Percival P.57 Sea Prince T.Mk.1 C-GJIE was imported to by Atlantis Transportation Services in 1987 and based at (YOO) Oshawa Airport and later repainted in Royal Navy c/s. It was donated to the Toronto Aerospace Museum in the early 2000s and flown to Downsview Airport for display. The museum had limited space so the aircraft was sold to a party in St. Catharines, ON. but the deal never closed. Peter Muehlegg of Skywagon City acquired the aircraft and it was trucked to his airstrip on Concession Road 7 in Brechin, ON by 2007. Muehlegg died on March 7, 2015. Status unknown at time of posting.

Bombardier used this Dash 8-202 as a employee shuttle between its facilities in Montreal (CYUL) and Downsview between about 1999 and 2012 (?) when it was replaced by a Dash 8-400. This aircraft was originally built for Mesa Airlines but never delivered. It was repainted in these colours when the Dash 8 was rebranded the "Q Series" to highlight the new active noise and vibration system (NVS) installed on new aircraft to reduce interior cabin noise. Bombardier also painted a Q300 (green) and Q400 (blue) in similar markings. It was sold to Sierra Nevada Corp. in 2012 and now flies for the USAF.

15 years on after I last photographed it at Oshawa / YOO.

As part of the de Havilland Employees' Sports Club, the de Havilland Flying Club purchased C-FUHG used in June 1973. After 24 years and almost 5,000 hours of flying, it was sold in June 1997.

While the number 1 Dash 7 prototype did most of the demonstration flying, this second prototype remained with DHC for development flying. Stored at Van Nuys, CA, the registration was cancelled in December 1988 when Dash 7 production ended. It was broken up for parts and the remainder scrapped.

At Downsview pre-delivery in Widerøe's original Twin Otter livery

Preserved wearing its correct wartime RCAF serial 3874

Full scale replica of the CF-105 under construction at Downsview. The Arrow was a large twin-engine delta winged all-weather fighter which first flew in 1958, but the programme was controversially cancelled in 1959.

Delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 29 July 1960. The three unified services became the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) 1 February 1968. Seen here with 411 Squadron at their home base. Crashed near Baudette, Minnesota, USA 19 May 1974. The other aircraft are: 3673 (28), 9413 (389), 9421 (402) and 9422 (404)

CF-MPA and its three sister ships lined up for the handover to the Mounties in this photo supplied by the RCMP. In alphabetical order the others are c/ns 7531, 7522 and 7538. -MPA passed to Canadian air force as 7628.

C-GCGP seen at the DHC factory ahead of its delivery to Colombia as HK-2445. Photo from de Havilland Canada.

Beaver number 1000 presented November 14, 1956 to DHC President Phil Garrett and used as a company demonstrator. Photographed across from the main hangar, it was sold later in the year and is still flying in Canada at the time of uploading.

Retired Canadian history, the prototype Twin Otter is pictured stored outside De Havilland Canada's factory. After years of test flying and demonstrating, it was donated to the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in October 1981. It's presently on display in the museum at Rockliffe, Ont.

Fresh off the production line with only the c/n taped to the side; for Burma Airways.

Dash 7 number one landing at DeHavilland Canada's headquarters. It remained with the manufacturer until donated to the Canadian Aviation Museum in 1988.