This private Cessna 208 Caravan on Wipaire 8750 amphibious floats was photographed Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on June 30th when forest fire smoke once again drifted south to envelope Toronto. The Caravan was built in 2007 and first registered as C-FMSK to Jetport Inc., an aircraft management company, in March 2007 and based in Hamilton, ON (YHM). In May 2010, it was registered to Aviation Starlink Inc. and moved to Montreal (YUL). Winterland Aviation Holdings bought air aircraft in January 2013 and immediately re-registered C-GFIA.

Victory Aircraft Ltd. built 430 Lancaster X which served with RCAF Sqns under No. 6 Bomb Group in the UK, including KB839 which flew 26 wartime missions with 419 Sqn. with nine different crews. Postwar, KB839 was one of three 408 Sqn. Lancaster's fitted with an extended nose to carry high altitude cameras used for photo mapping northern Canada. Preserved in 1964, KB839 recently received a wartime nose and was painted as 405 Sqn's JB226, LQ-G, "Gutless Gert" which was shot down on its 61st mission on Nov. 17/18, 1943 en route to Ludwigshaven Germany. Greenwood is home for 405 Sqn. CP-140s.

Victory Aircraft Ltd. built 430 Lancaster X which served with RCAF sqn's under No. 6 Bomb Group in the UK, including KB839 which served with 419 Moose Sqn. and flew 26 wartime missions with nine different crews. Postwar, KB839 was one of three 408 Sqn. Lancaster's fitted with an extended nose to carry high altitude cameras used for photo mapping northern Canada. Preserved in 1964, KB839 recently received a wartime nose and was painted as 405 Sqn's JB226, LQ-G, "Gutless Gert" which was shot down on its 61st mission on Nov. 17/18, 1943 en route to Ludwigshaven. Greenwood is home for 405 Sqn.

A decade after the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) took delivery of the last of 18 Lockheed CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft in 1982, the CAF took delivery of three CP-140A Arcturus aircraft in 1992 (without sophisticated ASW systems) primarily for pilot training and surface patrol missions . Aircraft 140119 was completed by IMP Group at Halifax Airport and delivered to the CAF in December 1992. It was retired to ground instruction use sometime prior to 2005 and transferred to the museum in 2016. The two other CP-140As were retired to AMARG Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 2010.

The Museum restored this Vertol 44 as No 9592 serving with No. 103 Rescue Unit at Greenwood in the 1960s. Built in March 1960, it later flew at RCAF Chatham until retired in November 1971. Sold to Nahanni Helicopters in 1973 as CF-BSG, it was later abandoned in Fort Simpson, NWT and salvaged by Garth Walker of Comox, BC c.1980 who planned to use it for logging. The museum obtained the rear cabin of 9592 from collector Byron Reynolds in Alberta and later acquired US Army H-21 53-4365 for its front cabin and other parts since a snowplow accidentally crushed the front cabin of 9592 in BC.

This Lockheed Neptune served with the US Navy from 1960 to 1980 as 147969. After retirement from Fleet Composite Squadron Eight (VC-8) based at NAS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico the aircraft was flown to CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia on Aug. 27, 1980 to join the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum. Painted as the first of 25 RCAF Neptunes delivered in 1955 to replace the Avro Lancaster. California Airframe Parts Co. bought the surviving RCAF Neptunes for parts in 1970, but three were sold to Flying Firemen in Victoria, BC to be air tankers. These aircraft were never operated in Canada and sold in the US.

Lockheed Neptune 147969 served with the US Navy from 1960 to 1980. After retirement from Fleet Composite Squadron Eight (VC-8) based at NAS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico the aircraft was flown to CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia on Aug. 27, 1980 to join the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum. Painted as the first of 25 RCAF Neptunes delivered in 1955 to replace the Avro Lancaster. California Airframe Parts Co. bought the surviving RCAF Neptunes for parts in 1970, but three were sold to Flying Firemen in Victoria, BC to be air tankers. These aircraft were never operated in Canada and sold in the US.

A total of 1832 Avro Anson Mk II were built in Canada by five companies including 340 built by Canadian Car & Foundry in Amherst, NS (including No. 7135). Delivered to the RCAF in August 1942, it was assigned to No. 4 Training Command in November 1942, and allocated to No. 15 Service Flying Training School at Claresholm, Alberta in April 1943. Postwar, it was stored at RCAF Vulcan, AB and sold to a farmer and recovered by aviation enthusiasts many decades later. The restoration team spent 5.5 years and a total of 16,528 volunteer man-hours restoring this aircraft which was completed in 2009.

