1958 de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, c/n 288, C-GXYR, York Realty Ltd.

Update: I am now able to confirm without a doubt, my photograph of the previously unidentified Otter (click on the posting title above) is in fact C-GXYR (some sources identified c/n 288 as C-GXRY). Please see the link http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1021204/ for definitive proof.

1958 de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, c/n 288, C-GXYR, York Realty Ltd., Duncan, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada; powered by one 600-hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S1H1-G Wasp supercharged nine-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine with constant-speed three-blade Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller; pilot, 10 passengers, STOL (short take-off and landing) utility transport; built by de Havilland Canada, Toronto, Ontario at Downsview, Ontario; delivered as U-1A-DH Otter, BuNo 58-1683, US Army on September 30, 1958; N3382; rebuilt at Abbotsford International Airport (YXX), Abbotsford, B.C. in August 1997(?); N68086, Temsco Airlines, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA; N68086, Taquan Air Service Inc., Ketchikan, Alaska on May 12, 1998, cancelled on November 17, 1999; deregistered, exported to Fiji; Vazar turbine conversion; converted to DHC-3T Turbine Otter, powered by one 750-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 turboprop engine with constant-speed, full-feathering reversible-pitch, three-blade Hartzell propeller, Edo amphibious floats; DQ-GLL, Pacific Island Air (Pacific Island Amphibious Seaplanes), Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji in December 1999; accident when DQ-GLL tipped over near Vomo Island, Fiji, extent of damage unknown, 1 crew, 5 passengers, no injuries, no fatalities, on December 29, 2009 at about 6:00 pm; fuselage without engine, wings, tail, or floats, stored on field at Nadi International Airport (NAN), Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji; rebuilt; imported in 2011; C-GHAQ, Harbour Air Seaplanes (Harbour Air Ltd.), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C. on November 30, 2011, reconfigured for 14 passengers.

The Annual Duncan Flying Club Fly-In, Duncan Airport (DUQ), Duncan, Vancouver Island, B.C. in June 1980.

[Agfa Agfamatic 100 sensor viewfinder 126 cartridge film camera, 42.1-mm f/11 lens; Agfa Agfacolor Special CNS 126 20 DIN/80 ASA 20-exposure colour negative cartridge film]

© Copyright photograph by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, June 1980

1945 Martin JRM-3 Mars (Model 170B), c/n 9264, C-FLYK, Philippine Mars, FIFT

1945 Martin JRM-3 Mars (Model 170B), c/n 9264, C-FLYK, Philippine Mars, tail painted white, FIFT (Forest Industries Flying Tankers Ltd.), Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada, based at Sproat Lake Seaplane Base (CAA9), Sproat Lake near Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, B.C.; powered by four 2,500-hp Wright R-3350-24WA Duplex-Cyclone supercharged 18-cylinder, twin-row, air-cooled radial piston engines with constant-speed four-blade Curtiss Electric propellers; flying boat hull; crew of four (pilot, co-pilot, two flight engineers), firefighting water bomber; built by Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA at Middle River, Maryland (M); built as JRM-1 Mars (Model 170A), powered by four 2,500-hp Wright R-3350-24WA Duplex-Cyclone supercharged 18-cylinder, twin-row, air-cooled radial piston engines with constant-speed four-blade Curtiss Electric propellers; delivered as BuNo 76820, Philippine Mars, USN on June 26, 1946; VR-2 Naval Air Transport Squadron, NAS Alameda, Alameda, California; converted to JRM-3 Mars (Model 170B), powered by four 3,000-hp Pratt & Whitney R-4360-4T Wasp Major supercharged 28-cylinder, four-row, air-cooled radial piston engines with constant-speed four-blade Curtiss Electric propellers; withdrawn from use on May 7, 1956; stored at NAS Alameda, Alameda, California, tt 18,662; bought by Hugo Forrester, trading as Mars Metals Company, in 1959; delivered to FIFT on September 5, 1959; converted to air tanker configuration with removal of all unnecessary military and cargo-loading gear, installation of side drop system, large water tanks (inside main fuselage where cargo used to be stowed), and sophisticated retractable scooping system, re-installation of original configuration of four 2,500-hp Wright R-3350-24WA Duplex-Cyclone supercharged 18-cylinder, twin-row, air-cooled radial piston engines with constant-speed four-blade Curtiss Electric propellers, by Fairey Aviation of Canada, Patricia Bay, Sidney, Vancouver Island, B.C. in 1962; CF-LYK, Philippine Mars, FIFT, Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C. on July 4, 1962; into service for the fire season in 1963; C-FLYK, Philippine Mars, FIFT, Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C. in 1976, re-registered; C-FLYK, Philippine Mars, Flying Tankers Inc., Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C. on July 4, 2001, registration renewed; offered for sale on November 10, 2006; C-FLYK, Philippine Mars, Coulson Aircrane Ltd., operating as Coulson Flying Tankers Inc., Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, B.C., based at Sproat Lake Seaplane Base (CAA9), Sproat Lake near Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, B.C., on May 1, 2007; owner registered since June 29, 2007.

