1963 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1514, C-FAXI, Harbour Air

1963 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1514, C-FAXI, 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

1963 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1514, C-FAXI, 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)

• titled HARBOUR AIR 
• powered by one 450-hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B Wasp Junior supercharged nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial piston engine with constant-speed two-blade Hamilton Standard propeller
• pilot, six passengers, STOL (short take-off and landing) utility transport
• Edo 679-4930 straight floats, bubble cabin door windows, enlarged rear cabin windows, ventral tail strake

• built by The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, Downsview, Ontario, Canada at Downsview Airport (YZD/CYZD), Downsview, Ontario
• delivered as N6535D to de Havilland Inc., New York, New York, USA on March 2, 1963 
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel, porthole rear cabin windows
• N6535D, Cameron Iron Works Inc., Houston, Texas, USA in 1960s
• Edo 58-4580 amphibious floats, ventral tail strake, porthole rear cabin windows, propeller spinner
• CF-AXI, Bannock Aerospace (Bannock Aerospace Ltd.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada in April 1970
• Edo 58-4580 amphibious floats, ventral tail strake, porthole rear cabin windows
• CF-AXI, West Coast Air Services (West Coast Air Services Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada in 1970
• based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9)
• Edo 58-4580 amphibious floats exchanged with Edo 58-4580 straight floats
• West Coast Air Services (West Coast Air Services Ltd.) renamed as West Coast Air (West Coast Air Services Ltd.)
• re-registered as C-FAXI
• Airwest Airlines (Airwest Airlines Ltd.), Gulf Air (Gulf Air Aviation Services Ltd.), Haida Airlines (Haida Airlines Ltd.), Island Air (Island Airlines Ltd.), Pacific Coastal Airlines (Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd.), and West Coast Air (West Coast Air Services Ltd.) purchased by Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. between April 1979 and June 1980, and merged to form Air BC (Air BC Ltd.) on December 1, 1980
• Trans-Provincial Airlines (Trans-Provincial Airlines Ltd.) purchased by Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. but operated separately
• C-FAXI, Air BC (Air BC Ltd./Subsidiary of Jim Pattison Industries Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on December 1, 1980 and cancelled on August 31, 1983
• based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9)
• Edo 58-4580 straight floats, ventral tail strake, porthole rear cabin windows
• damaged in mid-air collision at 400 feet altitude with 1977 Cessna A185F Skywagon, c/n 185-03368, C-GJTJ, Pisces Aviation Services Ltd., Campbell River, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada with both landing safely at CFB Comox/Comox Valley Airport (YQQ/CYQQ), Comox, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada on February 27, 1983
• repaired
• Air BC became a CP Air Commuter regional partner in October 1983 and moved operations from South Terminal to the main terminal of Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR)
• C-FAXI, Harbour Air (Harbour Air Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada in January 1984
• based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9) 
• Edo 679-4930 straight floats, bubble cabin door windows, enlarged rear cabin windows, ventral tail strake
• ownership of Trans-Provinicial Airlines by Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. ended in October 1986
• ownership of Air BC by Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. ended on November 28, 1986
• Air BC became an Air Canada Connector regional partner on April 26, 1987
• ventral tail strake exchanged with seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• constant-speed two-blade Hamilton Standard propeller exchanged with constant-speed three-blade Hartzell propeller with propeller spinner
• Sealand cabin extension by Aeroflite Industries Ltd., South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) in summer 2003
• seating capacity increased to seven passengers
• Edo 679-4930 straight floats, Sealand cabin extension, bubble cabin door windows, bubble rear cabin windows, enlarged rear cabin windows, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer, propeller spinner
• given fleet number “205”
• 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

1967 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100, c/n 40, C-FGQE, “069”, Air BC

1967 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100, c/n 40, C-FGQE, “069”, Air BC 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

1967 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100, c/n 40, C-FGQE, “069”, Air BC (Air BC 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)

