WORDS & WINGS: May 2013

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]

“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

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Singer-Link GAT-1 (General Aviation Trainer), “N192GP”, British Columbia Aviation Museum

Singer-Link GAT-1 (General Aviation Trainer), “N192GP”, British Columbia Aviation Museum on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 12:53 PST

Singer-Link GAT-1 (General Aviation Trainer), “N192GP”, British Columbia Aviation Museum, Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ), North Saanich, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada

powered by three 12-Volt electric motors with domestic 240V main supply
single-seat, instrument flight simulator (single-engine aircraft cockpit flight simulator)
fibreglass cockpit mounted on gyroscope-controlled, six-degrees-of-freedom heavy mechanical base (holding the three electric motors and a slip ring allowing cockpit to yaw, roll, and pitch) capable of throwing it through a 360-degree turn at any pitch up to 10 degrees at a touch of the controls, feeding the resulting information back to the cockpit instrument panel
fully-representative instrument panel, yoke, throttle, mixture controls, rudder pedals

built by The Singer Company, Link Division, Binghamton, New York, USA at Binghamton, New York
Link Trainer
last generation of mechanical flight simulators
static display

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

Friday, May 3, 2013

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]

Thursday, May 2, 2013

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]

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]

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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]