Severely damaged by Hurricane Hugo on 17 September 1989. It was not before 2009 that the certificate of airworthiness was again issued.

Registered in May 2001 ex VH-JAW.

Unknown photographer. Slide scan. Slide acquired through EMCS

The prototype Mallard. Became NC41824 and used as a demonstrator. Sold in Newfoundland as VO-ACC in 1949 and then CF-GPA when Newfoundland became part of Canada later that year. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Originally registered NC2976 to Grumman in 1948, the first owner of this Mallard became Charles F Kettering, inventor and recently retired head of research for General Motors. Privately owned by him 1949 - 59 as N5115, it also flew for GM until sold to the New York Yankees as N51151 after Kettering's death. Pictured with Crow, Inc (1965 - 78), a Toledo OH charter company bringing customers for Northern Ontario fishing camps. To Chalks International Airline in 1979, it was converted to a G-73T Turbo Mallard in 1982. Re-registered N142PA in 1998, it was retired in 2005 and dismantled in 2007.

Pictured as Air BC prepares C-FHUB for a ferry flight to Australia for Air Whitsunday. Using the registration of N2416X for delivery, the amphibian became VH-LAW and later VH-PPE with Paspaley Pearling Co. In 1995 the engines were replaced with PT-6 turbines.

This Grumman G-73 Mallard, CF-HPU (msn J-9) was operated by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation in California in 1948-1954. To Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) as CF-HPU and named Kitimat Princess while supporting construction of a aluminum smelter on the northern BC coast. To BC Air Lines (BCAL) 1959-1973; back to PWA when it bought BCAL. Sold to West Coast Air Service in Dec. 1973. Exported to USA in January 1975. To Chalks Int'l Miami in Jun 1975. Converted by Frakes Aviation to a G-73T in 1984. Sold to Virgin Island Seaplane Shuttle as N609SS. To Caribbean Airline Services 1990. Wrecked 1994.

There were several Grumman Mallards serving Southern British Columbia coastal destinations from Vancouver in the mid 70s to the mid 80s. This one was first with Superior Oil as NC2964 / N2964 1947 - 62 based the first two years in Egypt. Pictured with North Coast Air Services 1974 - 88, it migrated south to Australia like a couple of Air BC Mallards, becoming VH-OAW for Seair Pacific Pty / Reef World Airlines in 1989. Sold to Paspaley Pearling Co, in 2002, the aircraft was registered VH- PPI after it was rebuilt with PT-6A-34 turbine engines in 2005.

This Grumman Mallard was delivered new to Copano Oil Co, Victoria, TX in June 1950 as N2983. It was registered to nine different companies in the US before imported by West Coast Air Services in Feb. 1974 as C-GIRL and mainly flew passengers to the pulp and paper town of Ocean Falls, 257 nm NW of YVR. West Coast Air was part of the Air BC merger in 1980, and C-GIRL flew out on the northern BC coast before its sale to the US in Aug 1984 as N2983. Operated by Virgin Is. Seaplane Shuttle as N2983 and N652SS (1985-89). To Caribbean Airline Service. Retired late 1990s in San Juan, PR.

This Grumman Mallard was delivered new to the New York Daily News in May 1947 as NC2962/N2962 and the cockpit windows lowered for aerial photography! Purchased by West Coast Air Services (WCAS) in Dec. 1973 and to CF-HUB. WCAS's Mallard fleet primarily flew pax between YVR and Ocean Falls (ZOF) which was 257 nm NW away and accessible only by ship or seaplane. It was home for the largest pulp and paper mill in BC and the G-73 fleet grew when the BC Government bought the mill in 1973, but declined after the mill closed in 1980. Sold by AirBC to Air Whitsunday in Mar 7, 1983 as N2416X, then VH-LAW.

Ex-C6-BDW and now flies as N168WS. It only carried these marks, (N15WJ), for a short period and there is some suggestion that they may not have been officially allotted.

This corporate Grumman G-73T Turbo Mallard was based in the New Orleans area from 1956 to 1994 with Freeport McMoran and it predecessors Freeport Sulphur and Freeport Minerals It was registered N300S from 1956 to 1990, and N685FM from 1990-1994 before it was sold to Precision Valve Corp. of Bronxville, NU as N777PV. It was converted to PT6A-34 turboprop engines by Frakes Aviation in April 1974. It was delivered new to General Mills Corp as N2979 was later flown by other companies in the New York City area. It's been owned by Centreline Holdings, Inc. of Camden, DE since 2013.

Australian turbine (PT-6A-34) conversion developed by Paspaley with assistance of Sky West Engineering. Three conversions done between 1997 and 2005, this was the last one (completed in February 2005).

Crashed near Massett, Queen Charlotte Islands on March 5, 1974. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

This Turbo Mallard made at least two Atlantic crossings to spend some summer time in Scotland.

Registered NC2976 in 1948, N5115 in 1949 and N51151 in 1959. Operated by Chalk's from 1979. Converted to a G-73T Turbo Mallard in 1982. Reregistered as N142PA in 1998. Withdrawn from use at Fort Lauderdale in 2005 and scrapped around 2007.