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.

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