Airbus A340-300, 9H-SUN, departing Runway 23 at Halifax for Casablanca (CMN), Morocco on the morning of June 23, 2023. The aircraft arrived in Halifax the previous day on a non-stop flighty from Abu Dhabi (AUH). Photographed through the airport fence near the airport viewing parking lot on the southwest side of CYHZ.

This Air Saint-Pierre ATR42 is based in the French overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon which is an archipelago of eight islands located off the southwest coast of Newfoundland. It usually flies schedule services between St-Pierre (FSP) and Halifax (CYHZ) (607 km) and St-Pierre and Montreal (CYUL) (1,363 km). It was photographed through the fence from the airport viewing lot on the southwest side of YHZ airport.

EHS LifeFlight flies two Sikorsky S-76C+ (C-FLFN and C-FLFT) providing critical care to the people of Nova Scotia. The helicopters are operated by Canadian Helicopters from the EHS hangar at CYHZ Halifax Airport and frequent visitors to the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre rooftop helipad in downtown Halifax. This photo was taken from south side of YHZ as the aircraft was returning to base. C-FLFT was previously registered N70936, N734P and N606S. It was imported to Canada and entered service on December 15, 2017

EHS LifeFlight flies two Sikorsky S-76C+ (C-FLFN and C-FLFT) providing critical care to the people of Nova Scotia. The helicopters are operated by Canadian Helicopters from the EHS hangar at CYHZ Halifax Airport and frequent visitors to the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre rooftop helipad in downtown Halifax. This photo was taken from the top of Citadel Hill, just east of the hospital. C-FLFN was previously registered N766P and N594S and flown by PHI for the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio between 2006 and 2016. It was imported to Canada and entered service on December 15, 2017

The crew of this Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission 2006 Bell LongRanger IV was flight training at Marathon Airport on May 13, 2023. The state agency is the registered owner of 13 aircraft including six helicopters (2 x Bell OH-58A, 2 x Bell 206B and 2 x 206L-4) and seven fixed-wing aircraft (3 x Cessna 182, 1 x Commander 500, 1 x Beech A200 and two Parttenavia/Vulcanair P68).

This 2022 model Robinson R44 II was photographed at the Island Fish Company Heliport on the north side of Highway 1 in Marathon in the Florida Keys. It's registered to a company called CC Landscaping Warehouse Plus which accounts for the "CC" on the rotor mast. Not certain if this helicopter is used for local sightseeing flights or it was a visiting aircraft that had stopped at the heliport for a meal at the restaurant next door.

Pacific Coastal Airlines operated this Saab SF340A from Vancouver, BC between July 2007 and July 2009 when it was exported to the US as N99VC. The turboprop was delivered new in September 1987 to Metroflight Airlines (N364MA) which later merged with Simmons Airlines in May 1993 and saw the aircraft being re-registered N99RZ. The aircraft was later operated by Mesaba Airlines as N99XJ between May 1996 and April 2006. In July 2009 it joined the fleet of SkyBahamas as C6-SBE.

Operated by Club Para-Commando which was a parachute club based in St-Simon, Quebec that flew two Sikorsky S-55s (S-55B/T C-GBHA and S-55B C-GBSC) as "jump ships" from a heliport beside Highway A20 that links Montreal and Quebec City. C-GBHA was imported in 1980 and C-GBSC in 1983, and both exported to the US in April 1985. No. 55912 was delivered to Grumman Aircraft in Feb. 1956 as N751A (for SAR use?) and flew in the 1967 film "Hurry Sundown." To Orlando Helicopter Airways (OHA) as N44689 and converted to a S-55B/T in the late 1970s. To OHA in 1985 as N44689 and sold to Whisperjet in 1993. WFU?

This 1979 model Enstrom 280C Shark on inflatable floats was photographed at Burlington International Airport. Its' last registered owner was Eagle Flight Helicopters in Denver, CO when it was cancelled from the FAA register in May 2015. WFU

Air Methods subsidiary Mercy Air provides aeromedical transport from 14 helicopter bases in California and two bases in Nevada. This 2009 Airbus EC-135P-2+ powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney Canada engines was photographed on the northeast side of San Bernardino International Airport.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department took delivery of this Airbus H125 (350B3e) in 2016 and operates it from a base at San Bernardino International Airport. According to the FAA civil aircraft register, in May 2023 the Sheriff's department was the registered operator of seven Airbus H125s, two Bell UH-1H, (N62619 and 306SB), a Bell 212 (N307SB), a MDM369E (808SB), two MD 600Ns (N625SB and 626SB), a GippsAero GA8 TC-320 (N265PW) and a Rockwell 690A (N823SB).