The ST-27 was designed by the Canadian Saunders Aircraft Company as a conversion of the earlier de Havilland Heron.

Not an easy photo to take on a dark windy morning. From memory, the aircraft arrived the evening before and was still present when I did some 'perimeter hunting' before departing back home.

Still in basic British Airways City Express livery.

Built in 1982 for Henson Airlines and here still in the basic livery of Tassili Airlines, to whom it was leased as HB-IVY. Current with Air Tindi at Yellowknife/NT in 2023.

Departing after a night stop, enroute back to Canada.

Air BC operated six Dash 7s into the 90s. This one was was delivered new to Golden West Airlines on December 23, 1980 as N702GW then imported for Air BC March 19, 1984. The agreement ended when Pacific Western Airlines bought CP Air and formed Canadian Airlines. Air Canada purchased 85% of Air BC and joined the Air Canada Connectors. Sold in 1991 as Air BC standardized on the Dash 8s for operations, C-FJPI went to Voyageur Airways. In 1997, the aircraft was extensively modified for geophysical survey and was recently retired and cancelled from the Canadian register on March 14, 2018.

Originally a Heron registered G-AOGW, this rare ST-27 was acquired by the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Sault Ste Marie ON in 1994 for display.