1963 Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee, c/n 28-1067, C-FOZL, Harry Addison and Raymond Moore

At 12:21 PST

1963 Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee, c/n 28-1067, C-FOZL, Harry Addison and Raymond Moore inside hangar of British Columbia Aviation Museum, 1910 Norseman Road, Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ), North Saanich, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 12:24 PST

1963 Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee, c/n 28-1067, C-FOZL, Harry Addison, Brentwood Bay, Vancouver Island, B.C. and Raymond Moore, Sidney, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada, based at Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ), North Saanich, Vancouver Island, B.C.

• powered by one 180-hp Lycoming O-360-A3A four-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled piston engine with fixed-pitch two-blade Sensenich propeller
• pilot, three passengers, general aviation
• fixed tricycle landing gear, wheel spats, starboard single door

• built by Piper Aircraft Corporation, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, USA at Vero Beach Municipal Airport (VRB/KVRB), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
• early history unknown
• C-FOZL, Jack Angus, Victoria, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada cancelled on July 21, 1982
• based at Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ)
• C-FOZL, J.W. Robertson, Sidney, Vancouver Island, B.C. and Raymond Moore, Sidney, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada cancelled on September 26, 1986
• based at Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ)
• registered to Harry Addison and Raymond Moore on December 5, 1986
• 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 photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, December 2011

1988 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 Dash 8 Series 100, c/n 130, C-GKON, “815”, Air Canada Express

1988 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 Dash 8 Series 100, c/n 130, C-GKON, “815”, Air Canada Express at Gate 6, Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ), North Saanich, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 09:51 PST

Still titled AIR CANADA jazz, Air Canada Express flight 8060 departed for Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada as scheduled a few minutes later at 10:00 PST

1988 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 Dash 8 Series 100, c/n 130, C-GKON, “815”, Jazz (Jazz Aviation LP/Subsidiary of Chorus Aviation Inc.), Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ), Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada, based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ)

• operating as Air Canada Express (Subsidiary of Air Canada), Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec for Air Canada (ACE Aviation Holdings Inc./Member of STAR ALLIANCE), Aéroport international Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau de Montréal/Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL/CYUL), Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada
• still titled AIR CANADA jazz, red Maple Leaf motif on tail, and in Air Canada Jazz colour scheme
• powered by two 2,000-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120A turboprop engines with constant-speed, full-feathering reversible-pitch, four-blade Hamilton Standard propellers
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration Y37, medium-range regional airliner
• retractable tricycle landing gear, pressurized cabin, T-tail

• built by Boeing of Canada Ltd., Downsview, Ontario, Canada at Downsview Airport (YZD/CYZD), Downsview, Ontario
• C-GKON, Boeing Canada Technology Ltd., Downsview, Ontario, Canada rolled out on December 1, 1988 and cancelled on January 11, 1989
• first flight on December 23, 1988
• delivered as C-GKON, City of Baltimore to Air Ontario (Air Ontario Inc./Subsidiary of Air Canada), London, Ontario, Canada on January 11, 1989 and cancelled on November 5, 2001
• based at London International Airport (YXU/CYXU), London, Ontario
• shortly after merger of Canadian Airlines (Canadian Airlines International Ltd.) and Air Canada, Air Canada Connector regional partners Air BC (Air BC Ltd.), Air Nova (Air Nova Inc.), Air Ontario (Air Ontario Inc.), and Canadian Regional Airlines (Canadian Regional Airlines Ltd.) merged to form Air Canada Regional (Air Canada Regional Inc./Subsidiary of Air Canada) in January 2001, completed in April 2002, and resulted in launch of new name and new brand as Air Canada Jazz
• C-GKON, “815”, Air Canada Regional (Air Canada Regional Inc./Subsidiary of Air Canada), Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ), Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada on November 5, 2001
• based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ)
• transferred
• C-GKON, “815”, Air Canada Jazz (Jazz Air Inc./Subsidiary of Air Canada), Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ), Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada on July 2, 2002 and cancelled on December 14, 2004
• based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ)
• transferred 
• ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. created as Air Canada emerged from bankruptcy in 2004
• C-GKON, “815”, Air Canada Jazz (Jazz Air Limited Partnership/Subsidiary of ACE Aviation Holdings Inc.), Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ), Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada on December 14, 2004 and cancelled on April 20, 2006
• based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ)
• transferred
• ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. sold off all their Air Canada Jazz assets in 2006
• became independent as Jazz Air Income Fund
• C-GKON, “815”, Jazz (Jazz Air LP/Subsidiary of Jazz Air Income Fund), Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ), Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada on April 20, 2006 and cancelled on February 10, 2011
• based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ/CYHZ)
• operating as Air Canada Jazz
• Jazz Air Income Fund restructured as a corporation and renamed as Chorus Aviation Inc. on November 15, 2010
• Jazz (Jazz Aviation LP) made a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation Inc. on December 31, 2010
• registered to Jazz on February 10, 2011
• Air Canada Jazz rebranded as Air Canada Express on May 3, 2011
• active

