Remained in service with the Canadian military until 1981. Sold as N3125G. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Delivered to the Tanzanian Air Force in May 1966, this Otter actually went to Camp Borden, ON where the RCAF used it to train Tanzanian ground personnel. Crated for shipment to Tanzania by December 1969, the aircraft was instead returned to DHC for disposal. Sold to Athabaska Airways in 1971, the Otter is pictured shortly after being registered to Contact Charters on April 3, 1992. To Deh Cho Air in 1994, the aircraft crashed September 26, 1997 landing on a river. The rebuild in 1999 included a Valsan Turbine conversion, it is operated by K2 Aviation in Alaska at the time of uploading.

At home enjoying the early evening light at the Ignace base of its owners, Ignace Airways (1996) Ltd, on Agimak Lake, Ontario. Built in 1954 for the Royal Norwegian Air Force, serving as 53-31 (O-AG) for 13 years, including expedition support in Antarctica. Sold as LN-LMM. Registered CF-APR on return to Canada in 1971, later becoming C-FAPR. Joined Ignace Airways in 1988 for their main work, servicing fishing lodges.

About to go transatlantic to St John, NB (together with N17683). Entered military service in 1961 as G305 of the Ghana Air Force at Takoradi, retiring in 1973. When phogtographed, the Otter was owned by Air Craftsmen Ltd of St John, NB who specialised in buying and refurbishing ex-mil Otters, and then selling them on to commercial operators. N17682 then became C-GCLP, operating on Canada's Pacific Coast. After Vazar turbine conversion, it re-entered Harbour Air's service in 2006. Photographed it again in 2010 at Vancouver, in red maple leaf colours for Canada's Winter Olympics.

Delivered to McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd in May 1959, CF-LLL is pictured during its last days with the company. Replaced by Twin Otter CF-GJK, the aircraft was sold to Bannock Aerospace in November 1971. First leased to and later sold to Cross Lake Air Service, it worked northern Manitoba based in Wabowden, MB 1971 - 2003. Sold after Cross Lake Air Service shut down, it was converted to a Vazar Turbine Otter. It is current with Northwestern Air lease (since 2008) at the time of uploading.

Seen at Prestwick, about to go transatlantic to St John, NB (together with N17682). Entered military service in 1961 as G306 of the Ghana Air Force at Takoradi, retiring in 1973. At the time of this photograph the Otter was owned by Air Craftsmen Ltd of St John, NB, which specialised in buying and refurbishing ex-military Otters, and then selling them on to commercial operators. N17683 became C-GNLA, initially with Newfoundland Labrador Air Transport, and was operated commercially on Canada's Atlantic seaboard mainly from Goose Bay, NL. Written off in October 1990 when it sank into Shapio Lake, NL, following a landing accident.

Ex US Army U-1A 55-3288. To N1457H in 1973 and used as an instructional airframe at Merril Field, Anchorage. Later civilianized by Western World Retrievals who used it on a 1985-86 expedition to Greenland (note the "Western World Retrievals Inc - Greenland Expedition 85-86" logo), in an attempt to find and retrieve six P-38 Lightnings which, having made a forced landing there in 1942, became buried under the icecap. In 1988 the aircraft was damaged near Wrangell AK, while registered to Diamond Aviation, when it hit a snow-bank in poor visibility. While attempting to salvage the damaged Otter, a Bell 205 dropped it from 1,500ft resulting in a total write off!

Ex-Ethiopian Army. One of four ex-Ethiopian Army Otters (c/n 132 ex-EA51, c/n 347 ex-EA50, c/n 349 ex-EA52 & c/n 350 ex-EA53) bought by Newcal Aviation and shipped to its Safi maintenance facility in 1991. Stored at Safi until 1994 when they were shipped to the USA.

Ex-Ethiopian Army. One of four ex-Ethiopian Army Otters (c/n 132 ex-EA51, c/n 347 ex-EA50, c/n 349 ex-EA52 & c/n 350 ex-EA53) bought by Newcal Aviation and shipped to its Safi maintenance facility in 1991. Stored at Safi until 1994 when they were shipped to the USA.

Taxiing in as the sun sets, C-FBEO has a full load of hunters and a moose.

The prototype of the DHC-3 Otter, first flown in 1951 as CF-DYK-X, received an 'experimental' military serial but remained with the DHC factory and was used as a flying wind tunnel in 1957-58, carrying a DHC-4 Caribou model with an enormous vertical tail. It also tested the external carrying of a canoe by the Otter. Note the traditional wheel covers with DH logo. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

This Otter was originally shipped by sea to De Havilland Australia at Bankerstown in April 1958. Assembled and delivered to Qantas Empire Airways August 21st, it remained in Australia until sold 10 years later. Ferried back to Canada for AirWest August 17, 1968, C-FXRI is flying in Saskatchewan with a turbine engine at the time of uploading.

Charles Gimpel was an English photographer who travelled in the Canadian Arctic to capture Inuit life. The Otter was based here in then Frobisher Bay on a military contract to support a DEW Line radar site on Resolution Island. Photo by: Charles Gimpel / Library and Archives Canada

The shot was taken in July 1994, in Sept-Îles, Quebec. At Sept-Îles / Lac des Rapides Water Aerodrome, CSM8, Alexandair's base.

This spectacular Otter was the first that I shot on our July 1990 trip to Alaska, having arrived very late the previous evening. It was taken at 07.00 on the brightest and stillest of mornings at Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska. I can hear it yet, chugging round the corner towards us from the Bush Pilots Air Service base, where I also shot one of their silver Beavers in similar light. The background, as you can see, is dominated by the adjacent Anchorage International Airport control tower which, unusually, also regulates traffic on the very busy Lake Hood / Lake Spennard

Looking like a quite time in front of West Coast Air Services hangar, there were a lot of things happening behind the scenes for this Otter. In previous owner Trans North Turbo Air colors, the aircraft was registered to Tyee Airways in April 1979. Pictured after West Coast took over Tyee, Air BC would take over West Coast before the year was out. Tyee's owner sued to keep his airline operating separately, but C-FSUB would be sold to Air North in June 1980 to fly in the Yukon.

Sold to de Havilland Canada as ZK-CFH before being exported to Canada as CF-PNV. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Photographed at Air Nootka's base

Delivered to the RCAF as 9425 in December 1960 and sold onto the civil market in 1964 as CF-BCG following an accident the previous year. Operated by the Govt of British Columbia and later Burrard Air before being sold in the US as N666SA in June 1986. Returned to Canada as C-FBCG in April 1988 and written off in May 1990 taking off from Pelly Crossing 175 ml NW of Whitehorse.