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, July 25, 2011

1972 Cessna 172L Skyhawk, c/n 172-60104, C-GIYX


1972 Cessna 172L Skyhawk, c/n 172-60104, C-GIYX, Thomas Moffat, Richmond, B.C., Canada, based at Delta Heritage Airpark (CAK3), Delta, B.C.; powered by one 150-hp Lycoming O-320-E2D four-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled piston engine with fixed-pitch two-blade McCauley propeller; pilot, three passengers, general aviation; built by Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas, USA; N4204Q, W.J. Couvillan, Mequite, Texas on December 6, 1977, cancelled on February 17, 1978; imported in 1978; C-GIYX, A. Siemens Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. cancelled on April 6, 1984; owner registered since February 21, 1985.

Delta Heritage Airpark (CAK3), Delta, B.C. at 9:26 am, Friday, July 8, 2011.

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

© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, July 2011

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