• titled AirBC on rear fuselage
• powered by two 550-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 turboprop engines with constant-speed, full-feathering reversible-pitch, three-blade Hartzell propellers
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), 18 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
• 5H-MNK, de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, Ontario, Canada rolled out on May 15, 1967
• first flight on May 30, 1967
• fixed tricycle landing gear
• delivered as 5H-MNK to East African Airways (East African Airways Corporation), Nairobi, Kenya on July 13, 1967
• registered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• ferried via London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), Hillingdon, London, England on July 16, 1967
• airline ceased operations in 1977
• CF-GQE, Bannock Aerospace (Bannock Aerospace Ltd.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 17, 1973
• CF-GQE, Air West Airlines (Air West Airlines Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada in October 1973
• based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9)
• CAP 12000 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• re-registered as C-FGQE in 1978
• Air West Airlines (Air West Airlines Ltd.) renamed as Airwest Airlines (Airwest Airlines Ltd.) in April 1979
• Airwest Airlines (Airwest Airlines Ltd.), Gulf Air (Gulf Air Aviation Services Ltd.), Haida Airlines (Haida Airlines Ltd.), Island Air (Island Airlines Ltd.), Pacific Coastal Airlines (Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd.), and West Coast Air (West Coast Air Services Ltd.) purchased by Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. between April 1979 and June 1980, and merged to form Air BC (Air BC Ltd.) on December 1, 1980 
• Trans-Provincial Airlines (Trans-Provincial Airlines Ltd.) purchased by Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. but operated separately
• C-FGQE, Air BC (Air BC Ltd./Subsidiary of Jim Pattison Industries Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on December 1, 1980
• based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9)
• leased to Fort Smith Air Service (Fort Smith Air Service Ltd.), Fort Smith, NWT, Canada on July 15, 1982
• returned to Air BC on July 29, 1982 and cancelled on October 9, 1986
• damaged dockside at Victoria Inner Harbour Airport (YWH/CYWH), Victoria, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada on August 27, 1983 after hit by a de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbine Otter of Kenmore Air (Kenmore Air Harbor Inc.)
• repaired and returned to service
• Air BC became a CP Air Commuter regional partner in October 1983 and moved operations from South Terminal to the main terminal of Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR)
• ownership of Trans-Provinicial Airlines by Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. ended in October 1986
• ownership of Air BC by Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. ended on November 28, 1986
• C-FGQE, “069”, Air BC (Air BC Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on November 28, 1986
• based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9)
• Air BC’s affiliation with CP Air as a CP Air Commuter regional partner ended in April 1987
• Air BC became an Air Canada Connector regional partner on April 26, 1987
• withdrawn from use and stored at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) on December 18, 1995
• C-FGQE, “609”, West Coast Air (West Coast Air Ltd.), Vancouver, B.C., Canada in January 1996
• based at Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH/CYHC), Coal Harbour, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, B.C.
• operated first West Coast Air service between Victoria Inner Harbour Airport (YWH/CYWH) and Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH/CYHC) on January 25, 1996
• damaged in water collision with 1959 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1203, C-FHRT, Tofino Air (Tofino Air Lines Ltd.), Gibsons, B.C., Canada at Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH/CYHC) on October 13, 2002
• repaired and returned to service
• Harbour Air Seaplanes (Harbour Air Ltd.) completed its purchase of West Coast Air on April 30, 2010 and consolidated their terminal services but West Coast Air still operates under its own banner
• West Coast Air moved to South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) on August 12, 2010
• 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

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

1966 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100, c/n 21, C-FQHC, Harbour Air

1966 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100, c/n 21, C-FQHC, 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

