Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Delta Airlines was a rare visitor to Toronto, especially with a DC-8, so this evening sighting was most welcome. N805E was delivered to Delta in November 1959 with early Pratt & Whitney JT3C engines. It was later converted to a DC-8-50 with higher by-pass JT3Ds before sold to F B Ayer in 1980. The aircraft was set to go to TAE - Trabajos Aéreos y Enlaces S.A as EC-DKH but was not take up. It was stored at Paris - Charles de Gaulle until scrapped in 1985.

Although delivered to Air Ontario January 25, 1989, C-GLON was first leased to Air Nova for two months (February and March 1989). Pictured in the first Air Canada Connector colors, the airline was later merged and then renamed to Air Canada Regional / Jazz Air in 2002. Withdrawn in 2003 and stored at Halifax, the aircraft was first leased to Labrador Airways in 2004 and later sold. It was withdrawn circa 2010 and scrapped in 2013.

In March 1988, Ontario Express Airlines bought the parent company of Frontier Air Service. Major expansion followed when five Beech 1900 aircraft were added to the fleet in 1989 / 90 with Canadian Partner branding following shortly after. Frontier was absorbed by Ontario Express in 1992 and the 1900s returned to Beech in 1993. Registered N80532 and N575P, this aircraft was bought by Alpine Express in 2014 to fly freight. Registered N422AX in 2015, the freighter is current at the time of uploading.

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Photographer unknown - note flat tyre

Delivered new to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1960 as 9406. Military service included deployment to Lahore, Pakistan in 1965 to support a United Nations operation supervising a cease-fire between Pakistan and India, returning to Canada in 1966. Began civilian life in 1982. When a sale to Colombia fell through, registered to Fort Frances Sportsmen Airways, a company associated with Northern Wilderness Outfitters, in 1984. After substantial damage in a takeoff accident in strong, gusty and variable wind conditions in 1998, rebuilt as a Vazar turbine conversion and re-entered service in 2000.

Originally delivered to the US Army Air Force as 42-55883 on November 24, 1942, this Lodestar possibly went to Mexico (XB-HOD?) in 1947. Becthel Corp registered it N9990F in June 1953, quickly changing to N220B by August . Later registered N221B in June 1961, the big twin was sold to Photo Air Laurentide as CF-SYV in March 1966. Pictured still wearing Becthel's colors with a cowling from Montreal based charter operator Execaire, it was sold in the USA in March 1977 to become N96334. The aircraft is current with IAT Ltd, airworthy / stored at Richmond Executive Airport (KFCI) in Virginia.

Former "Clipper Splendid" with Pan American World Airways 1959 - 70 as N721PA, Dan Air acquired this 707 in 1971. Later leased to British Airways and British Airtours 1978 - 79, it was meant to be registered N80703 for a lease in Miami, FL at the end of 1979 that did not happen. The aircraft was broken up at Lasham in 1983.

This very classic 1936 Hornet Moth was registered G-AEET in England. De Havilland Canada test pilot George Neal brought it to Canada in 1969 and was one of his personal vintage aircraft until 2013. Loaned to the Toronto Aerospace Museum (later known as the Canadian Air and Space Museum) in 2008, the aircraft was sold in 2013 when the museum was evicted from it's original DHC factory building. The aircraft is current (C-FEEJ) in private hands at the time of uploading.

First registered in 1972. Previously with Clark's Air Service, this Super Cub was registered privately in April 2022.

The 'Night Hawk' is seen on arrivals day for the Hamilton Air Show. Unit is VMA(AW)-224, the 'Bengals'.

Michigan ANG Battle Creek

What a strange looking aircraft this was. Kept in immaculate condition this Gulfstream was operated by VA-128, 'Golden Intruders', and used for A-6E crew training.

Built in 1963, ex N794MU and N330U. Exported to Canada in May 1987. Hicks and Lawrence re-branded as Discovery Air Fire Services in 2011 and MAG Aerospace in 2017.