They have a long history of generosity of spirit , so I wasn’t a bit surprised at their out pouring of support and love on 9/11. I am so thankful that Canada is our neighbor .

[@carolmurphy7572]

What a lovely comment! As a Newfoundlander, it warms my heart to think you have such wonderful things to say about your unexpected visit, even after all these years. Cheers!

[@katewilliams4876]

@@carolmurphy7572I have been back often over the years. Always a wonderful experience. Wish you could work on the fog in St John. Cheers to you.

[@user-ne7jg5gt7x]

I have so many memories of Gander, driving through on my way home from University, staying in Gander with a University friend who went on to work with NAV. No words to express the flood of memories I just had, your video has done it true justice. ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@nickdoughty518]

Did you check for bears in the woods?

[@steve-marsh]

Sounds like the best mechanical diversion ever! And would be especially weird landing somewhere few would even know where it was or that it existed at all :)

[@rayfieldwiseman5835]

I Love NEWFOUNDLAND💯❤

[@robinwbarrett]

Steve, thank you for reminding us of the immense role player by Gander and the people of Newfoundland, during and in the aftermath of 911. The people are rightly to be commended for their humanity and empathy during the deluge of aircraft

[@chriswells156]

My mother and I (then 5) stayed overnight at the Gander airport in 1955. We were returning from living in England for 3 years. The overnight temperatures in April were below freezing. The accommodation was a hard-sided-canvas room with a small window iced up on the inside from our breath. Heat was forced air, seemingly powered by a jet engine, cycling on and off. We alternated freezing and cooking. Needless to say, we got very little sleep. Our plane was a TWA Lockheed Constellation with four props. I was invited into the cockpit to pretend to fly it while we flew over the Atlantic on auto-pilot.

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks for sharing! :)

[@BarbaraT-f8z]

I enjoyed your video. You spoke of wanting to see the Sabina crash site. My father, Frank Tibbo, wrote a book about that crash. The book is called ‘Charlie Baker George’ after the Sabina airlines’ DC4 flight number 00CBG. The aircraft is actually quite disintegrated now. But the fuselage is still identifiable. A couple decades ago Dad arranged for Dr. Sam Martin to revisit the site via helicopter. Dr. Martin’s search team had found the survivors two days after the crash. I was told that the book is for sale at the airport gift shop. I believe Breakwater Books is still selling the book as well. Dad is known for his passion of bringing to life Gander’s rich aviation history. He was an air traffic controller, an author, TV host of ‘Milepost 213’ (he interviewed the pioneers of Gander, and the show is currently being rerun as Milepost 213 revisited) and a pilot.

[@Kim-J312]

🇺🇸 ❤ 🇨🇦 9-11-2001, We 🇺🇸 will never forget all the great people of Gander XO 🤗

[@carolmurphy7572]

Thank you. What a lovely, thoughtful comment!

[@MrGreatplum]

Just starting to watch this, but Come From Away, the musical about what happened at Gander following the events of 9/11, is one of the greatest musicals I have ever seen - so much emotion and incredible music. I implore everyone to watch this.

[@deagrime1705]

I saw the opening night of “Come from Away” on Broadway. Went back to the hotel and the mayor of Gander sat and had a drink with us after the show….small world 😊

[@carolmurphy7572]

What a cool memory! Thanks for sharing it!

[@paulturner9765]

I landed at Gander in February 1968 in a RAF Comet, for a refuelling stop, flying from Lyneham to New York. It was cold. Ice everywhere…. I can still remember waiting in the transit lounge trying to keep warm. Not a place to visit in winter. There was also a story of an RAF VC10 which was flying from Lyneham to Washington in winter. The navigator made a calculation error on the great circle track. Approaching the tip of Greenland, the pilot realised they were flying east, instead of west. Low on fuel, they declared an emergency. Gander was their only hope but the runway was buried in snow. A frantic effort was made by Gander airport to clear it. They just made it! Otherwise it would have been an unsurvivable ditching in the North Atlantic.

[@carolmurphy7572]

Yikes! That's a harrowing tale! But I'm relieved to find it has a happy ending. Phew! While it was cold, I'm glad your own visit to Gander was a safe one!

[@laguna3fase4]

I was cabin crew on RAF VC10 s and glad that didn’t happen to me. I have made lots of scheduled visits to Gander.

[@steve-marsh]

Wow! Thanks for sharing!

[@richardharibo]

You two never disappoint me 🙏 I've been watching you for 4 years when I started watching your trip on the ferry to the Shetlands. You remain my favourite KZbinrs and this is another great one. I'm sadly not in a position to live my dream of travelling that I used to do at the moment and you keep me motivated and happy 😁 thanks guys!!