1966 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100, c/n 21, C-FQHC, 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 with airline logo on rear fuselage, in Kenn Borek Air colour scheme 
• powered by two 550-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 turboprop engines with constant-speed, full-feathering reversible-pitch, three-blade Hartzell propellers
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), 18 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-VMD, de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, Ontario, Canada rolled out on January 3, 1967
• first flight on January 11, 1967
• fixed tricycle landing gear
• used as demonstrator between April and June 1967
• appeared with airshow code “34” at Paris Air Salon 1967 (27e Salon International de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace), Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (LBG/LFPB), Le Bourget, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France from May 26 to June 4, 1967
• leased to Midwest Airlines (Midwest Airlines Ltd.), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on June 30, 1967
• returned to de Havilland Canada Inc. on November 8, 1967
• delivered as N1370T to Trans-East Airlines (Clark Aviation Corporation), Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA on November 20, 1967
• N1370T, Charnita Inc., Fairfield, Pennsylvania, USA in January 1970
• (?) operated by Charnita or leased back to Trans-East Airlines
• imported in August 1971
• CF-QHC, Manex Services Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada on August 25, 1971
• ferried from Capital City Airport (HAR/KCXY), Fairview Township, near New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA on September 3 and arrived at Lethbridge Airport (YQL/CYQL), County of Lethbridge, near Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada on September 8, 1971
• CF-QHC, Time Air (Time Air Ltd.), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada on September 8, 1971
• CF-QHC, Anaclera Holdings, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada on June 30, 1972
• leased back to Time Air
• returned to Anaclera Holdings in April 1973
• leased to Northward Airlines on April 2, 1973
• CF-QHC, Northward Airlines (Northward Airlines Ltd.), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in May 1973
• re-registered as C-FQHC on January 2, 1975
• C-FQHC, Northward Airlines (Buchanan, Barry & Company), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on January 11, 1978
• transferred to Touche Ross Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada on March 14, 1980
• withdrawn from use and stored at Edmonton Municipal Airport (YXD/CYXD), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on March 14, 1980 on bankruptcy of Northward Airlines
• C-FQHC, Borek Construction Ltd., Dawson Creek, B.C., Canada on October 23, 1980
• C-FQHC, Kenn Borek Air (Kenn Borek Air Ltd.), Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC), Calgary, Alberta, Canada on August 20, 1981 and cancelled on June 23, 1983
• 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
• leased to Air Schefferville (Air Schefferville Inc.), Schefferville, Québec, Canada on June 28, 1983
• returned to Kenn Borek Air on September 30, 1983 and cancelled on June 11, 1984
• leased to Skocdopole Brothers Aviation, Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC), Calgary, Alberta, Canada on July 6, 1984 and cancelled on December 16, 1985
• fixed tricycle landing gear
• returned to Kenn Borek Air on April 3, 1986
• leased to Harbour Air (Harbour Air Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on May 2, 1986
• based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9)
• CAP 12000 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• returned to Kenn Borek Air on October 22, 1986
• 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 17, 1987
• returned to Kenn Borek Air sometime in 1987
• leased to Harbour Air on June 6, 1988
• returned to Kenn Borek Air on June 22, 1988
• not registered to Harbour Air but arrived at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9) on April 13, 1989 and remained through October 22, 1989
• leased to Harbour Air on June 7, 1990
• returned to Kenn Borek Air in September 1990
• leased to Harbour Air on April 8, 1991
• returned to Kenn Borek Air on September 29, 1991
• leased to Harbour Air on June 19, 1992
• returned to Kenn Borek Air in October 1992
• leased to Harbour Air on April 11, 1993
• returned to Kenn Borek Air on October 1, 1993
• leased to Harbour Air on March 6, 1995
• returned to Kenn Borek Air on October 1, 1995
• leased as 8Q-QHC to Maldivian Air Taxi (Maldivian Air Taxi Pte. Ltd.), Malé, North Malé Atoll (Kaafu Atoll), Maldives on November 3, 1995
• 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-FQHC to Kenn Borek Air on July 4, 1997
• leased as 8Q-QHC to Maldivian Air Taxi on January 28, 1998
• returned as C-GBPE to Kenn Borek Air on September 9, 2009
• C-GBPE, Ashe Aircraft Enterprises (491549 Alberta Ltd.), Calgary, Alberta, Canada on June 22, 2010
• fixed tricycle landing gear
• withdrawn from use and stored at Calgary/Springbank Airport (YBW/CYBW), Springbank, Alberta, Canada in June 2010

[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

1959 de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbine Otter, c/n 339, C-FHAX, “313”, Harbour Air Seaplanes

1959 de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbine Otter, c/n 339, C-FHAX, “313”, Harbour Air Seaplanes at docks of Harbour Air Seaplanes Passenger Terminal and Flying Beaver Bar & Grill, 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 on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:28 PST

1959 de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbine Otter, c/n 339, C-FHAX, “313”, Harbour Air Seaplanes (Harbour Air Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada, based at Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH/CYHC), Coal Harbour, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, B.C.

