Parked at the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service buildings in Missoula, MT. Used to take teams of smoke jumpers to fight wildfires. Built in 1944 as 44-77235 and transferred to the RAF as KP265. Returned to the USAF postwar, becoming N2700A. Exported to Honduras in 1954. Joined the Forest Service ten years later, as N146Z at one stage. Converted by Basler in 1991, the seventh BT-67, registered N115Z with the Forest Service.

Built in 1959, flew with Eastern Airlines for ten years. Then served with several operators in Honduras, being converted to freighter around 1977. Joined Conair Aviation in 1997 serving as a fire bomber, "Tanker 53". Transferred to Air Spray, in the same role, in 2000. Seen here on a brief detachment to Campbell River in the summer of 1999, to fight a forest fire which had broken out locally.

Built in 1956. Converted to a Vazar Turbine Otter in 1993. Now a long-serving member of Kenmore Air's fleet. Seen here returning home to base at Seattle's Kenmore Air Harbour on a summer evening in 1999, even at that time more than forty years old.

Wind conditions favoured a takeoff from Campbell River's inner harbour beside the seaplane docks. Seen here climbing out and turning away past Tyee Spit at the river mouth.

US Army Air Force 43-16028. Civilianised as N100 with the Civil Aviation Authority in 1947 before being transferred to the US Forest Service, becoming N100Z. Converted into a turbine-powered Basler BT-67 and re-registered N142Z in 1991. Subsequently sold and re-registered C-GKKB in 2013, flying with Kenn Borek Air and North Star Air.

"Hawaii Mars" on a short sortie from its Sproat Lake, Port Alberni, base on Vancouver Island BC

"Hawaii Mars" on a short sortie from its Sproat Lake, Port Alberni, base on Vancouver Island BC, performing a water drop as a demonstration of its firefighting powers.

Originally in USAF service as 57-0513, latterly at Pope AFB, North Carolina, as a battle damage instructional airframe. Bought by Hawkins and Powers Aviation and ferried to Greybull. Registered as N8230H and stored for possible future conversion to a fire bomber.

Originally 145906 of the US Navy, then N8064A. Bought by H&P in 1989 from the stock of an emerging warbird museum in Georgia. Registered as N139HP and stored at Greybull in US Navy markings, then tanked as "139". Sold in 2006 to Neptune Aviation Services, Missoula, Montana and re-registered as N443MA, tanker"43".

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force, 414 "Black Knights" Combat Support Squadron, based at 19 Wing, Comox, painted one of its Silver Star aircraft to reflect the squadron's heritage. This is one of the last operational T-Birds.

Originally delivered to the USAF as 49-074 in 1950. Transferred to the Brazilian Air Force in 1958 as 6530. Withdrawn in 1980 and sold in 1984, Registered as PP-ZAS in 1991. Became N97HU in 1994, and ferried to Canada for restoration in March 1996. First post-restoration flight in early 1997. Sold in Mexico in 2004 as XB-JHH. On 10 August of that year forced down by the Mexican authorities on a suspected drug-running flight. Beached and abandoned on the Mexican coast at Playa de la Ventanilla, near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Subsequent to the removal of its engines, the airframe was left derelict and over the years sank slowly into the sand.

A corporate charter flight with golf fans during the Open Championship at Carnoustie. Cancelled in July 2009 as sold in Lebanon

Year built:- 1956

Ex USAF 64-13204, part of Foreign Military Sales to South Korea.