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




Thursday, May 2, 2013

1969 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300, c/n 259, C-FKBI, Harbour Air

1969 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300, c/n 259, C-FKBI, Harbour Air at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9), Moray Channel, Richmond, B.C., adjacent to South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada in late May 1989

1969 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300, c/n 259, C-FKBI, Harbour Air (Harbour Air Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada, based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9), Moray Channel, Richmond, B.C., adjacent to South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR)
  • leased from Kenn Borek Air (Kenn Borek Air Ltd.), Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • titled HARBOUR AIR on rear fuselage, in Kenn Borek Air colour scheme
  • powered by two 620-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 turboprop engines with constant-speed, full-feathering reversible-pitch, three-blade Hartzell propellers
  • crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), 19 passengers, STOL (short take-off and landing) utility transport
  • CAP 12000 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer

  • built by The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, Downsview, Ontario, Canada at Downsview Airport (YZD/CYZD), Downsview, Ontario
  • CF-QEI not taken up by de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, Ontario, Canada
  • CF-AJK, de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, Ontario, Canada rolled out on ?
  • first flight on August 25, 1969
  • fixed tricycle landing gear
  • delivered as ZK-CJZ to Mount Cook Airlines (Mount Cook Group), Christchurch, New Zealand on October 27, 1969
  • imported in 1973
  • CF-KBI, Kenting Atlas Aviation (Kenting Atlas Aviation Ltd.), Resolute Bay, NWT, Canada on September 20, 1973
  • departed Auckland International Airport (AKL/NZAA), Mangere, North Island, New Zealand on September 11, 1973 for delivery to Canada
  • Kenting Atlas Aviation (Kenting Atlas Aviation Ltd.), formerly Kenting Aviation Limited (1947–1962), ceased operations in 1975, taken over by Kenn Borek Air (Kenn Borek Air Ltd.) in same year
  • CF-KBI, Kenn Borek Air (Kenn Borek Air Ltd.), Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC), Calgary, Alberta, Canada in July 1975
  • based at Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC)
  • fixed tricycle landing gear/wheel-skis/ski-equipped/tundra tires/CAP 12000 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
  • damaged on take-off near Resolute Bay, NWT, Canada on September 16, 1979 after leaving unprepared gravel strip
  • repaired and returned to service
  • re-registered as C-FKBI in June 1980
  • leased to Alkan Air (Alkan-Air Ltd.), Whitehorse International Airport (YXY/CYXY), Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada in June 1981
  • based at Whitehorse International Airport (YXY/CYXY)
  • fixed tricycle landing gear
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air in December 1981
  • leased to Harbour Air (Harbour Air Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on May 15, 1987
  • based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9)
  • CAP 12000 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air in September 1987
  • fixed tricycle landing gear/wheel-skis/ski-equipped/tundra tires/CAP 12000 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
  • leased to Harbour Air on April 28, 1988
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air on September 30, 1988
  • leased to Harbour Air on May 4, 1989
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air on October 3, 1989
  • leased to Harbour Air on June 17, 1990
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air on September 22, 1990
  • leased to Aero Cóndor (Aero Cóndor SA, Servicios Aéreos Turisticos), Lima, Peru on January 17, 1991
  • fixed tricycle landing gear
  • C-FKBI, Borek Construction Ltd., Dawson Creek, B.C., Canada on May 24, 1991
  • still leased to Aero Cóndor
  • returned to Borek Construction Ltd. on July 26, 1991
  • leased as HP-1191AP to AeroPerlas (Aerolíneas Islas de Las Perlas SA), Panama City, Panama on August 27, 1991
  • returned as C-FKBI to Kenn Borek Air on June 9, 1993
  • fixed tricycle landing gear/wheel-skis/ski-equipped/tundra tires/CAP 12000 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
  • leased to Harbour Air on June 4, 1994
  • CAP 12000 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air on September 15, 1994
  • leased to Adventure Network International (ANI), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA in October 1994
  • based in Antarctic for luxury expedition-style camps for private travellers and full-support service deep into interior of South Pole during months of November, December, and January
  • ski-equipped
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air in February 1995
  • leased to Harbour Air on April 9, 1995
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air on September 21, 1995
  • leased to Adventure Network International on September 28, 1995
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air on February 25, 1996
  • leased to Harbour Air on April 2, 1996
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air in September 1996
  • leased to Adventure Network International on September 28, 1996
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air in March 1997
  • leased to Harbour Air on March 5, 1997
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air on September 22, 1997
  • leased to Harbour Air on April 18, 1998
  • returned to Kenn Borek Air in December 2000
  • leased as 8Q-MAO to Maldivian Air Taxi (Maldivian Air Taxi Pte. Ltd.), Malé, North Malé Atoll (Kaafu Atoll), Maldives on February 4, 2001
  • based at seaplane base of Malé International Airport (MLE/VRMM), Hulhulé Island, North Malé Atoll (Kaafu Atoll), Maldives
  • CAP 12000 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
  • returned as C-FKBI to Kenn Borek Air on June 15, 2004 and cancelled on September 21, 2005
  • 8Q-MAO, Maldivian Air Taxi (Maldivian Air Taxi Pte. Ltd./Seaplane Holdings A/S, Vedbaek, Denmark), Malé, North Malé Atoll (Kaafu Atoll), Maldives on September 25, 2005
  • based at seaplane base of Malé International Airport (MLE/VRMM)
  • active

[1984 Nikon FE2 SLR 35-mm roll film camera, s/n 1816483, with Nikkor AI 50-mm f/1.8 lens, s/n 2336591, and 52-mm polarizing filter; Fujifilm Fujichrome 100 (RD-113) 36-exposure colour slide film]

© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, May 1989
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