• titled HARBOUR AIR in new colour scheme
• powered by one 750-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 turboprop engine with constant-speed, full-feathering reversible-pitch, three-blade Hartzell propeller
• pilot, 14 passengers, STOL (short take-off and landing) utility transport
• Edo 7490 straight floats, Vazar bubble scenic cabin windows, bubble rear cabin windows, ventral fin under tail
• built by The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, Downsview, Ontario, Canada at Downsview Airport (YZD/CYZD), Downsview, Ontario
• built as DHC-3 Otter, powered by one 600-hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S1H1-G Wasp supercharged nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial piston engine with constant-speed three-blade Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller
• delivered as U-1A-DH Otter, s/n 58-1720 to US Army on November 6, 1959
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel
• N41755, Woods Air Service (Woods Air Service Inc.), Palmer, Alaska, USA
• based at Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ/PAAQ), Palmer, Alaska
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel
• certificate of airworthiness issued on March 29, 1974
• accident with substantial damage caused by an inflight fire in the engine’s accessory drive assembly and the rough uneven forced landing, on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight, pilot and one passenger, no injuries nor fatalities, en route between Nikolai Airport (NIB/PAFS), Nikolai, Alaska and Silvertip Lodge, Soldotna, Alaska, occured near McGrath, Alaska, USA on July 22, 1992 at 15:30 AKDT (Alaska Daylight Time)
• tt 10,587 hours
• stored outside at Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ/PAAQ) since recovery from accident
• sold to Harbour Air Seaplanes in November 2005
• N-registration cancelled on January 24, 2006
• imported in 2006
• trucked from Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ/PAAQ) to South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR)
• rebuilt and Vazar turbine conversion by Aeroflite Industries Ltd., South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) in winter 2005–2006
• registered to Harbour Air Seaplanes on January 25, 2006
• active

[Nikon Coolpix L20 point-and-shoot 10 MP digital camera, Nikkor 38–136-mm f/3.1–6.7 lens, s/n 51002451]

© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, January 2013

1958 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1249, C-FAOP, Empress of Ganges, Saltspring Air

1958 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1249, C-FAOP, Empress of Ganges, Saltspring Air at docks of Harbour Air Seaplanes Passenger Terminal and Flying Beaver Bar & Grill, 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 on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:27 PST

1958 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1249, C-FAOP, Empress of Ganges, Saltspring Air (Salt Spring Island Air Ltd.), Ganges, Saltspring Island, B.C., Canada, based at Ganges Water Aerodrome (YGG/CAX6), Ganges Harbour, Saltspring Island, B.C.

