Some maintenance is in progress on the relatively recent arrival. Began its career in 1952 as CF-GCW, delivered to Laurentian Air Services. Subsequently served with a number of operators in the Quebec area, latterly as C-FGCW, until late 2002 when it was exported to Anchorage as N918SL, registered to Scott L. Laudon.

Parked near Lake Hood, with Rust's Flying Service base in the background. Registered to the US Department of the Interior, based at Anchorage, from 1981. Delivered new to the US Army in 1956 as L-20A 55-4592. Sold on to the Land Division, Anchorage, AK, in 1976 as N9260Z.

Moored at its base on Lake Hood, with the International Airport's control tower overlooking the scene. Carries the logo of Bush Pilots Air Service on its tail fin. Delivered new to the US Army in 1952 as L-20A 51-16834. Sold on from military service in 1976. Previous civil registrations include N9303Z, N505LM and N114GH. Later reverted to N114GH and was operating with Sea Air Ventures LLC of Anchorage in 2024.

Parked at the top of the slipway at its Lake Hood, Anchorage, base. Carries on its fin the "Tony the Tiger" logo of the Exxon gas and oil conglomerate. Delivered new to the Province of Ontario, Department of Lands and Forests, in 1966 as CF-OEL. From the mid 1970s through the 1980s operated in Eastern Canada, particularly in the Newfoundland and Labrador areas, as C-FOEL. Exported to the USA in late 1989. Became N20KA with Ketchum Air Service in 1995. Moved to Washington State in 1996.

performing a throaty run-up - nice DHC logo on the fin

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Massive flaps and ailerons on the Helio make it a superb STOL aircraft

First flew in 1967 as CF-VQI and spent over twenty years bush flying in Quebec. Joined Temsco at Ketchikan in 1989 as N19TH. Acquired in 1994 by Soloy Dual Pac Inc, where it operated as N5010Y, then N32910, acting as a testbed for the certification of a Twin Pac powerplant comprising two P&W PT-6As. Converted by Ketchum in 1997 to a Vazar Turbine Otter, N342KA. Purchased by Pro Mech Air in 2005. Sold to Liard Air in 2009 as C-GNNP. Destroyed, together with two other aircraft, in a tragic Liard hangar fire at Muncho Lake, BC, in 2011.

Built in 1957 as CF-JXP. Served with ten different Canadian operators before export to Anchorage in 1991 as N930TG. Later operating for Iliaska Lodge, Iliamna, Alaska. In a 1999 dawn takeoff accident from a lake near Iliamna, in a rolling swell, the aircraft lost its floats and sank. Recovered and rebuilt. Moved to Ketchikan with RdM Pilot/Guide Ltd in 2006. In another take off accident in 2017 while operating for Alaska Seaplane Tours, capsized and sank to the bottom of Big Goat Lake, 25 miles east of Ketchikan, with the pilot and six cruise ship passengers swimming safely to the shore. Subsequently salvaged.

Moored at the water's edge on Lake Hood, Anchorage, carrying the colours of the Alaska Civil Air Patrol. Delivered new to the US Army in 1955 as L-20A 53-7945. Joined the Civil Air Patrol fleet in 1977. From 2016, operating with Sheldon Air Service, including flight seeing trips and glacier landings from Talkeetna, Alaska. Overhauled and repainted into a smart two-tone grey and white colour scheme at Sealand of Campbell River, British Columbia in 2019.

Moored at its Lake Hood base in early morning sunshine. Carries the Bush Pilots Air Service logo on its fin. In an unusual modification from the late 1980s, it has been given both an oblong window and a porthole window aft of the fuselage door. The porthole widow was later removed. Delivered new to the US Army in 1957 as 56-0388. Its military career included service in the Belgian Congo with the United Nations Air Wing No. 3 Squadron. From 2006 operated out of Fairbanks as Marina Air. In 2016 reregistered as N11YA to Heather J. Fox of Bettles, Alaska.

Moored at its parking spot on the water's edge of Lake Hood. Delivered to the US Army in 1957 as 56-0398. Became N88788 in 1973. Joined Regal Air at Anchorage as N9878R the following year, in May 1991. Destroyed in a sadly fatal takeoff accident in the initial climb, east of Willow Seaplane Base, Alaska, in July 2018.

Delivered to the US Army in 1955 as L-20A 54-1686, serving some time in Japan. In 1974 became N9026 with the Board of Vocational and Technical Training in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Joined Anglers Island Lodge Inc at Anchorage in March 1990. Exported as C-GRDR in 1992.

Passing the mouth of the Channel from Lake Spenard to Lake Hood. Delivered new to BC Airlines in 1954 as CF-HGX. Exported to Alaska from Gynn Bay Logging Ltd, Campbell River, BC, in 1989, becoming N727KA with Ketchum. Reregistered N836KA in 1994 and repainted in full Ketchum Air Service colours. Destroyed in a sadly fatal accident in September 2006 when operating with 20 Whiskey Mike LLC. While flying through a narrowing pass 32 miles east of Farewell Lake, Anchorage, in rapidly deteriorating weather conditions, impacted cloud covered mountainous terrain.