[@carolynstewart9103]

Have to absolutely agree with you...perhaps your travels may return..take care.🥰

[@richardharibo]

@@carolynstewart9103 I dream to travel again as I used to do when I was a travel agent. Hope you're well 😁

[@judybee]

I think everyone remembers where they were when they first heard of the 9/11 tragedy. So poignant to see the Gander airport & with no one around it made it even more surreal. Really enjoying your Canadian trip. x J x

[@stephentalas1940]

Trees in Canada estimated 318 Billion which amounts to 30% of the World's forests - Thanks again guys for a really fascinating series of Videos.

[@southwestsellers5475]

TV series featuring the Douglas C-47 was Airline from 1982 staring Roy Marsden.

[@elzibaby]

My thoughts when driving abroad too! " I wish someone else was in front of me so I know I'm on the right side"

[@davidaarthur]

Newfoundland even drove on the left until 1947!

[@pattymoore8351]

😂I laughed when you reminded yourself to 'drive on the right'. when we were in the Highlands recently from U.S. our chant was 'drive left, drive left'. Have only been to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton ( beautiful!) but Newfoundland looks amazing, thanks for the tour. I didn't know about all the planes being stranded there on 9/11. Out of the worst of times comes the best in people❤

[@ciaramc29]

It wasn't until you were stood outside the airport that it clicked about the role the airport played in 2001. Another great video with history, trail walks and a beer or two.

[@baseballfan99]

I loved Come From Away so great to see the town/airport it’s set in.

[@tinytulip333]

❤❤❤one of my favorite videos that you've ever posted!! I must say when you showed the 9/11 beam and spoke a bit about its history to Gander, I got a bit misty-eyed. But to then see Alicia touching the beam with such reverence, that moment moved me greatly. Thank you for honoring that moment in such a sincere way. I love your banter and comments and your spontaneous travels. You do a lot of the things that I would want to do if I made these trips myself.

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks so much :)

[@martindl99]

I flew into Gander on Friday 13th December 1974. Crossing the Atlantic in an RAF Comet. UK to the Azores, Azores to Gander, Gander to Washington DC.. What a trip! Next day Washington to New York, New York to Toronto, Toronto to Calgary, Then a bus trip to Suffield Alberta. Jet lagged for a week. Thanks for reminding me. Would I do it all again, in a heart beat.

[@paulturner9765]

And do you remember that in RAF aircraft, all the seats faced backwards! The Comets were particularly cramped leg room seats…

[@johnduncan8844]

@@paulturner9765 Only in the VC10.

[@layd999]

@@paulturner9765 The RCAF Yukon (Canadair licensed Brittania) also had backward seats.

[@Peterraymond67]

Steve. This brought back some memories. A couple of years after 9/11 I went on a tour of Newfoundland and Labrador. Our tour of course took us into Gander and out tour guide managed to get us into all the usually out of bounds areas. It was very interesting and of course so recent to 9/11. The many exhibitions weren’t there then but the airport manager who took us around told us the story of accommodating all the 9/11 travellers who were stranded here. The local people had provided so much to their visitors that, yes, long lasting friendships were made. Root Beer. I'm like Alicia, root beer tastes & smalls like some terrible medicine.

[@andybaker2456]

The frustrating thing for me watching this (especially as an aviation enthusiast!) is that we drove from St. John's to Gander, but didn't visit the airport!! We just didn't realise there was so much there to see! But what a nice surprise to see that you spent the night at the same place that we did!! I recall we spent the evening sitting outside reception, enjoying not only the bottle of vodka we'd bought at Heathrow, but also the incredible night sky...we'd never seen so many stars! 🌟⭐️🌟 The next morning, we also drove up to Twillingate. 😊

[@carolmurphy7572]

Isn't it incredible how much more clearly you can see the stars when there's very little light pollution! Terra Nova National Park, not far from Gander, was designated as a "Dark Sky Preserve" by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in February of 2018.

[@andybaker2456]

@@carolmurphy7572 It truly was an incredible sight! We were excited at the time to try and capture what we were seeing on my video camera, but as I'm sure you can imagine, the results were dreadful, to say the least (and I'm sure the vodka didn't help either)! 😆

[@dougzirkle5951]

Lots of information that I knew nothing of…thanks guys!

[@Mrpegs1]

This takes me back to stopping off twice on Freddie Laker airlines in the 90's only saw the international lounge as in transit. Like a place lost in time wonderful memories

[@meriden53]

😢Bangor, Maine seemed to be a more frequent refuelling stop than Gander. The first generation of Laker DC10s could make it nonstop with lighter loads- you hoped that whoever was doing the maths knew their stuff. Laker went bust in 1982, sadly - he made a brief effort to come back but it didn’t work out.