• titled saltspringair.com
• powered by one 450-hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B Wasp Junior supercharged nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial piston engine with constant-speed three-blade Hartzell propeller
• pilot, six passengers, STOL (short take-off and landing) utility transport
• Edo 679-4930 straight floats, Holmes nine-inch extended engine mount, bubble cabin door windows, enlarged rear cabin windows, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• built by The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, Downsview, Ontario, Canada at Downsview Airport (YZD/CYZD), Downsview, Ontario
• built, powered by one 450-hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B Wasp Junior supercharged nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial piston engine with constant-speed two-blade Hamilton Standard propeller
• delivered as CF-AOP to Algoma Steel Corporation Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada on October 31, 1958
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel
• re-registered as C-FAOP
• (?) C-FAOP, Crown Zellerbach (Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd.)
• Edo 58-4580 straight floats, ventral fin under tail
• (?) leased to Island Air (Island Airlines Ltd.), Campbell River, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada
• based at Campbell River Seaplane Base (CAE3), Tyee Spit, Campbell River, Vancouver Island, B.C.
• Airwest Airlines (Airwest Airlines Ltd.), Gulf Air (Gulf Air Aviation Services Ltd.), Haida Airlines (Haida Airlines Ltd.), Island Air (Island Airlines Ltd.), Pacific Coastal Airlines (Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd.), and West Coast Air (West Coast Air Services Ltd.) purchased by Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. between April 1979 and June 1980, and merged to form Air BC (Air BC Ltd.) on December 1, 1980 
• Trans-Provincial Airlines (Trans-Provincial Airlines Ltd.) purchased by Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. but operated separately
• leased to Air BC (Air BC Ltd./Subsidiary of Jim Pattison Industries Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada from December 1, 1980 to 1982
• C-FAOP, Framar Aviation Ltd., Campbell River, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada cancelled on May 27, 1982
• C-FAOP, Tyee Airways (Tyee Airways Ltd.), Sechelt, B.C., Canada cancelled on May 17, 1983
• based at Porpoise Bay Water Aerodrome (CAX3), Sechelt, B.C.
• C-FAOP, Brenco Investments Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada cancelled on December 4, 1987
• C-FAOP, Thunderbird Air (Thunderbird Air 1987 Ltd.), Sechelt, B.C., Canada on December 4, 1987 and cancelled on March 8, 1990
• based at Porpoise Bay Water Aerodrome (CAX3)
• C-FAOP, Baxter Aviation (Baxter Aviation Ltd.), Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada on March 8, 1990 and cancelled on March 20, 1996
• based at Nanaimo Harbour Water Airport (ZNA/CAC8), Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, B.C.
• Edo 679-4930 straight floats, bubble cabin door windows, enlarged rear cabin windows, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• C-FAOP, Harbour Air Seaplanes (Harbour Air Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on March 20, 1996 and cancelled on May 14, 2004
• based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9), Moray Channel, Richmond, B.C., adjacent to South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) 
• registered to Saltspring Air on May 28, 2004
• Holmes nine-inch extended engine mount modification
• I saw C-FAOP at Maple Bay Water Airport (YAQ), Maple Bay, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada in summer 2007
• active

[Nikon Coolpix L20 point-and-shoot 10 MP digital camera, Nikkor 38–136-mm f/3.1–6.7 lens, s/n 51002451]

© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, January 2013

1964 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1560, C-GOBC, Seair Seaplanes

Arrival of 1964 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1560, C-GOBC, Seair Seaplanes 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 on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:26 PST

1964 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1560, C-GOBC, Seair Seaplanes (Seair Seaplanes 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)

• powered by one 450-hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B Wasp Junior supercharged nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial piston engine with constant-speed three-blade Hartzell propeller
• pilot, seven passengers, STOL (short take-off and landing) utility transport
• Edo 679-4930 straight floats, Sealand cabin extension, bubble cabin door windows, bubble rear cabin windows, enlarged rear cabin windows, ventral fin under tail, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• built by The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, Downsview, Ontario, Canada at Downsview Airport (YZD/CYZD), Downsview, Ontario
• built, powered by one 450-hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B Wasp Junior supercharged nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial piston engine with constant-speed two-blade Hamilton Standard propeller
• completed on August 28, 1964
• delivered as VH-IDU to Hawker de Havilland Australia Pty. Ltd., Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on September 3, 1964
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel
• VH-IDU, Super Spread Aviation (Leafair Pty. Ltd.), Moorabbin Airport (MBW/YMMB), Moorabbin, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in December 1964
• badly damaged in accident at Moorabbin Airport (MBW/YMMB) on March 31, 1972
• stored with engine and wings removed as a hangar queen at Deniliquin Airport (DNQ/YDLQ), Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia for 30 years
• N159M, BSR LLC, Federal Way, Washington, USA on May 1, 2002 and cancelled on August 24, 2007
• complete rebuild and refitted with constant-speed three-blade Hartzell propeller by Kal-Air Repair Ltd., Vernon Regional Airport (YVE/CYVK), Vernon, B.C., Canada
• certificate of airworthiness issued on October 22, 2003
• imported on August 24, 2007
• registered to Seair Seaplanes on August 27, 2007
• active

