Ex US Navy Bu 3061

The prototype Lancer first flew in 1961 and was designed as a low cost twin engine trainer. Production started in 1963 but It was let down by very poor single engine performance and was only produced in limited numbers (25-36 have been quoted). N22CL was last registered to an owner in King Salmon, Alaska in 2013 and its current status is unknown.

Ex 51-12281. Active in 2019 and current on register with a Kodiak AK. based owner at time of upload.

Ex US Navy Bu131643. Stored at Davis Monthan by May 1974 and sold in May 1981 to Northern Peninsular Fisheries for use on fish hauling flights in Alaska. The aircraft remained grounded at Arlington WA. until sold in 1987 to World Fish and Agriculture, another company also owned by William 'Winky' Crawford, who planned to use it to haul fish from The Philippines to Japan. Only a few flights were made in late 1987, before being impounded at Manilla where it again remained stored for many years. Dismantled and shipped to Australia in 2017 for display in the Qantas Founders Museum.

A 1961 vintage Cessna 150.

Parked among the hangars at its Arlington, Washington base. Built in 1941 as an AT-6D-NT for the USAAF, 41-34018. Taken on charge by the RAF as a Harvard Mk3, EZ145. Then transferred to the South African Air Force service with serial number 7572. The US civil registration, N7572, reflects its South African military history.

License built in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody, this MIG-15 trainer served with the Romanian Air Force. Acquired by Arlington, WA based Vintage Wings circa 1993, the jet was sold in 2010 and is with Swift Air International at the time of uploading. The cn listed in the US Civil Registry is 2562, but that's the military code (Bort number) used by the Romanian Air Force. while in service.

Built 1977, this Skybolt's registration was cancelled May 18 2020 when exported to Uruguay. It is registered CX-DUP there.

Part of a huge Bird Dog order that went to the US Army as 51-12444. First civil registration was N5189G in 1971 with the Civil Air Patrol. The aircraft came to Canada in 1997. Flying with Canadian Army markings for several owners, it suffered a stall / spin accident shortly after take off on August 17, 2019. The registration was cancelled in 2020

The registration for this Ercoupe was cancelled December 18, 2020.

This 2002 model Bell 407 previously operated by Helicópteros y Vehículos Aéreos Nacionales S.A. de C.V. (Helivan) in Mexico was one of a dozen interesting helicopters in the San Juan Aviation hangar at Arlington Airport in Aug. 2016. It was subsequently operated by Helicopter Express as N408MX. It was then converted in Calgary, Alberta to a Eagle Copters 407HP (which sees a 1,000 hp Honeywell HTS900 replacing the 407's the original 813 hp Rolls Royce 250-C47B turboshaft engine) and delivered in July to Air Shasta as N406AS. The 407HP is favoured for "hot and high" wildfire initial attack work.

This Bell UH-1D, 7270, in German Army markings was seen outside a hangar on the south side of (AWO) Arlington Airport. No US registration was visible on the airframe when photographed.

Gold Aero Flying Service logo on the tail.

Gold Aero Flying Service logo on the tail.

Delivered to the USAAF as 43-15728 in 1944. Sold as NC63440 in 1946, N63440 after 1948. Withdrawn from use at Arlington, WA by 1979. Has been restored as 315728. Still at Arlington, in 2021. Visible on the satellite image.