This JetRanger flew in the USA as N71SP until imported by Pacific Helic. of Delta, BC in 1979 as C-GJBW. Also registered to Labrador Air Safari, Gilwil Holdings, Ocelot Industries, Falcon Helic. Maintenance Ltd, Woodland Helic., and Pioneer Helic. between 1982-1999. Operated by Blackcomb Helic. between June 1999 & Nov 2005. Then to two different private owners. To C-GBFE in Aug 2009. To Riverside Helic. in Apr 2010. To Premier Helicopter in June 2010 as C-GSKY. To Sky Helic. in June 2013. Back to Premier. To C-GWKY in May 2014. To Glacier Helic. in Aug 2021. Four different C- Reg's in 5 yrs!

Wearing Air Transat's special Pride tail, and see here on departure for Montreal this morning as TS771.

Parked on the East Pad after arriving earlier in the morning on a Sunwing rescue flight from Cancun is this Airbus A330 belonging to Madrid based Wamos Air.

Air Canada Jetz is now operating four A320s for their charter service instead of the three A319s. Interesting how none of them have the Jetz titles anymore, despite getting a total cabin refit with 66 business seats. Departing for Winnipeg as AC7037 yesterday afternoon.

It seems as if a 2nd A319 was brought back into service, presumably for some extra capacity. Seen here on departure to Montreal as AC2008.

The BC Forest Service first evaluated the Douglas A-26 Invader for firefighting in June 1969 when three aircraft attacked 30 fires over a 12-day period from the Kamloops tanker base. In 1970, Conair Aviation won contracts for three A-26s which joined three Flying Fireman PBY-5 Cansos, and five Conair TBMs Avengers to form BC's provincial firefighting fleet. This Douglas A-26C was delivered to the USAAF as 44-34520 in June 1945. In 1958 it became N9420Z and flew as a corporate aircraft. Conair imported it in 1974 as C-GHCF. Sold it to Hawkins & Powers Avn. in 1988 as N94207. To N126HP in 1989.

Built in 1982 and visiting (along with the Buffalo) for the air show next day. Pilot's name on the side is one Rich McDevitt. Florida based in 2022.

A home-built from 1989 and Illinois based in 2022.

Built in 1954 and Nova Scotia based in 2022. A pair of these were here on summer camp as tow-planes to provide cadets with flying experience and hopefully a glider license.

Made in 1975 and current in 2022. Here on summer camp to provide cadets with flying experience and hopefully a glider license.

"Sunwing (SWG) 508 Heavy" on arrival this afternoon from Edmonton. Nice to see an Omni 777-200ER in here helping out with rescue flights for Sunwing. So far I've seen Jetlines, GlobalX, Wamos and HiFly all flying for Sunwing in an effort to rescue as many stranded travelers as possible.

After the large snowstorm brought mass cancellations to YVR, Korean Air has been sending a 777-300ER over the last few days. Today had the nicest weather as well as happened to be the last visit for the 777. Departing for Seoul as KE072.

American's TWA Retro livery taxis out to 08R for departure to Dallas as AA1415. Yesterday's snowstorm brought YVR to a halt with 2+ hour delays for de-icing during rush hour.

Cessna 180H, CF-UIG, was imported to Canada in 1966 and has operated on floats most of its career. It was part of Terrace & Prince Rupert-based Trans-Provincial Airlines' (TPA) fleet of 24 aircraft in 1970 and probably joined the fleet in the 1960s. The aircraft remained with TPA though its purchase and sale by Jim Pattison Industries until the airline went bankrupt in 1993. After five subsequent owners in British Columbia including Fort Langley Air, it's been based in La Ronge, Saskachewan since November 2020.

DHC-3, msn 445, was delivered to Trans Provincial Air Carriers Ltd. in Terrace, BC in Aug. 1964. Changed name to Trans Provincial Airlines after buying two routes from PWA. TPA served forestry, mining, fishing and First National sites on the NW BC coast from bases at the Terrace, the Seal Cove seaplane base in Prince Rupert and Sandspit Airport. In June 1980 it was delivering groceries to an exploration camp on Crescent Inlet, about 55 km S of Sandspit, when the tide started to go out almost grounding the Otter! This inlet is now the northern boundary of the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve.

DHC-3, c/n 21, delivered to Royal Norwegian Air Force in March 1954. To the United Nations Air Transport Force (UNATF) in the Congo as No. 304 in Aug. 1960. Deployed to UN Observation Mission in Yemen in Sep. 1974. Flew Yemen to Canada as N128F in 1964. To G.Rae MacLeod of Aero Leasing, YUL as CF-RNO. To Pacific Western Airlines, YVR in Apr 1968. To Trans Provincial Airlines in YXT in Aug 1968. When PWA added 737s in 1968 it sold its northern svcs to TPA. C-FRNO flew on fixed and amphibious floats on the northwest coast of BC with TPA (1968-93) and Harbour Air (1993-01). To DHC-3T in 2001.

Douglas DC-6B, C-GHLY was acquired by Conair from Delta Air Transport in Belgium. It's seen here being painted on July 6, 1975 with No. 46 on the tail prior to the installation of an external belly tank. Previous with Northwest Orient Airlines (N581) and Kar-Air in Finland (OH-KDB), it joining DAT in 1992 as OO-EVG and later OO-VGE. Conair's first DC-6Bs were ex-PWA CF-PWA (Tanker 41) and CF-PWF (tanker 42) bought in 1972 & fitted with 2,500 imp gal tanks. No. 41 crashed Aug 2, 1974, but many more DC-6s were purchased for fire contracts in BC, the NWT, Alaska etc. To Alaska in 2014 as N651CE.

This Pacific Western Airlines Boeing 737-200, CF-PWW, is parked outside the PWA maintenance base on the south side of Vancouver Airport in June 1976. In 1974, the Government of Alberta bought PWA for C$37 million and moved the HQ and maintenance base to Edmonton and the YVR base closed. CF-PWW was delivered to PWA in Dec 1972 and left the Canadian Airlines fleet in April 1992. It returned to Canada with short-lived Titan Charter Aviation in YUL as C-FVHG in April 1995, then joined Westjet in Nov 1995 as C-GWJG. Retired 11/2005. Also flying as N380PA, N862SY, HP-1218 between periods in Canada.

Taken on strength by the Royal Canadian Air Force as 12732, 104732 is pictured in it's last days of service. On April 30, 1982 the fighter was engaged in air combat training with a CF-5 when control was lost and it entered a flat spin. Unable to recover, the pilot ejected and the jet crashed on the training range at Cold Lake, AB.

Just imported by M F Air Services, this Sikorsky S-55D leaves for it's Langley base. The helicopter (or parts of it) is displayed at the Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation (Langley, BC) in RCAF colors at the time of uploading.