Delivered to the US Navy in 1943 as 37716, it was declared surplus in Seattle in May 1946 and sold as N67586. Upgraded by McKinnon-Hickman from Ranger to Lycoming G-480 engines in 1955 to become a Super Widgeon. Nine owners in AK, CA, MT, OR & WA. Purchased by United Engineering / T.M. Thomson & Assoc. of CYYJ, BC in Oct. 1972 and registered CF-EHI in May 1973. The company were consulting engineers and foresters working for the government and industry. To Alaska in May 1980 as N3767Z. Rebuilt after an accident in July 1983. Reregister N480AK by Timothy Martin of Anchorage in November 2009.

Ready to taxi out for departure to Los Angeles as "Emirates (UAE) 14E Super". This A380 arrived a couple of hours earlier on a medical diversion. This was the 3rd diversion of the week for YVR. This is also the first Emirates A380 to visit Vancouver, and I hope it will not be the last!

This Bristol 175 Britannia was first flown at Filton on Apr. 29, 1958 and delivered BOAC as G-AOVM in June 1958. Retired in Mar. 1964. To British Eagle Int'l Airlines and converted into a 312F freighter in 1967. To Air Spain in Mar. 1969 as EC-BSY. To UK MoD in Nov. 1971 for use by the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment as XX367. Retired in 1984, to Katale Aero Transport as 9Q-CHY then to BCF. World's last operational Britannia when retired in July 1991(?) Canadian Pacific A/L flew six Britannias from YVR in 1958-1966. Was very very rare to see a Britannia at YVR after 1966!

DHC-3 C-FUJM was first seen at YVR in the summer 1978 and had West Coast Air titles by late August. Delivered to the US Army in 1956 as 55-3302. To Europe. Deployed by USAF C-124 to Congo in July 1960 to help rescue US citizens during civil war. To the United Nations Air Transport Force in the Congo as No. 402. Later in Yemen with UN in 1963. To US as N12655, then to Ben Ginter Construction in BC as CF-UJM in 1965. Op. by Trans-Mountain A/S when it crashed on Sep 24, 1971 at Forbidden Plateau on flight from Campbell River to Helen Mackenzie Lake. Stored for about 7 years before repaired.

This 1998 AS350B-2 operated in Australia as VH-EES and in New Zealand as ZK-HWD before imported to Canada in July 2000 by Vancouver Island Helicopters as C-GGNU. It was later flown by Kokanee Helicopters (2005-2011) and Coldstream Helicopters (2011-2014) before joining the fleet of Blackcomb Helicopters in August 2014. It was seen picking up a business group at the heliport beside the Rendezvous Lodge on Blackcomb Mountain, about 5,300 ft above the resort town of Whistler, BC.

Built in 2017 and here taxiing for departure on the daily flight to Seattle (KSEA).

The AS350B3 was first registered to Eurocopter Canada in Fort Erie, ON as C-FDGA in December 2009 and sold to Blackcomb Helicopters in January 2010. It was photographed picking up a business group at the lodge near the top of Blackcomb Mountain (elevation 2,436 m, 7,992 ft) overlooking the resort town of Whistler, BC.

This Blackcomb Helicopters/Aviation Airbus AS350B3 was was first registered to Eurocopter Canada Limited in Fort Erie, Ontario in March 2022 as C-GRNP and immediately re-registered C-GZBA. It was sold to Blackcomb Helicopters in November 2012 and photographed almost two years later picking up a business group from the heliport next to the lodge at the top of Blackcomb Mountain overlooking the resort town of Whistler, BC.

This EC130B-4 was one of five helicopters that picked up a group of business executives from the heliport next to the Rendezvous Lodge at the top of the Blackcomb Mountain ski hill above the resort town of Whistler, BC. It was built in France in 2007, flew with Herzog Aviation in the US as N117PM and then exported to New Zealand where it flew with Acernus Aero and Wanaka Helicopters as ZK-HAC. It was imported to British Columbia in 2012 by Seabreeze Jet Charters in Vancouver (owned by Deeley Harley Davidson). To Omega Air in 2013 and to Blackcomb Helicopters in 2015.

This early serial number Bell 407 (msn 53031) was built by Bell in Mirabel, Quebec for Fletcher Challenge Canada, a large forest company in Vancouver, BC and delivered in June 1996. When Fletcher Challenge closed its flight department in June 1997, the pilots bought the 407 and Bell 206B C-GBFH to establish Omega Air Corporation, which merged with Blackcomb Helicopters in March 2009. Photographed departing the heliport beside the Rendezvous Lodge near the top of Blackcomb Mountain, about 5,300 ft. above the resort town of Whistler, BC.

The Flying Fireman was formed in Victoria (by Alex Davidson and Bill Harrison) to operate two PBY-5s water bombers out of Prince George (CF-NTL and N609FF) in 1965 and 1966. By 1973, BC was fully committed to land-based retardant air tankers but continued to use PBYs on a casual basis, and Flying Fireman found work elsewhere in Canada and the US. This PBY-5 served with the US Navy as BuNo 46522 and became N5585V. Imported to Canada in 1972 and operated as tanker #7 and #777. January 1990 to Erickson Group Ltd in Oregon as N2172N. To Erickson Aircraft Collection in 2012 and Avenger LLC in 2016.

This Grumman Mallard was delivered new to Copano Oil Co, Victoria, TX in June 1950 as N2983. It was registered to nine different companies in the US before imported by West Coast Air Services in Feb. 1974 as C-GIRL and mainly flew passengers to the pulp and paper town of Ocean Falls, 257 nm NW of YVR. West Coast Air was part of the Air BC merger in 1980, and C-GIRL flew out on the northern BC coast before its sale to the US in Aug 1984 as N2983. Operated by Virgin Is. Seaplane Shuttle as N2983 and N652SS (1985-89). To Caribbean Airline Service. Retired late 1990s in San Juan, PR.

This Grumman Mallard was delivered new to the New York Daily News in May 1947 as NC2962/N2962 and the cockpit windows lowered for aerial photography! Purchased by West Coast Air Services (WCAS) in Dec. 1973 and to CF-HUB. WCAS's Mallard fleet primarily flew pax between YVR and Ocean Falls (ZOF) which was 257 nm NW away and accessible only by ship or seaplane. It was home for the largest pulp and paper mill in BC and the G-73 fleet grew when the BC Government bought the mill in 1973, but declined after the mill closed in 1980. Sold by AirBC to Air Whitsunday in Mar 7, 1983 as N2416X, then VH-LAW.

Built in 2018 and here departing to Seattle (KSEA).

Built in 2018 and here departing to Seattle (KSEA) with the gear in transit.

Built in 2018 and here arriving from Seattle (KSEA).

Built in 2018 and here arriving from Seattle (KSEA). The reversers are just starting to open.

Built in 1989 and here departing to Las Vegas (KLAS) after arriving yesterday on the long flight from San Juan/PR (TJSJ). It was in the air while it was still dark here in the morning and touched down at nightfall. It uses call-sign "Global Jet (GJE) 1021"