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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
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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)
[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]
- 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
© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, May 1989
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