Moray Channel, Middle Arm of the Fraser River, separates Sea Island from Lulu Island, making up most of Richmond

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© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, January 2013

1957 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1178, C-FYRR, Blueskyview Software Corporation

1957 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1178, C-FYRR, Blueskyview Software Corporation and 1954 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 713, C-GHPG, Metasoft Systems Inc. at Harbour Air Seaplanes maintenance base (hangar is Building T-018, a Recognized Federal Heritage Building, completed on January 1, 1930), 4670 Cowley Crescent, South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 12:25 PST

A beautiful DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I with a great colour scheme

1957 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 1178, C-FYRR, Blueskyview Software Corporation, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, based at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C.

• http://www.blueskyview.com
• powered by one 450-hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B Wasp Junior supercharged nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial piston engine with constant-speed three-blade Hartzell propeller 
• pilot, seven passengers, STOL (short take-off and landing) utility transport
• Wipline 6100 amphibious floats, bubble cabin door windows, enlarged rear cabin windows, Stolairus STOL kit with droop wingtips and contoured leading edge, wingtip fuel tanks, ventral fin under tail, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• built by The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, Downsview, Ontario, Canada at Downsview Airport (YZD/CYZD), Downsview, Ontario 
• built, powered by one 450-hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B Wasp Junior supercharged nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial piston engine with constant-speed two-blade Hamilton Standard propeller
• delivered as L-20A-DH Beaver, s/n 56-4435 to US Army on January 31, 1958
• c/n 1178/1758 (dual c/n system consisted of the factory construction number and a number assigned for Beavers specifically produced for USAF/US Army procurement, starting at 1000)
• L-20 No. 759, Command A-12, US Army
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel
• redesignated as U-6A-DH Beaver in 1962
• N5329G, further details unknown but registered in February 1976
• imported in 1981
• C-GKKJ, Steinbach Air Charters (Steinbach Air Charters Ltd.), Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada cancelled on May 27, 1982
• based at Steinbach Airport (CJB3), Steinbach, Manitoba
• C-GKKJ, Beaver Air Services (Beaver Air Services Ltd.), The Pas, Manitoba, Canada cancelled on January 6, 1986
• based at Grace Lake Water Aerodrome (CKC3), The Pas, Manitoba
• Edo 58-4580 straight floats, ventral fin under tail/skis
• C-GKKJ, Leonard Brown, Thompson, Manitoba, Canada cancelled on June 30, 1986
• based at Thompson Seaplane Base (CKD6), Thompson, Manitoba
• C-GKKJ, Little Churchill Air Service (Little Churchill Air Service Ltd.), Thompson, Manitoba, Canada on March 20, 1987 and cancelled on August 30, 1990
• based at Thompson Seaplane Base (CKD6)
• C-GKKJ, St. Theresa Point Air Services (St. Theresa Point Air Services Ltd.), St. Theresa Point, Manitoba, Canada on August 30, 1990 and cancelled on September 26, 1994
• based at Island Lake, Manitoba
• C-GKKJ, Brent W. Kerr, West Vancouver, B.C., Canada on November 4, 1994 and cancelled on March 30, 2000
• based at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) 
• Wipline 6100 amphibious floats, ventral fin under tail, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• STOL kit installed by Stolairus Aviation Inc., Kelowna International Airport (YLW/CYLW), Kelowna, B.C., Canada
