Celebrating 80th Anniversary of Armée de l'air

Turbo Beaver CF-OEE was originally delivered to the Province of Ontario, Department of Lands and Forests, Sault Ste. Marie in June 1965. It was later operated by the Province of Manitoba Air Division between 1977 and 1989 until sold to Hatchet Lake Aviation Ltd., Regina, SK in June 1989. In June 2013, it was sold to 70017 Newfoundland & Labrador Ltd., Corner Brook, NL and based Deer Lake, NL. It was photographed at Goose Bay Airport, NL on June 21, 2014. It was subsequently registered to PAL Aerospace Ltd in September 2018 and cancelled from the Canadian civil register on May 20, 2021. Fate?

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador owns five CL415s for aerial fire fighting and two King Air B300/B300Cs for air ambulance patient transfers. The hull of this aircraft was substantially damaged while making its sixth scoop from Whitehead Pond, NL on September 15, 2018 when it struck some hidden rocks at high speed. The damaged aircraft was flown back to Gander Airport and grounded. The aircraft has been out of service for six fire seasons (as of 2024). DHC has made a proposal to the Government to repair C-FOFI and upgrade the four operational CL415s. It's become a political issue.

This 2006 RV-6A was the only other bird there that day (at least that I could see up close).

Stored at MEB along with N220NW and a trio of 727s. At some stage the reg has been painted over to appear as N2281, but it was not officially changed as such.

Seen here at Vinces. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)