[Casio Exilim EX-Z20 point-and-shoot 8.1 MP digital camera, 38–114-mm f/3.1–5.9 lens, s/n 31002061A]

© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, December 2011

Douglas DC-6B, Canadian Pacific Air Lines sometime in the late 1950s

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-6B arriving at Prince George Airport 
(YXS/CYXS), Prince George, B.C., Canada sometime in the late 1950s

Douglas DC-6B, Canadian Pacific Air Lines (Canadian Pacific Limited), Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada

• construction number and registration unknown
• powered by four 2,500-hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB17 Double Wasp supercharged 18-cylinder, twin-row, air-cooled radial piston engines with constant-speed, full-feathering reversible-pitch, three-blade Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propellers
• crew of three (pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer), three flight attendants, 60 passengers, airliner
• retractable tricycle landing gear, pressurized cabin
• built by Douglas Aircraft Company Inc., Santa Monica, California, USA at Santa Monica, California
• built as all-passenger airliner without cargo door

© Copyright photograph by Uwe Kündrunar Scharnberg, 1958 / Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, March 2011 

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

[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

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

1955 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 825, C-FIFQ, North Pacific Seaplanes

1955 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 825, C-FIFQ, North Pacific Seaplanes 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 12:16 PST

1955 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 825, C-FIFQ, North Pacific Seaplanes (North Pacific Seaplanes Ltd.), Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada, based at Seal Cove Water Airport (ZSW/CZSW), Prince Rupert, B.C.

• 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, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• built by The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, Downsview, Ontario, Canada at Downsview Airport (YZD/CYZD), Downsview, Ontario
• delivered as CF-IFQ to Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada on September 2, 1955
• Edo 58-4580 amphibious floats, ventral fin under tail
• CF-IFQ, B.C. Air Lines (B.C. Air Lines Ltd.), Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada
• 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-FIFQ, Trans-Provincial Airlines (Trans-Provincial Airlines Ltd./Subsidiary of Jim Pattison Industries Ltd.), Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada cancelled on June 2, 1988
• Edo 58-4580 amphibious floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• 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-FIFQ, Trans-Provincial Airlines (Trans-Provincial Airlines Ltd.), Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada on June 2, 1988 and cancelled on May 13, 1993
• based at Seal Cove Water Airport (ZSW/CZSW)
• Edo 58-4580 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• Trans-Provincial Airlines purchased by Harbour Air Seaplanes (Harbour Air Ltd.) in 1993
• C-FIFQ, Harbour Air Seaplanes (Harbour Air Ltd.), South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada on May 13, 1993 and cancelled on February 10, 2004
• based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9), Moray Channel, Richmond, B.C., adjacent to South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) 
• Edo 679-4930 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• C-FIFQ, North Pacific Seaplanes, Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada on February 10, 2004 and cancelled on April 5, 2013
• Harbour Air Seaplane’s northern affiliate
• North Pacific Seaplanes purchased by Inland Air (Inland Air Charters Ltd.), Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada on April 1, 2013
• registered to Harbour Air Seaplanes on April 5, 2013
• based at Vancouver International Water Airport (CAM9)
• 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

1956 de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbine Otter, c/n 105, C-GVNL, “304”, Harbour Air Seaplanes

Westward view of Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre docks with seaplanes seen from public waterfront promenade of West Building, Vancouver Convention Centre at 11:05 PST

After a year of refusing to relocate due to safety concerns of exposure to wind and waves, Harbour Air Group (Harbour Air Seaplanes/West Coast Air/Whistler Air) reached an agreement with Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre and PavCo (British Columbia Pavilion Corporation) on September 10, 2012 and relocated in December 2012, from their temporary location adjacent to Harbour Green Park, to the new Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre, Unit #1 Burrard Landing, 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH/CYHC), Coal Harbour, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Departure of 1956 de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbine Otter, c/n 105, C-GVNL, “304”, Harbour Air Seaplanes at 11:05 PST