• C-GKKJ attended The Golden Anniversary (5oth Anniversary, 1947–1997) at Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ), North Saanich, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada on October 30, 1997
• as noted by Neil Aird of www.dhc-2.com, most of the Beavers present that morning were: DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I: C-FGQF (c/n 81), N888BH (c/n 110), C-GMMJ (c/n 226), N9LB (c/n 252), N323RS (c/n 274), N9279Z (c/n 345), N1053 (c/n 676), C-FUVQ (c/n 696), C-GHPG (c/n 713), N299EE (c/n 723), N7283 (c/n 725), N1018H (c/n 732), N100KL (c/n 758), C-FZKV (c/n 775), N378BD (c/n 806), N5354G (c/n 881), N5827Y (c/n 932), C-FJBP (c/n 942), C-FPCG (c/n 1000), C-FMXS (c/n 1010), CF-JRO (c/n 1108), N59SS (c/n 1117), C-FMAW (c/n 1201), C-FLSD (c/n 1204), N754 (c/n 1207), C-GLED (c/n 1255), N77MV (c/n 1273), C-FXUN (c/n 1299), C-GMKP (c/n 1374), C-FMAZ (c/n 1413), N437CH (c/n 1428), N1CM (c/n 1606), C-FVFS (c/n 1616), N985P (c/n 1624), N900KA (c/n 1676) (also at YWH/CYWH); DHC-2 Turbo Beaver Mk. III: C-FOEE (c/n 1598-TB10), C-GDCN (c/n 1661-TB35), N260HC (c/n 1665-TB37), N967TB (c/n 1669-TB39); on a fly-by, DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, C-GYOK (c/n 677) (also at YWH/CYWH); two damaged DHC-2 Turbo Beaver Mk. III covered at Viking Air Ltd. facility; at convention, DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, C-GUOY (c/n 1101) displayed outside and C-FOCH (c/n 31) guest of honour at gala dinner; other Beavers arrived and departed at Victoria Inner Harbour Airport (YWH/CYWH), Victoria, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada including: C-FOCY (c/n 79), N2SF (c/n 329), C-GBHJ (c/n 880), C-GEZS (c/n 1277), C-GOLC (c/n 1392), C-FJOM (c/n 1024) (also as demonstration aircraft), N72355 (c/n 1164), N6783L (c/n 1369), N1018U (c/n 1381), N1455T (c/n 1647-TB26); and other Beavers were likely present
• N481G, Galloo Island Aviation (Galloo Island Aviation Corporation), Clayton, New York, USA on April 6, 2000 and cancelled on July 17, 2007
• certificate of airworthiness issued on April 26, 2000
• Galloo Island is a private island in Lake Ontario
• refitted with constant-speed three-blade Hartzell propeller
• imported in 2007
• experienced Beaver pilot Russ Rossi and film crew took possession at FBO (Fixed-base operator) North American Flight Services (North American Flight Services Inc.) hangar, Saratoga County Airport (5B2), Saratoga Springs, New York, USA on July 11, 2007
• ferried in 28 hours of flying by pilot Russ Rossi from Saratoga County Airport (5B2) departing morning of July 12, 2007; via Grove City Airport (29D), Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA; Greater Kankakee Airport (IKK/KIKK), Kankakee, Illinois, USA; Muscatine Municipal Airport (MUT/KMUT), Muscatine, Iowa, USA; Chan Gurney Municipal Airport (YKN/KYKN), Yankton, South Dakota, USA (overnight stay ?); Gillette-Campbell County Airport (GCC/KGCC), Gillette, Wyoming, USA; Billings Logan International Airport (BIL/KBIL), Billings, Montana, USA (arrived evening of July 13, 2007); Avey Field State Airport (69S) (gravel field), Laurier, Washington, USA; arriving at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) on July 14, 2007
• registered to Blueskyview Software Corporation on July 19, 2007
• mechanical overhaul commenced at Lindair Services Ltd., 5180 Airport Road South, South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) on July 20, 2007
• completely stripped, rust-proofed and painted, and interior refurbished in February 2008
• Blueskyview offers aircraft services for the film industry, including long-range filming
• Beaver equipped with camera mounts, various cameras available
• offered for sale by Russ Rossi at $479,000 US on February 20, 2013
• tt 11,200 hours
• (?) active

1954 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 713, C-GHPG, Metasoft Systems Inc.

[Nikon Coolpix L20 point-and-shoot 10 MP digital camera, Nikkor 38–136-mm f/3.1–6.7 lens, s/n 51002451]

© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, January 2013