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




Monday, May 16, 2011

1969 Ted Smith Aerostar 601, c/n 61-0003-1, C-FBBA

1969 Ted Smith Aerostar 601, c/n 61-0003-1, C-FBBA, Briwood Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; powered by two 290-hp Lycoming TIO-540-S1A5 turbocharged fuel-injected six-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled piston engines with constant-speed three-blade Hartzell propellers; retractable landing gear; pilot, five passengers, light transport; built by Ted Smith Aircraft Company, Santa Maria, California, USA at Van Nuys, California; registration cancelled on May 27, 1982; C-FBBA, Conair Aviation Ltd., Abbotsford, B.C. cancelled on July 16, 1982; C-FBBA, sale reported, cancelled on October 5, 1982; C-FBBA, Briwood Ltd., Burlington, Ontario cancelled on August 23, 1984; C-FBBA, Avion Sky Transport Inc., Rexdale, Ontario cancelled on May 7, 1985; C-FBBA, Conair Aviation Ltd., Abbotsford, B.C. cancelled on September 23, 1985; C-FBBA, Avion Sky Transport Inc., Rexdale, Ontario cancelled on May 13, 1986; C-FBBA, Conair Aviation Ltd., Abbotsford, B.C. cancelled on June 4, 1986; C-FBBA, Avion Sky Transport Inc., Rexdale, Ontario cancelled on January 21, 1987; C-FBBA, Dantove Enterprises Ltd., Thornhill, Ontario cancelled on June 10, 1987; C-FBBA, Conair Aviation Ltd., Abbotsford, B.C. cancelled on July 7, 1987; C-FBBA, Durham Automation Ltd., Oshawa, Ontario cancelled on June 14, 1988; C-FBBA, Conair Aviation Ltd., Abbotsford, B.C. on June 14, 1988, cancelled on September 14, 1988; C-FBBA, Durham Automation Ltd., Oshawa, Ontario on September 12, 1988, cancelled on June 15, 1989; C-FBBA, Conair Aviation Ltd., Abbotsford, B.C. on June 15, 1989, cancelled on September 21, 1989; C-FBBA, Durham Automation Ltd., Oshawa, Ontario on February 1, 1990, cancelled on July 11, 1990; C-FBBA, Conair Aviation Ltd., Abbotsford, B.C. on July 11, 1990, cancelled on January 2, 1991; C-FBBA, Durham Automation Ltd., Oshawa, Ontario on February 1, 1991, cancelled on September 30, 1991; C-FBBA, Auto Meilleur Ltée, Mont-Laurier, Québec on October 2, 1992, cancelled on March 8, 1996.

The Annual Duncan Flying Club Fly-In, Duncan Airport (DUQ), Duncan, Vancouver Island, B.C. on Sunday, June 10, 1979.

[Agfa Agfamatic 100 sensor viewfinder 126 cartridge film camera, 42.1-mm f/11 lens; Agfa Agfacolor Special CNS 126 20 DIN/80 ASA 20-exposure colour negative cartridge film]

© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, June 1979

1 comment:

  1. My name is Doug Mackenzie and I owned this Aerotar when the picture was taken. It is my Travelall in the picture. It was a very exciting plane to fly.

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