1956 de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbine Otter, c/n 105, C-GVNL, “304”, 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
• 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 55-3261 to US Army on April 12, 1956
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel
• 14th Army Aviation Company (Fixed Wing—Tactical Transport), Fifth US Army, US Army, based at Fort Riley, Kansas, USA
• 14th Army Aviation Company assigned to Third US Army on May 1, 1956
• 14th Army Aviation Company assigned to US Army Infantry Center on May 10, 1956
• 14th Army Aviation Company temporarily based at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, USA from June 1, 1956 to October 1, 1956
• 14th Army Aviation Company redesignated as 1st Army Aviation Company (Fixed Wing—Tactical Transport) on August 15, 1956
• 1st Army Aviation Company based at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA from October 1, 1956 to June 21, 1962
• U-1A-DH Otters flew with 1st Army Aviation Company until 1961 when it converted to the de Havilland Canada CV-2A-DH (DHC-4) Caribou
• as test support aircraft at US Army Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, USA from 1961 to April 1976
• minor accident at Yuma Proving Ground on February 26, 1974 on take-off with a gusty crosswind, became airborne prematurely and settled, one wheel touched runway and propeller damaged on contact with runway
• repaired and returned to service
• transferred to CAP (Civil Air Patrol), United States Air Force Auxiliary (civilian auxiliary of USAF), Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama, USA in April 1976
• N5341G, Texas Wing, Southwest Region, CAP, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA in June 1976
• imported in 1978
• C-GVNL, Air Saguenay (Air Saguenay Inc.), Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada on March 16, 1978 and cancelled on December 5, 1984
• based at Hydroaérodrome Lac St-Sébastien (CTD3), St-David-de-Falardeau, Lac St-Sébastien, Québec
• Edo 55-7170 straight floats, ventral fin under tail/skis
• leased to Cargair (Cargair Ltée), St-Michel-des-Saints, Québec, Canada on May 19, 1978 for the summer season
• based at Hydroaérodrome Lac Kaiagamac (CSF8), St-Michel-des-Saints, Québec
• returned to Air Saguenay
• Air Saguenay (Air Saguenay Inc.) renamed as Air Saguenay (Air Saguenay 1980 Inc.) in 1980
• involved in an incident during a proficiency flight check at Hydroaérodrome Lac St-Sébastien (CTD3) on May 13, 1980 when on final approach for a simulated engine failure with throttle retarded, pilot rounded out the aircraft too high, check pilot did not recognise the error in sufficient time to take corrective action, damage to aircraft structure in the hard landing that followed
• repaired 
• C-GVNL, CEPAL (Centre d’Expédition et de plein air Laurentien), Jonquière, Québec, Canada on April 11, 1985 and cancelled on July 28, 1998
• based at Lac Kénogami, Jonquière, Québec
• while in cruise flight an emergency landing on Lac Manouane, Québec on July 10, 1990 when an engine cylinder failed and engine was shut down
• C-GVNL, Air Bellevue (Air Bellevue Inc.), St-Félicien, Québec, Canada on July 28, 1998 and cancelled on March 16, 2001
• based at Aéroport de Dolbeau-Saint-Félicien (YDO/CYDO), St-Félicien, Québec
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel
• ferried along with 1956 DHC-3 Otter, c/n 135, C-FIUZ, Air Bellevue from Aéroport de Dolbeau-Saint-Félicien (YDO/CYDO) to Calgary International Airport (YYC/CYYC), Calgary, Alberta, Canada by Air Bellevue pilots arriving on March 14, 2001, stayed overnight, then the next day to Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) by Harbour Air Seaplanes pilots
• Vazar turbine conversion for both Otters by Harbour Air Seaplanes at the Aeroflite Industries Ltd. hangar, South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR)
• registered to Harbour Air Seaplanes on March 28, 2001
• active

[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, March 2013

1978 Cessna A185F Skywagon II, c/n 185-03482, C-GZSH, Harbour Air Seaplanes

At 11:17 PST

1978 Cessna A185F Skywagon II, c/n 185-03482, C-GZSH, Harbour Air Seaplanes at Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH/CYHC), Coal Harbour, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, B.C., Canada on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 11:22 PST

1978 Cessna A185F Skywagon II, c/n 185-03482, C-GZSH, Harbour Air Seaplanes (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 300-hp Teledyne Continental IO-550-D9 fuel-injected six-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled piston engine with constant-speed three-blade McCauley propeller
• pilot, five passengers, utility transport
• Edo 628-2960 straight floats, ventral fin under tail 
• built by Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas, USA at Pawnee Plant, Wichita, Kansas
• built, powered by one 300-hp Teledyne Continental IO-520-D fuel-injected six-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled piston engine with constant-speed two-blade McCauley propeller 
• C-GZSH, Duncan Helio Flight Services Ltd., Duncan, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada cancelled on September 12, 1983 
• based at Quamichan Lake, North Cowichan, Vancouver Island, B.C.
• registered to Harbour Air on April 26, 1984
• 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 photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, March 2013