Photo from El Partridge.

Promoting Seattle's King-TV.

Photo from El Partridge.

VH-EAX was transferred to TAA and reregistered VH-SBR in 1960. Photo from Col Peck

VH-EAZ was transferred to TAA in 1960 as VH-SBT but retained the name Kerowagi. Photo from Col Peck.

Reregistered VH-SBS withTAA in December 1960 when Qantas ceased providing domestic services in Papua New Guinea. Photo from Col Peck.

VH-SBT was sold in Canada as CF-XRI in 1968. TAA publicity photo after it took over Papua New Guinea internal air services and the Otter fleet from Qantas.

Fairmont Hotel promotional paint scheme

Some passengers would be worried, I think, if they found out that their aircraft was 62 years old, and was actually given to a museum 31 years ago! As a U-1A, 55-3296, it served with US Army aviation in Alaska until 1973, then as N90422 'Miss Piggy' for the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL) from 1975 until 1987. With 4346 hours on the clock, the Otter was converted to turbine in 1993, and celebrated its 25th anniversary with Kenmore in the summer of 2018.

Otter turned orca! Incredibly this airframe first flew 64 years earlier in 1954.

The seaplanes were coming in behind the Museum of History & Industry this beautiful afternoon.

Delivered to Shell Canada Ltd on April 14, 1958 as CF-KLC, this Otter flew with Trans-Provincial Airlines from 1970 through 1993. The aircraft moved to the Province of Quebec in 1995 and had a Vazar turbine conversion in 2003. Damaged in 2006 when another landing Otter ran into C-FKLC, tearing off the right wing. When being moved by helicopter, it was dropped from a substantial height and destroyed.

This Otter was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force in the last days of 1960, as 9424. She flew in New Guinea on behalf of the United Nations in 1962 and 1963, fitted with amphibious floats. She was sold in 1982, becoming N3125S, but spent years in open storage in Texas before Kenmore Air picked her up in 1988. She was converted to PT6A turbine power in 1992.

Two aircraft from the fleet of Rusts Flying Service parked up awaiting more tourists.

Powered by a Garrett TPE-331-10.

Arrived at the museum on 9 May 2005 and seen here shortly thereafter, following 37 years of storage at Deception Island, Antarctica. Unfortunately the plans to restore the aircraft, which was on loan from the British Antarctic Survey, never materialised and in January 2012 the aircraft was returned to BAS. It was removed from the museum and transported to a barn at Newhouse Farm, Leaden Roding, UK, reportedly for restoration by Glyn Craig. Very faded "British Antarctic Survey" titles were still visible on the rear fuselage. In the background is the forward fuselage of Comet R.2 XK695 (c/n 06030).