1954 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 713, C-GHPG, Metasoft Systems Inc.

1954 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 713, C-GHPG at Delta Heritage Air Park (CAK3), Delta, B.C., Canada on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 13:30 PDT. Transferred from Edo 679-4930 straight floats to fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel at Harbour Air Seaplanes sometime late last week, and ferried from South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR) to Delta Heritage Air Park (CAK3) on Tuesday evening, July 16, 2013 by Kevin Maher, President of the Duncan Flying Club, Duncan Airport (DUQ/CAM3), Duncan, Vancouver Island, B.C. and owner of the oldest surviving Model 75 biplane, the 1936 Stearman PT-13 Kaydet (Model 75), c/n 75-003, N68492 (CF-KTE reserved) he is currently restoring. The Air Park will the Beaver’s summer base and she will participate in the Duncan Flying Club Homathko/Tsuniah Fly-Out to Tsuniah Lake Lodge Airport (CAF4), Tsuniah Lake Lodge, Tsuniah Lake, B.C. from Friday, July 19 to Monday, July 22, 2013.

1954 de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk. I, c/n 713, C-GHPG, Metasoft Systems Inc., Vancouver, B.C., Canada, based at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Sea Island, Richmond, 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 and propeller spinner
• pilot, six passengers, STOL (short take-off and landing) utility transport
• full-span single-slotted flaps, ailerons droop as flaps are extended
• crew door both sides, cabin door both sides, rear baggage area
• bubble cabin door windows, porthole rear cabin windows
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel/Edo 679-4930 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer

History:

• built by The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, Downsview, Ontario, Canada at Downsview Airport (YZD/CYZD), Downsview, Ontario
• delivered as L-20A-DH Beaver, s/n 53-7905 to US Army on November 3, 1954
• c/n 713/1446 (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. 447, Command A-4, US Army
• porthole rear cabin windows
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel
• redesignated as U-6A-DH Beaver in 1962
• 20th Transportation Company, US Army
• served in West Germany
• MASDC (Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center), Davis-Monthan AFB (DMA/KDMA), Tucson, Arizona, USA
• known as “The Boneyard”, a major USAF desert aircraft and missile storage site
• N9008, further details unknown
• imported in 1979
• C-GHPG, Ted Leroy Trucking Ltd., Duncan, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada on August 4, 1981
• based at Quamichan Lake, North Cowichan, Vancouver Island, B.C.
• Edo 58-4580 straight floats, ventral tail fin
• propeller spinner sometime in the mid to late 1990s
• Ted Leroy Trucking Ltd. moved to Chemainus, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada on March 11, 2003 and cancelled on December 9, 2008
• based at Quamichan Lake
• Edo 679-4930 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• C-GHPG, Metasoft Systems Inc., Vancouver, B.C., Canada on December 12, 2008 
• based at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR)
• propeller spinner
• bubble cabin door windows, porthole rear cabin windows
• fixed conventional landing gear and tailwheel/Edo 679-4930 straight floats, seaplane fins on horizontal stabilizer
• tt 14,400 hours in January 2012
• active

[Nikon D3100 14.2 megapixel DX-format DSLR Nikon F-mount camera; Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18–55 mm f/3.5–5.6G VR lens with 52-mm UV(C) filter]

© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, July 2013

1948 Cessna 120 X, c/n 14348X, C-FFLL

1948 Cessna 120 X, c/n 14348X, C-FFLL, Matti Koivula, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, based at Delta Heritage Airpark (CAK3), Delta, B.C.; powered by one 85-hp Continental C85-12F X four-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled piston engine with fixed-pitch two-blade McCauley propeller; side-by-side pilot and passenger, general aviation; built by Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas, USA; built as 120, c/n 14348; C-FFLL, John Ritchey, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan cancelled on April 9, 1985; C-FFLL, Gordon Larsen, Edmonton, Alberta on June 11, 1985, re-serialled and redesignated, cancelled on May 21, 2004; C-FFLL, Gordon Larsen and Phillip Larsen, Edmonton, Alberta on May 21, 2004, cancelled on December 17, 2009; owner registered since December 21, 2009.

Delta Heritage Airpark (CAK3), Delta, B.C. at 9:27 am, Friday, July 8, 2011.

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© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, July 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.

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© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, July 2011

1948 Aeronca 11BC Chief, c/n 11BC-164, C-FJSS

1948 Aeronca 11BC Chief, c/n 11BC-164, C-FJSS, Tom Phillips, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, based at Delta Heritage Airpark (CAK3), Delta, B.C.; powered by one 85-hp Continental C85-8F four-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled piston engine with fixed-pitch two-blade aluminum propeller; side-by-side pilot and passenger, general aviation; built by Aeronca Aircraft Corporation, Middletown, Ohio, USA at Dayton Municipal Airport, Vandalia, Ohio; C-FJSS, John Jeffries, Brooks, Alberta on November 24, 1989, cancelled on January 22, 1990; C-FJSS, Robert Olson, Jenner, Alberta on January 22, 1990, cancelled on February 11, 1992; C-FJSS, Garry Toop, Prince George, B.C. and Mark Grafton, Prince George, B.C. on April 29, 1992, cancelled on April 24, 1996; C-FJSS, Elmer Sanders, Grande Prairie, Alberta on April 24, 1996, cancelled on February 7, 2007; C-FJSS, Bradley Jorgenson, Richmond, B.C. on February 7, 2007, cancelled on April 10, 2008; C-FJSS, Charles Brown, Delta, B.C. on May 7, 2008, cancelled on July 30, 2008; owner registered since August 6, 2008.

Delta Heritage Airpark (CAK3), Delta, B.C. at 9:23 am, Friday, July 8, 2011.

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© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, July 2011