1969 Bell 206B JetRanger II, c/n 194, C-GVTM, Far West Helicopters Ltd., Chilliwack, B.C., Canada, based at Chilliwack Airport (YCW), Chilliwack, B.C.; powered by one 400-shp Allison 250-C20 turboshaft engine with two-blade main rotor and two-blade tail rotor; skids; pilot, four passengers or equivalent cargo, multi-purpose utility transport; built by Bell Helicopter Company, Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, USA; built as 206A JetRanger, powered by one 317-shp Allison 250-C18 turboshaft engine with two-blade main rotor and two-blade tail rotor; converted to 206B JetRanger II with upgrade kit in 1970; N4038G, Tundra Copters Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska on May 8, 1975, cancelled on March 14, 1979; imported in 1979; C-GVTM, Rotortech Helicopters, Surrey, B.C. cancelled on April 23, 1986; C-GVTM, Capital Helicopters Inc., Delta, B.C. cancelled on March 14, 1988; C-GVTM, Sandspit Heli-Jet Ltd., Sandspit, Haida Gwaii, B.C. on April 25, 1988, cancelled on June 8, 1990; C-GVTM, Cariboo Chilcotin Helicopters, Lillooet, B.C. on June 8, 1990, cancelled on June 18, 1991; C-GVTM, Pacific Rim Helicopters Ltd., Delta, B.C. on September 22, 1993, cancelled on May 6, 1994; C-GVTM, Alpen Helicopters Ltd., Langley, B.C. on May 6, 1994, cancelled on September 19, 1996; owner registered since September 19, 1996.
Hope Aerodrome (YHE), Hope, B.C. on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 12:34 pm.
[Casio Exilim EX-Z20 point-and-shoot 8.1 MP digital camera, 38–114-mm f/3.1–5.9 lens]
© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, August 2009
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