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In the background is an interesting one: the Swiss Twin Bonanza shows for the occasion the badge of Fliegerstaffel 11 and has a tiger striped underside. Photographer unknown

Watson Lake Flying Services DHC-2 Beaver, CF-IBP, was photographed while visiting the Altin, BC waterfront in June 1980. The aircraft was delivered new to B.C. Air Lines in March 1955 and was acquired by Watson Lake Flying Services in Dec. 1967. It crashed 60 miles SW of Watson Lake, BC on Sep 22, 1996. 1 killed. wreck status unknown. The historic gold mining town Atlin is on the east side of Atlin Lake, 92 miles SE of Whitehorse Airport. In the 1920s is became an exotic tourist destination only accessible by boat and later bush plane until the first road was built to the Yukon in 1950-1951.

North Carolina Army National Guard OH-58A. The Kiowa was later upgraded to an OH-58C.

Bell TH-1L Iroquois 157809 would later become N4963F. The helicopter was displayed at the Hawaii Museum of Flying until 2020 when the State of Hawaii closed the museum over insurance and environmental concerns.

Since pictured in Pompano Beach, this 1947 Seabee has moved, via Tennessee and Illinois, to Washington state.

Was later converted to a freighter and served with Express One and Astar Air Cargo (DHL) with this registration. After that to 4R-SEM, XU-RKF and TU-TII. Broken up at Lanseria feb18. Fuselage destined to become a restaurant near Witbank.

Later became N860N and N722US. Broken up at Amarillo.

Built for Flying Tigers and delivered in 1962, this CL-44 is pictured being masked for a new color scheme. Brought out of storage and flown to Ft Lauderdale for Aeron International Airlines, it would become N122AE and fly international freight. The aircraft was broken up in September 1999.

US Army Air Force C-60A Lodestar 42-55899 was quickly sold after World War II via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Variously registered NC17092, N8008 and N600L in 1957 after Westinghouse Electric bought the aircraft in 1956. It was converted to a Learstar II in 1958. Re-registered N608L when bought by The Lincoln National Life in 1964. Later with United Founders Life insurance company, a series of owners followed until it was impounded for drug smuggling in 1975. Pictured with Vintage Aircraft Sales, the registration was kept current until 2013, but the eventual fate is unknown.

A 707 delivered to Air France May 11 1962 (F-BHSU " Château de Versailles"). Leased to Royal Air Maroc from April 1975 to January 1976, it was withdrawn from service December 10, 1977. Sold in July 1978, it went through several aircraft brokers and a lease to Intercontinental Airways as N707RZ. Stored at Miami January 1980 after that lease, the airplane ended up stored at Ft. Lauderdale where it was broken up in April 1985.

Any help on the location is appreciated.

Delivered to West Coast Air Services on June 10, 1964, CF-WCA met a temporary end when it flipped during a water landing at Owen Bay, BC on July 16, 1974. No serious injuries occurred, but he aircraft remains were salvaged and stored for several years. Pictured finally undergoing a slow rebuilt at Pacific Aircraft Salvage, it would fly again in 1984. Sold as N77BA in June 1984, the bush plane is still current with Beluga Air in Homer, Alaska at the time of uploading. This is a different aircraft than the former US Army Beaver cn 1285 that was registered C-FWCA 1999 - 2016.

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Originally US Navy bu 39613 from 1943, this Lodestar was sold surplus in 1946 as N58579. Pictured stored by Global Air Service, it was active after 1984. The aircraft's registration was cancelled in 2015.