[@Mrpegs1]

@@meriden53 I flew in the mid 90s to Florida on a DC 10

[@RuthPettit-vy7pq]

That airport was so cool . Loved the museum there . Enjoyed the video . Cheers

[@ireneogilviewilson1434]

Brought back happy memories from early 70s when I lived there.

[@dougfindlen6671]

Nice ROOTS! Steve, you ALWAYS outdo yourself in every video you make. Thanks for showing us Gander and Newfoundland.

[@jon-ie4li]

Stopped there many times in the early 80s to refuel on the way to the Saint Lucia in the Caribbean normally in February ,freezing cold and heavy snow, no airbridges or buses, wrap your self in blanket to keep warm, then 4 hours later arrive in Saint Lucia 32c,happy days.

[@holylochlad.4119]

You two should have your own tv show, amazing video as always guys, thanks for sharing your travels.

[@almostthere3733]

Yes Gander was the test site for the Concorde because it had the longest runway in the world.

[@christinamann3640]

It was also an alternative for emergency landings by the space shuttle

[@michaelhoran407]

Gander is one of the most famous and well liked airports in the world from back in the day in the 1970s and 1980s. It’s a bit like Keflavik airport in Iceland. Thank you for featuring it on your channel.❤

[@curtmichael7589]

It’s nice to see someone not American or Canadian that likes root beer. I grew up on it and love it.

[@robertallardice8119]

Steve is a traitor! Irn Bru only 👍😂🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@bostonrailfan2427]

just gotta get him to try its sisters sarsaparilla and birch beer, maybe Moxie!

[@annelee2005]

You create magical content from faraway places and reveal the hidden magic in well known areas. Thanks, Steve and Alicja.👏👏💫💫

[@1Mirimi]

Oh my god steve!!! Whyyyyy!!!!! I am from the province of Québec and seeing you eat your first poutine in a newfoundland harveys is killing me.

[@erinmcgrathejm4985]

A visit well worth the drive. That airport lounge was stunning…like a time capsule. I was so impressed by all the exhibits. While I haven’t had the opportunity to see “Come From Away”, one of the songs in my repertoire is “I am here”, a very poignant song about a mother trying to call her son who’s a firefighter at NYC Rescue 2. What a fantastic side trip. To both you and Alicja, cheers, and ATB!

[@Mayor_Mike]

I actually moved here in 2023. While I cannot remember what I was doing Victoria Day, I was watching to see if my house or car appeared throughout the video. Glad you enjoyed your visit!

[@censport]

Both museums were fascinating. 28:25 - "I'm sending out an SOS"🎶 - Message in a Bottle, The Police. Frozen root beer, yum! For some reason, I want to watch a movie called Roots. If you ever get sponsored by a company, I have an idea where you should put the logo. 😉

[@RichardThorburn]

Go to gander to have a gander!! You know what I'm talking about love to you both in montrose from aberdeen.xx

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Thinking the same.lol

[@RichardThorburn]

@@RichardFelstead1949 how are you Belstead.?

[@brentkeough3026]

Thank you for coming to our amazing town! You are an amazing storyteller! Have a safe travel and watch for the moose.

[@user-ne7jg5gt7x]

I have so many memories of Gander, driving through on my way home from University. Staying there with a University friend who went on to work with NAV. My brother’s engineering company. No words to describe the flash of memories this video just brought back … love, love, love ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@keithsimpson8335]

Newfoundland was not a place I would have considered but the place looks amazing and bigger than I imagined.

[@juliegoodwin6850]

I highly recommend the book " The Day The World Came to Town" by Jim Defede. Thanks for another terrific video!

[@zuzusuperfly8363]

My dad and I walked through the airport shortly before he died a year ago. He was teaching me how to drive. I'm currently deep into the application process to become an air traffic controller. I recently passed the cognitive in-person assessment FEAST test. It's crazy to see people visit a place I've recently been. I specifically remember that piano being there and wishing I remembered how to play.

[@billwinward9324]

As a fan of root beer I was envious of your frozen one and Alicja’s face when tasting it was priceless. Another great video!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

funny how she described it, it was for decades served hot as a medicine!

[@michaelslattery9923]

So many happy memories of Gander Steve, I flew in there for work on the refinery at Come by Chance, landed in a blizzard and ended up staying in a hotel for 3 days with the weather. Thanks so much for bringing it back to me, Newfies are wonderful people 👍

[@shelaghjackson9577]

Glad you found the Aviation Museum! Looking forward to Twilingate…..it was my favourite place on our visit to Newfoundland. We met the family of the Mayor of Gander in 2001 one night as we were having dinner.

