While Air Canada bought Canadian Airlines in 2000, the airline was operated separately until May 2002 when operations were merged. Some Canadian aircraft wore this interim color scheme (with a Star Alliance logo added on the 747 as Canadian transferred from One World). The 747 is pictured operating without winglets for a very short time. One winglet was damaged in a ground incident and to keep the aircraft flying, the other was removed while the damaged one was repaired / replaced.

This 1977 JetRanger was first with Helcopetre Ailes Du Nord , Les Helcoptere Laverendrye before coming to Nova Helicopters in June 1984. Leaving Nova in September 1985, it continued to fly in Canada with various operators and is current with Qwest Helicopters since 2008 at the time of uploading.

Delivered to the US Navy in 1943 as 37716, it was declared surplus in Seattle in May 1946 and sold as N67586. Upgraded by McKinnon-Hickman from Ranger to Lycoming G-480 engines in 1955 to become a Super Widgeon. Nine owners in AK, CA, MT, OR & WA. Purchased by United Engineering / T.M. Thomson & Assoc. of CYYJ, BC in Oct. 1972 and registered CF-EHI in May 1973. The company were consulting engineers and foresters working for the government and industry. To Alaska in May 1980 as N3767Z. Rebuilt after an accident in July 1983. Reregister N480AK by Timothy Martin of Anchorage in November 2009.

Ready to taxi out for departure to Los Angeles as "Emirates (UAE) 14E Super". This A380 arrived a couple of hours earlier on a medical diversion. This was the 3rd diversion of the week for YVR. This is also the first Emirates A380 to visit Vancouver, and I hope it will not be the last!

This Bristol 175 Britannia was first flown at Filton on Apr. 29, 1958 and delivered BOAC as G-AOVM in June 1958. Retired in Mar. 1964. To British Eagle Int'l Airlines and converted into a 312F freighter in 1967. To Air Spain in Mar. 1969 as EC-BSY. To UK MoD in Nov. 1971 for use by the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment as XX367. Retired in 1984, to Katale Aero Transport as 9Q-CHY then to BCF. World's last operational Britannia when retired in July 1991(?) Canadian Pacific A/L flew six Britannias from YVR in 1958-1966. Was very very rare to see a Britannia at YVR after 1966!

DHC-3 C-FUJM was first seen at YVR in the summer 1978 and had West Coast Air titles by late August. Delivered to the US Army in 1956 as 55-3302. To Europe. Deployed by USAF C-124 to Congo in July 1960 to help rescue US citizens during civil war. To the United Nations Air Transport Force in the Congo as No. 402. Later in Yemen with UN in 1963. To US as N12655, then to Ben Ginter Construction in BC as CF-UJM in 1965. Op. by Trans-Mountain A/S when it crashed on Sep 24, 1971 at Forbidden Plateau on flight from Campbell River to Helen Mackenzie Lake. Stored for about 7 years before repaired.

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.

Air Canada was the first international delivery of Boeing's 767 on October 30, 1982. This is their second aircraft delivered on December 14, 1982. It is pictured with Singapore '85 titles promoting a new Toronto to Singapore service via London and Bombay (Mumbai). The aircraft was retired in 2005 and stored at Marana, AZ. Sold to PMC Aviation in 2012 it was later broken up.

Latham Island Airways was associated with this Beaver from 1973 until it crashed near Watson Lake, YT in August 1984. The wreckage has been passed around to several owners and was in storage somewhere near Sedro Woolley, WA in 2000 or later. The remains are reported back in Canada as of 2020.

The Merlin III is a follow-on of the Merlin IIA and IIB. It utilized the nose and tail among other things from the Swearingen Metro under developement at the time. This aircraft was operated by the Hotel & Restaurant Employees union 1980 -89. Re-registered N901MC to McBee Company of Dallas in 1989, the aircraft is current with this registration (and new owner after 2013) at the time of uploading.

Northern Thunderbird Air