Running up the engine outside Air BC's hangar, this Beaver was registered to the airline, but did not received their colors. Possibly leased to Air Nootka when photographed, it was certainly with that airline later. The aircraft is currently flying in Quebec at the time of uploading.

Long serving 434 Air Demonstration Squadron Tutor was with the Snowbirds from 1979 through the 2001 season. Later numbered Snowbird 15 and used to tanker fuel into airports without their own jet fuel supply. It was later retired, marked as Snowbird 10, to the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering at CFB Borden, Ont.

Possibly the nicest Twotter I've ever photographed...although Seaplanes on land are a bit like a ducks out of water.

The third use of this registration on a CP Air/Canadian Airlines Flagship. First was CP Air's 747-217 in 1974, which was traded to Pakistan for a DC-10 that became the second. The 747-475 was delivered February 15, 1991 and named after bush pilot and Pacific Airlines founder Russ Baker. After merging with Air Canada in 2001, the airliner was withdrawn in May 2005.

In 1954 Bill Stout bought the design rights to the Ford Tri-motor after testing an original one the previous year. In 1955, Mr. Stout and his business partner proposed a modernized version as the Bushmaster 2000 (the "Ford Tri-Motor" name was unavailable for licensing). It took 11 years to build the first one, and this second aircraft was completed in 1985. Even modernized, the Bushmaster compared poorly with modern aircraft performance and no others were completed. N750RW crashed during a demonstration at Fullerton, CA September 25, 2004 when a control lock was not removed before flight.

Originally VR-HOT when delivered to Cathay Pacific September 28, 1990, this 747-467 was re-registered B-HOT when Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997. The aircraft was retired in October 2012 and flown to Cotswold Airport in the UK. Parting out of the airliner began in December 2012.

A workhorse for the Coast Guard from March 8, 1973 when delivered from Sikorsky until withdrawn and sold to Carson Helicopters in 2011 as N704WK. Carson sold it to the US Department of State a couple of months later as the government was buying up all the S-61s they could find for work overseas. Sold by auction in late 2016, the helicopter was registered to to Robertson Air Crane on March 18, 2017.

Delivered to Canadian Pacific Airlines May 3, 1963 and sold to ARCA Colombia in December 1982, this Rolls-Royce Conway powered DC-8 was not used and stored at Miami, FL until broken up in 1990.

Air BC's first Dash 8 pictured in the original color scheme sporting short lived CP Air Commuter titles. Air Canada bought a majority share in Air BC during 1987 and they became an Air Canada Connector.

Originally built for the US Navy as a JRF-5 BuAer No. 04357. Later N1257A before sale to Canada.

Delivered to the RCAF in 1942 (5377), this Hurricane was struck off strength in 1946. Stored on a Portage la Prairie, Manitoba farm, the aircraft was rebuilt by Bob Diemert from 1964 - 1968. After participating in the movie "Battle of Britain", the fighter remained in the UK and was part of the Strathallan Collection from 1969-1984. Acquired by the Canadian Warplane Heritage, it was airlifted by Canadian Air Force C-130 Hercules in May 1984 to be a prominent part of their collection. Unfortunately the Hurricane was lost with four other aircraft on February 15, 1993 when a hangar caught fire.

Normally there would be beautiful mountains in the background of this photo. This was one of 233 helicopters and fixed wing aircraft fighting the worst fire season in British Columbia on record. A state of emergency lasted from July 7 until finally cancelled on September 15, 2017 as nearly 4,000 fire fighters battled new and merging fires.

Delivered to the original Frontier Airlines December 5, 1969, this 737 would go to Continental Airlines with the merger of the two carriers in 1986. Re-registered N16254 in 1994, the airliner was sold in 1996 to a leasing company, but was damaged beyond repair during a 1998 hurricane while stored at Miami, FL. It was finally broken up in Miami during June 2000.

This early Beaver was flown first by Ontario's Department of Lands and Forests as CF-OCJ from March 1949 to 1964. Since then it has been flying the coast of British Coloumbia with the likes of Powell Air, Air West, Air BC and Harbour Air. Acquired by Harbour Air in December 1984, the float plane was damage so badly in a 1998 landing accident that it did not take to the air again until 2010. Re-registered C-FFHA in 2016, it was the Beaver chosen for this special Canada sesquicentennial color scheme in 2017. The "Canada 150 " titles have been removed in 2018, but the colors fly on.

Originally delivered to Scenic Airlines in April 1977, this Metro came to Canada when Burrard Air bought it October 1987. Sold to Skylink Airlines in February 1988 it was sold before the end of the year.

Pictured rolling out on rw26L after the long flight from ZRH.

Even though the weather didn't play ball the drive up from Seattle was worth it for these beautiful old Air North aircraft.