Arriving from Calgary is this Embraer Praetor 500 which is the latest acquisition by Airsprint in October (call-sign "Airspint 875").

Originally built in 1993 for Olympic and imported in 2015 from all-cargo airline West Air Sweden/West Atlantic who converted it to pure freight. Here arriving from Edmonton (CYEG) for the second time in 24 hours with one more round trip to go. It was met by a refrigerated truck so possibly engaged in shipping perishables delayed by the recent flood induced highway closures.

Canadian Armed Forces Boeing-Vertol CH-113A Labrador SAR helicopters operated by 442 Squadron often made mercy flights to Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver in the 1970s and landed on the front lawn of the health care facility on Oak Street. A permanent heliport (CAK7) for for use by BC Ambulance helicopters is now located at what is now know as the Vancouver Children & Women's Health Centre. The aircraft wears a blue, white and red colour scheme which was replaced by an overall yellow colour scheme in the 1980s.

This Blackcomb Helicopters Airbus AS350B3 was seen operating sightseeing tours from the Whistler Municipal Heliport in June 2021. Blackcomb also has helicopter bases to the north and south at Pemberton and Squamish Airports respectively.

The Whistler Municipal Heliport (CBE9) is a public facility operated by the Whistler Heliport Society. It is located just off Highway 99 about 10 km north of the town of Whistler by road at an elevation of 2136 feet ASL. It replaced a number of privately owned heliports in the valley about 30 years ago that were generating a lot of noise complaints.

Resuming the discontinued service from Seattle (KSEA). The first Covid era flight since March 2020 was actually last night and someone in the tower said that it was 600 days since they stopped running.

MBB Helicopter Canada Limited was an official corporate sponsor of Expo 86 and provided the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communications in Vancouver, BC with a MBB BK 117A-3, C-GMCL, for VIP use. The helicopter was operated by ALC Airlift Corp. of Pitt Meadows, BC from the Expo 86 heliport on False Creek in downtown Vancouver. After Expo 86, ALC converted the BK117 to an air ambulance for on use on its STARS contract in Alberta.

Built in 1998 and here departing to Port Hardy (CYZT) after positioning in from Vancouver.

This Grumman G-21 Turbo Goose aircraft was converted to P&WC PT6A-20 turboprops by McKinnon Enterprises of Sandy, OR for the Government of British Columbia. It was later operated by Airwest (alongside C-FAWH) and Air BC (Pattison Industries) in Vancouver before it was sold to Crown Forest Industries in June 1984. It was one of 23 aircraft that participated in the Expo 86 Bushplane Flypast on May 5, 1986. It's seen water taxing past the Expo 86 Aviation Plaza on False Creek in downtown Vancouver. As Pen Air's N660PA it crashed into the sea off Dutch Harbour, Alaska on August 11, 1996.

The new Vancouver Harbour Heliport was floated into position on October 10, 1986 and anchored to the shore by two footbridges. This photo was taken the day the heliport was installed from Transport Canada's Vancouver Harbour Air Control Tower located on top of the 142 m (466 ft) high Granville Square office building overlooking the Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base (CXH) and the new heliport (CBC7).

Fairchild Husky CF-EIL was rebuilt by Saunders Aircraft at Gimli, Manitoba in the mid-1970s with a 550 HP Alvis Leonides 503/8 engine and an 11 foot de Haviland three bladed propeller for Harrison Airways of Vancouver. It was delivered at Vancouver Airport (by air or road?) in the spring of 1975 and "EIL" was visible on the tail. It was painted all-white with the registration C-GCYV applied soon after this photo was taken. The aircraft never entered service and was later acquired by the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg after Harrison Airways went bankrupt.

Trans-Provincial Airlines was acquired by the Pattison Group in the early 1980s when Air BC was formed but operated as a separate division primarily serving the north coast of British Columbia. The main base of operations was the former wartime RCAF seaplane base at Seal Cove in Prince Rupert. Goose CF-EFN operated on the BC coast from the early 1970s until Feb 28, 1991 when it was damaged when it ground looped on landing at Sandspit Airport (CYZP). The wreck was acquired by the Tongass Historical Society in Ketchikan (AK) in 1992 as N88821, and was still under restoration for static display with them by 2022.

Norseman Mk IV CF-BTC flown by Zane Palmer from Fort McMurray, AB water taxis past the Britain pavilion at Expo 86. It was one of 23 aircraft to participate in the Expo 86 Bushplane Flypast over the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communications in Vancouver, BC, on May 5, 1986. Eleven of the aircraft then landed on the ocean in English Bay and water taxied into False Creek so they could be viewed by the public from the main Expo 86 exhibition It was acquired by the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg, MB in 1998.

This 1980 built S-76A was first registered in the US as N104BH, then G-BJVW, then as 9M-AYD with Malaysian Helicopter Service, then as PT-YDM in Brazil before going back to Malaysia as 9M-BDG. Finally, it was registered in Australia as VH-XHZ before joining the HeliJet fleet in January of 2003. The aircraft was lost after a landing accident on Langara Island (BC) on August 13, 2012, when it submerged into salt water, consequently being written off. Registration C-GHJT has previously already been assigned to a few S-76A's, including S/N 760096, 760160 and 760288.

Taken 15 mins before official night-time and showing this semi-resident Caravan operated by Skylink Express, which is still in the livery of a long dead feeder to a long dead airline. Beyond is Falcon 7X C-FAWZ.

Over from Vancouver, having arrived there yesterday from Las Vegas (KHND). It belongs to U-Haul of Oregon along with stable-mates Eclipse 500 N117UH and PC12 N230UH. The question is are they for company use or do they rent them out?

Arriving from its Portland Hillsboro (KHIO) base.

This Starfighter was delivered to the RCAF with serial 12780 on May 1, 1962 in overall natural metal (as were all CF-104s). Based at Cold Lake, AB, it missed the first overall green camouflage introduced to 1 Canadian Air Group Starfighters in 1972. Later painted in the next variegated green / gray camouflage, the fighter was transferred to CFB Baden-Soellingen in 1983 before struck off strength in 1986. Among fifty CF-104s transferred to Turkey, it was one of six airframes set aside for spares.

Delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard in 1966, this Alouette III would be donated to the Reynolds Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, AB after withdrawal in 1986.

Just arrived from Edmonton (CYEG). It was carrying a cargo of boxes which were offloaded then it returned to its Saskatoon (CYXE) base. Imported in 2020 ex VH-RUI.