Philippine Mars passing by at low altitude at the Annual Duncan Flying Club Fly-In, Duncan Airport (DUQ), Duncan, Vancouver Island, B.C. in summer 1982(?).

Philippine Mars putting on a demonstration, dropping a load of water from its two outlets on either side of the fuselage.

[Agfa Agfamatic 100 sensor viewfinder 126 cartridge film camera, 42.1-mm f/11 lens; Agfa Agfacolor Special CNS 126 20 DIN/80 ASA 20-exposure colour negative cartridge film]

© Copyright photographs by Felix Hayo Scharnberg, 1982 / Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, October 2011

1976 Britten-Norman BN.2A-20 Islander, c/n 770, C-GTOP, Tradewinds Aviation

1976 Britten-Norman BN.2A-20 Islander, c/n 770, C-GTOP, Tradewinds Aviation, Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada, based at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C.; powered by two 300-hp Lycoming IO-540-K1B5 fuel-injected six-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled piston engines with constant-speed two-blade Hartzell propellers; crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), eight passengers, utility transport/regional airliner; built by Fairey Britten Norman Ltd., Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England at IRMA (Intreprinderea de Reparatii Material Aeronautic) (Enterprise for Aeronautical Material Repairment), Bucharest, Romania (built “green”, then shipped to Bembridge for finishing); G-BDHX, Fairey Britten Norman Ltd., Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, based at Bembridge Airport (BBP), Bembridge, Isle of Wight on November 8, 1975; exported to USA on March 11, 1976; N6365G; TI-AKD, Costa Rica; imported in ?; registration cancelled on March 19, 1984; C-GTOP, Aztec Aviation Consulting Ltd., Delta, B.C. cancelled on July 12, 1984; C-GTOP, Top Sales Ltd., Richmond, B.C. cancelled on August 29, 1984; C-GTOP, Fa May, Richmond, B.C. cancelled on November 27, 1984; C-GTOP, Venture Aviation Services Ltd., Sea Island, Richmond, B.C. cancelled on August 14, 1986; C-GTOP, Finlay Forest Industries Ltd., Mackenzie, B.C. cancelled on January 7, 1987; C-GTOP, Williston Lake Air Services Ltd., Mackenzie, B.C. on July 9, 1987, cancelled on June 26, 1996; exported to USA on June 26, 1996; airworthiness issued on July 25, 1996; N442S, Griffings Island Airlines Inc., Sandusky, Ohio, USA on February 23, 2007.

The Annual Duncan Flying Club Fly-In, Duncan Airport (DUQ), Duncan, Vancouver Island, B.C. in summer 1982(?).

1976 Britten-Norman BN.2A-20 Islander, c/n 770, C-GTOP near the north end of the gravel and grass airstrip, east side of the airport near the Duncan Flying Club’s clubhouse.

[Agfa Agfamatic 100 sensor viewfinder 126 cartridge film camera, 42.1-mm f/11 lens; Agfa Agfacolor Special CNS 126 20 DIN/80 ASA 20-exposure colour negative cartridge film]

© Copyright photographs by Felix Hayo Scharnberg, 1982 / Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, October 2011