[@niceguyali]

Thoroughly recommend going to see Come From Away in Aberdeen or Edinburgh in September. I spent 24 hours in that departure hall when my flight had to return last summer with a medical emergency. Those couches were surprisingly comfortable to sleep on overnight. I'll look out for your boarding pass next month when I'm back there.

[@judymcgovern8454]

Thank you for taking us on this fabulous trip with you Steve and Alijca. I couldn’t get over how quiet the roads were. Being completely honest I hadn’t really heard of Gander but really found it interesting and very moving. ❤xx

[@alistairthow1384]

A wee goosy round Gander A bit like Prestwick 😅

[@jacksprat-qd3qv]

We emigrated from Scotland in 1958 and had a stopover in Gander to refuel before landing in TO…it was in January and I had never seen so much snow!

[@maryearll2135]

Thanks for the enjoyable time in Gander. Loved both museums. So happy they had and A&W for you to enjoy. Waiting for the next adventure!!

[@dougstewart61]

Gander, my home town as Dad was stationed there when I was born.

[@sandymclennan2073]

Thanks again for taking us on your travels, really enjoy them.....

[@Alfred_51]

A great video Steve and Alicija. A lot crammed into a short video. Alicja is like a kid in a sweetie shop , always exploring

[@mrmullett1067]

It was nice to see that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2 opened the airport on June 19 my birthday. My birth year was in 1952 and she was the Queen for almost all my life. She will always be missed. Thanks for sharing Steve an interesting place and very different .. almost desolate. The seasons must be very distinct.

[@timekart7181]

You know you've arrived in North America when you shop at a Walmart, see a General Lee Charger parked in the parking lot, and come back to the hotel with a six pack of Busch Light! 😂 Love you both! ❤

[@JBMtravels]

Watching now and I'm already enjoying this vlog.

[@steve-marsh]

Cheers mate!

[@karenreijnen7402]

Welcome to black flies of Canada.❤

[@gabrieleortiz5041]

So glad you had blue skies for your gander 😉 Wonderful adventure, as always! 😁 You two make a great traveling team. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@JurgenADV]

I can say with greatest confidence there are more than seven trees in Canada. I’m glad I could help.

[@YoYo-db3uj]

Swiss Chalet, the Tim Hortons of poutine.😮 Great portrait of Gander.

[@jarekweckwerth1390]

The S.O.S. made my day, thanks!

[@ft6zzz]

I was scanning the comments for this!

[@curtbonnell4308]

To our honorary Newfoundlanders/Canadians (Steve & Alicja), Happy Canada Day. So very glad that you enjoyed your visit here.

[@kyuubinaruto222]

That's the road I always have to take to get out home! I live in St John's nowadays, but I grew up in St Bernards, Newfoundland. So when you pass the big moose in Goobies, You take a left and follow the heritage run! Beautiful drive all the way out there.

[@danielsweeney6742]

Steve good choice on the Root Beer! A&W is awesome!

[@richardstreet7518]

Scotland has Prestwick....similar reasoning..interesting vlog Thanks

[@jordansmith4040]

Joey's lookout was an excellent place to watch the eclipse this spring.

[@russellgray1426]

The British TV programme you referred to, I believe was the 1982 series, ‘Airline’ starring Roy Marsden as Jack Ruskin and featured the Dakota. I like that series and RM is one of my favourite actors. Great video x

[@KrasherJack]

exploring routes to Gander Cracked me up.. Only one road...in the eighties we used to book to fly into "SenJohns" and land at Gander, because of fog, and Ride a school bus to St.Johns...

[@christopherfox735]

Having a gander at Gander! Great video as always. Keep up the great work, look forward to next week’s instalment.

[@ladymiriamful]

Wonderful! Now I can say I’ve had a gander at Gander 🙌🏻

[@donstravelsandrants.]

That was a nice treat, because I love airports and planes. 👍😊🇮🇪🇨🇦

[@hermacoutts8587]

We enjoyed travelling with both of you again today. Looking forward to your next adventure. ❤️🇨🇦

[@mrhoult-qy8su]

Never heard of Gander before, thankyou for the road trip, roll on Tuesday 10.00 am ❤see ya on the next one👍🇨🇦

[@karrenmorley6637]

You HAVE to see that Musical - it's fantastic!!!!! Come From Away

[@marf3121]

We saw Come From Away recently, it's a fantastic musical, highly recommend it to everyone

[@thebear307]

I have stopped at Gander twice, once in 1976 flying from RAF Lyneham to Belize in a Hercules. Second time was from Brize Norton going to Texas in 1986. 😀

[@beverleyevans3262]

If you haven’t seen the musical come from Away , it is well worth seeing . It is about what happened in gander in the aftermath of 9/11. I would be the 1st to say as I have a bat operation, mincemeat the musical, it’s inappropriate., However, this is a quite fantastic stage production to see

[@davidthomas7888]

Hi Steve. Just watched Gander Airport. TV show was called Airline starring Roy Marsden available on KZbin. Another great video.

