1944 Grumman G-21A Goose, c/n B-101, CF-VFU, FIFT. Dockside somewhere up Knight Inlet, B.C., Canada in spring 1969.

[1959 Kodak Retina IIIS (Type 027) rangefinder 35-mm roll film camera, s/n 86125, with Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenon 50-mm f/1.9 Synchro Compur lens, s/n 6841319; Kodak Plus-X Pan (ISO 125/22°) 36-exposure black & white negative film]


© Copyright photograph by Uwe Kündrunar Scharnberg, 1969 / Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, March 2011





“The whole history of the Canadian North can be divided into two periods—before and after the aeroplane.”
Hugh L. Keenleyside, Deputy Canadian Minister of Mines and Resources, October 1949




Friday, July 1, 2011

1976 Cessna 182P Skylane, c/n 182-65068, C-GWWO

1976 Cessna 182P Skylane, c/n 182-65068, C-GWWO, Martin Aidelbaum, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, based at Langley Regional Airport (YNJ), Langley, B.C.; powered by one 230-hp Continental O-470-S six-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled piston engine with constant-speed three-blade Hartzell propeller; amphibious floats; pilot, three passengers, general aviation; built by Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas, USA; airworthiness issued on September 14, 1976; N7139S, Bruce E. Fowler Jr., Lago Vista, Texas on December 12, 2007, cancelled on November 4, 2008; imported in 2008; owner registered since November 5, 2008.

West Coast Air hangar, South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C. at 11:38 am, Friday, June 17, 2011.

[Nikon Coolpix L20, s/n 51002451, point-and-shoot digital camera]

© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, June 2011
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  1. UnknownMonday, March 18, 2019 at 10:41:00 AM PDT

    I know this plane from its earlier days in Iowa. Did not have floats at the time and was the first private plane I ever flew in. Registration was N7139S. Very happy memories!

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