New type in Vancouver being demonstrated to local helicopter operators. It was later delivered to Quasar Helicopters, subsequently re-imported into the USA and finally written off in Afganistan (2010).

Being prepared for delivery to Brazil only days after arriving in Vancouver as C-GCPC from McDonnell Douglas.

The Doobie Liner visits Vancouver. Originally delivered to Eastern Airlines in 1952, it went on to fly with Mohawk, Ozark and Piedmont before becoming the Doobie Brothers Band touring aircraft.

Flying first with New York Airways from 1968 - 1977, this S-61 moved to Canada around 1979 for Okanagan. Later flying with Canadian Helicopters, Coulson Aircrane and Sunwest Helicopters, there was also a 2 year stint with the State of Utah (N614RM) from March 1994 - 1996 . After returning from the USA the helicopter received the HeliPro Shortsky conversion which shortened the fuselage by 50 inches and improved the lifting capability by 1,000 lbs. Sold to Carson Helicopters as N448JS in 2011.

Delivered to Pacific Western on September 5, 1979 and stayed through the mergers with CP Air and Air Canada. Stored at Mojave in 2003 and re-registered as N290TR.

Delivered new to Canadian in 1990 and would be the first aircraft to wear Air Canada's new frosted leaf color scheme in 2004.

Starting out as a 1953 440 for United Airlines, this Convair was with Lake Central Airlines when it was converted to a 580 in December 1966. Merged with Allegheny Airlines in 1968, it was withdrawn and stored at Marana, AZ in the mid 70s until sold to Great Lakes in August 1976. Renamed Air Ontario in 1981, the Convair left Canada in 1988. Written off during a maintenance ground run when the main undercarriage collapsed and the propeller damaged the fuselage at Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport, Tx January 18, 2018. It was registered XA-TRB with Air Tribe.

After rolled out in early 1969, several sales of this Twin Otter to the USA fell through and the aircraft was delivered to Aeronaves de Mayab as XA-BOL December 19, 1969. West Coast Air Services bought it in September 1979, but it never entered service. It was sold to Contact Airways in April 1980 and photographed just before the titles were painted out and the tail logo became a red circle. While flying on floats with Maldivian Air Taxi as 8Q-MAG, the aircraft was written off (with no injuries) when it struck the water after a photo shoot at the Halaveli Island Resort, Maldives June 2, 2009.

This former Air Ontario Dash 8 would be sold in August 2004 to Type 72 Aviation. Since 2006, it's been with Aircraft Leasing Services working for the United Nations as 5Y-STN.

In 2000, Air Canada took over operations of Canadian Airlines and merged the airlines in 2001. To standardize the fleet, Canadian's DC-10s were disposed of quickly and the 737s went a couple of years later. C-GKCP is photographed in short term storage but would be re-activated for Air Canada's low fair Zip Air. When Zip was shut down, this 737 went to Canadian North.

Only delivered to Tyrolean Airlines in May 1985, this Dash 8 was on a very short lease, December 8, 1985 - January 4, 19t86, to aid Air BC begin Dash 8 operations.

A very rare visitor to Vancouver chartered for maritime crew changes - that had to be a long flight. The aircraft was delivered in 1968 to TABSO, re-named Balkan Bulgarian Airlines in 1968. It was withdrawn at Sofia sometime in the '90s.

Delivered to United September 14, 1990, this 757 was withdrawn and stored at Victorville, CA August 21, 2013. Sold the next day to FedEx, it was re-registered N794FD on March 25, 2014 while under going conversion to a freighter.

Photographed a month after delivery, this aircraft and the other four 737-300s were to leave CP AIr less than a year later.

Nova Helicopter's light utility R22 next to Erickson Air-Crane's heavy lifting Sikorsky S-64.

This Beaver was built as a standard piston engine DHC-2 in 1959. After several accidents in the 1980s, Viking Air bought the aircraft. Viking, who own the type certificates of all De Havilland Canada aircraft except the Dash 8, converted it to a turbo Beaver during 1993 - 1996. Bought by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 2006, it was painted in these retro colors for the 70th anniversary of the RCMP Air Division in 2007. It was sold in 2016.

A very early 737 delivered new to Air California July 10, 1968. This was their final colors before being bought by and merged into American Airlines.

One of NWT's all cargo Electra's flying across Canada. This one was originally delivered to KLM (PH-LLD) on October 10, 1959. Converted to a freighter in 1968, it flew for Universal Airlines (N852U), Saturn and Trans International/Transamerica airlines before coming to Canada June 1983. Sold in September 1986, the freighter flew mail with Falcon Aviation (SE-IVS) before going to Hunting Cargo (EI-CHW) May 1993. Withdrawn in 1996 and used for parts, it was broken up August 1998.

Delivered to International Lease Finance Corp June 8, 1978, this 737 had many leases. Far Eastern Air Transport was first, then starting December 31, 1980, it rolled through Nordair, CP Air, Canadian Airlines until September 1991. Cayman Airways, LAPSA, Varig, Pluna and Bayu Indonesia followed until the Indonesian Air Force bought the 737 for VIP transport in October 2004.

Just delivered on September 18, 1980, Big Sky would have to return this Metro after declaring bankruptcy in 1988. They would recover and eventually would have operated 26 Metros before shutting down in 2007.