[@jennywalsh479]

Another very interesting video. I hadn’t heard of Gander before but what a amazing airport and certainly well worth the visit. If I ever get to Canada then will be visiting all the beautiful places you have shown so far. Not sure about the trails and the steep sides You have given the tourist industry a boost.👍🏻

[@michaelhoran407]

Gander is beautiful in the northern boreal forest.😊❤

[@MariaKowalczyk-ip4ls]

Very interesting! I had no idea about Gander's history. Thank you.

[@sandiandgregh]

Great exhibition at the airport! Greg gives a thumbs up on the frozen root beer but thumbs down on the expensive American beer (holiday weekends, not much choice). Very Canadian of you, starting your road trip with Timmies. Standard CDN practice for short and long journeys.

[@russellgraham7290]

We effectively have the gander airport equivalent here in Scotland, Prestwick is a similar airport with a similar history, you could include this in a video if you ever do the Ayrshire coastal path in a video like the Angus and Fife ones you did.

[@rosemarymee]

I was just thinking that it reminded me of Prestwick - the Brigadoon of Scottish airports!

[@MissArdenUK]

Yes, I agree, it reminds me of Prestwick too. I live in Ayr but our family business is a stones-throw from Prestwick airport. Fab airport always got something going on. Red Arrows just the other day.

[@patriciafuchs5970]

Gander was built by the Americans. If you can, see Come From Away, which gives a sense of the incredible hospitality Newfoundlanders are noted for. It’s an interesting place. Great video as usual, my friend.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

it was built by Newfoundland not Americans, the US didn’t have anything to do with it until the war when it was already a decade old

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

Nice to see Jeanne Sauve's name on the plaque next to the Queen's. I met her at the Calgary Olympics in 1988. And I love those Guillon chairs - they still have something similar in Albuquerque departures.

[@user-mn4cc6bb7t]

I am showing my age now but, as a kid, I remember watching Bill Tennant compering the 'Here and Now' magazine show on Scottish Television in about 1965 or 1966. He mentioned a viewer whose relatives were flying from Prestwick to Gander. The viewer had phoned a cousin in Vancouver (which must have been expensive at that time) to ask the cousin to meet the relatives at Gander when they arrived. The cousin replied: "Why don't you? You are nearer." It was the first time I realised how big Canada was. (Prestwick to Gander is about 2,100 miles; Gander to Vancouver is about 3,000 miles.)

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

Such fun to watch! "Roots" does catch the eye quite a bit.

[@slusclay]

I enjoyed this so much. I just finished reading “When the World Came to Town.” It’s nice to some visuals.

[@user-fh4yn5bv4f]

Thank you very much for showing me a part on NF that we missed. I just love ALL your vlogs. You make such an effort for us to see such interesting areas. Watch the black flies as they are vicious and take chunks out of you! A very vivid memory from our trip in 1970 travelling with 4 kids across Canada from NF to Vancouver in VW camper!

[@SchnuffiJames]

Thanks for the video

[@horsehollerer]

Great idea for a video. Love the pace and the long-form chilled vibe of these types of vlogs. Also love that you just casually drove past the General bloody Lee at 35:57 and didn't bother to mention it ... too cool for skool!

[@WelshRob1964]

I could have watched the Dakota cockpit simulator for hours 😁

[@DaveGeog]

That was fascinating: have been intrigued by Gander ever since reading an old copy of Nevil Shute's 1948 novel "No Highway", in which it features. You two have a real gift for just taking us along with you in the most natural manner :-) Also, next time you can contrive an additional day into a trip via London you clearly need to go to Brooklands Museum - old old planes, old cars, a historic motor racing circuit... you'd love it!

[@MartinCook-kg1vn]

Thanks for the name of the book: I read it when I was a kid, and want to again.

[@Tatia146]

Great video! 911 was very hard to remember but the folks in Gander were amazing. Canada looks a lot like Finland. Although we had +27 in May. Finland has 74% of forests. Looking forward to the next one!

[@KarenBaker-op2bv]

Cheers you two. Another great video today.

[@junehall2177]

Thank you for the gander of Gander.🤣 Fascinating.