In morning sunshine, awaiting the day's duties at Transwest Air's base on Lac La Ronge. Delivered new to the Union of Burma Air Force in 1958 as UB651. Converted to Vazar turbine power by Aerolite Industries at Vancouver in 1990 and then served with Athabaska Airways at La Ronge. Joined the fleet of the newly formed Transwest Air in 2000.

The British fin flash was worn by RCAF aircraft until 1958. Aircraft still current in Alaska as a Turbo Otter, N100BW, at time of upload in 2023, almost 70 years old. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

Docked at home at the Nestor Falls base of its operator, Northwest Flying Inc, where it had been in service since 1979. Sold the in the following year, 2012, to Chimo Air Service at Red Lake.

Taxing across Cordingley Lake, returning home to its base with Nakina Air Service, with whom it has operated since 1983. Given a Vazar conversion to turbine power with a PT-6-235 engine by Recon Air at Geraldton.

Facing the setting sun, moored for the night at its Slate Falls Airways home at Sioux Lookout, on Pelican Lake. Given a Vazar conversion to turbine power over the winter of 2004-5 by Lakeland Aviation at Fort Frances.

Only just returned to dock at its Nakina Air Service base on Cordingley Lake. Delivered new in 1959 to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Air Division with whom it served for twenty years. In 2000 joined Alpine Lakes Air of Smithers/ Tyee Lake, who arranged conversion to a Vazar DHC-3T by Guardian Aerospace at Vanderhoof and a complete repaint. Bought from Alpine Lakes Air in 2004 by Nakina Air, who retained its colour scheme, adding their own titles.

Nice picture of this Norwegian Otter visiting the Glomfjord, where a commando raid against a power plant took place in 1942. Photo from: Norsk Folkemuseum

Moored at its base in Missinipe on Otter Lake, Saskatchewan. Originally built as 460 for the Tanzanian Air Force. Badly damaged in an accident in conditions of poor visibility at Riou Lake in 1979, with the remains put into store. Rebuilt in 1996 as a PT-6 engined Vazar turbine conversion. Joined Osprey Wings in 2001. Registration cancelled in 2016.

Received a Vazar conversion to PT-6 turbine power in 1997. Joined Transwest Air in 2001. Working from Stony Rapids, it was destroyed in a tragic accident, with the loss of its pilot, on 22 August 2013. After a long and difficult day's work in windy conditions, the aircraft struck trees with a wingtip on its last landing at Scott Lake. The pilot nevertheless elected to take off again for Ivanhoe Lake. After an apparently normal takeoff, aircraft crashed into a small unnamed lake, 17 minutes into its flight and 7 miles south of its destination. The aircraft broke up on impact.

Quebec based Wheeler Airlines was the first to operate this Otter 1956 - circa 1970. Geophysical instrument company Scintrex Limited (an acronym for Scientific Instruments, Research and Exploration) used the aircraft to develop electromagnetic systems for mineral exploration and conduct airborne surveys for notable base metals and uranium exploration. Returned to passenger configuration in 1977, it flew in Quebec with eight airlines until sold to Harbour Air in Vancouver in 2001. With a Vazar turbine conversion the same year, the aircraft is current with Harbour Air at the time of uploading.

Delivered new to Widerøe's in 1957 and imported into Canada in 1971. The Certificate of Registration was cancelled in January 2001 and it was supposedly parked at Hemet/CA during this time, so I don't know what it was doing here. It surfaced dismantled in a truck at Venon/BC in 2005 and was converted to Texas Turbine, then was exported as N205RC. Alaska based in 2023.

Delivered to the United States Army in January 1957 as 55-3324, this Otter spent it's entire military career in Europe and was sold by tender with seven other Otters in December 1971. Pictured recently sold to Tyee Airlines as N9895B, the aircraft would fly in Alaska until sold to the owner of Buffalo Narrows Airways as C-GDOB in 1996. On the ferry flight to Canada May 9, 1996, the aircraft crashed in Telkwa Pass near Terrace, BC during poor weather.

Fitted with the more powerful PZL 1,000hp engine in 1985. Moored at its Green Airways base on Howey Bay, Red Lake.

Fitted with the more powerful PZL 1,000hp engine in 1996. Moored at its Green Airways base on Howey Bay, Red Lake.

Delivered to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on February 25, 1959, CF-MPX was sold in 1979 as the RCMP looked to modernize it's fleet. Pictured with Harbour Air (June 1985 - June 1986), one of the ten operators that flew it 1979 - 2010. Sold in the USA as N93PC, it was converted to a Texas Turbine Otter and flew for Rediske Air, in Alaska. On July 7, 2013, the aircraft tragically stalled on take-off at Soldotna Airport, AK and burned. The aircraft was later determined to be outside of the weight and center of gravity limits.

Delivered new to the Indian AF in 1957 as IM-1713 and one of two Otters donated by India to the fledgling Bangladesh Defence Force Air Wing in May 1973. Retired in 1977, allocated for preservation and stored for many years on the base at Tejgaon pending the creation of the Air Force Museum. The museum moved to a new location adjacent to the base in 2013.

Built in 1954 and apart from a frustrated sale as LN-SUV to Widerøs, has carried the same registration all its service life. At the photo date it was a leaser with Eagle Aviation at Silver Falls and still there in 2023 with Blue Water Aviation Services.

Behind the scenes building an airline. Gulf Air's C-GLCP is rolled into the shop for refurbishment and new paint. Entrepreneur Jim Pattison was merging ten float operators to form Air BC at the time, but would start to exit small float operations several years later to expand IFR regional flights with larger aircraft. Air BC sold C-GLCP in 1984 and the aircraft remained in British Columbia on floats. It's current with Harbour Air at the time of uploading, having been converted to a VazarTurbine Otter in 2005.

Delivered new to the US Army in 1959 and imported in 1974. Here it is in operations with Selkirk Air, but retains the basic livery of former owner Bearskin Lake Air Service. In 2008 in was exported as N413JP, based at Homer/AK and later converted to Texas Turbine.