Delivered new in 1976 to British Airways Helicopters as G-BDKI and here stopping off for fuel en route to its next assignment. In 2009 it was imported as C-GHTN by the Canadian branch of the company then exported as N762HT in 2015. Oregon based in 2023.

Built in 1961 and registered as here from May 1997 until March 2001, so a brand new import. Strangely TC does not list this aircraft/registration combination so the operator had to be found via its next identity: C-FHHR. It turns out to be Northern Mountain Helicopters which is confirmed by the green/yellow scheme. After being re-registered as C-FHHR in 2001 it was exported to South Korea and is current as HL9478 in 2023.

Up from nearby Whibey Island NAS in Oak Harbor, WA, this Seaking was doing double duty providing standby rescue service at the 1988 Abbotsford International Airshow. The US Navy retired the helicopter in 1996 and it was transferred to the Brazilian Navy as N-3030. Retired again ten years later in 2006, it made it's way to be an exhibit at the Museu TAM by 2008 in São Carlos, Brazil. Sadly, that beautiful private museum closed to the public in February 2016 due to budget constraints.

Delivered to Okanagan Helicopters in 1977, this S-61 had recently returned from a lease to Management Aviation for North Scottish Helicopters as G-BHAH (Oct 1979 - March 1983). Pictured with titles for Okanagan east coast subsidiary Universal Helicopters based in Newfoundland, it was finally sold by Canadian Helicopters in 1995. The helicopter has since been registered to a series of US government contractors as N138AR. Registered to Amentum Services at the time of uploading after that company acquired PAE Applied Technologies in 2022 .

Retired to AMARC in 1990,64-14234 was scrapped circa 2000. Parts of the fuselage have since moved to Chino, CA and stored at the Yanks Air Museum.

SH-3H Sea King looking at one of the north helopads for arrival

Helipro Corp. of Bellingham, WA and Langley, BC modify several Sikorsky S-61Ns and S-61Ls by removing a 50-inch section of the front cabin to provide a 10% improvement in speed, payload and range. The conversion received a Canadian STC and was named the "Shortsky" until Sikorsky objected, so renamed the "S-61 Short". Customers included heli-logging operators VIH, CHC, HTS and Hayes. N92111 was the first "offshore" S-61N Short. It first flew at Langley on Feb. 12, 1999 and displayed at Heli-Expo 1999 in Dallas, TX. Ex-BIH G-BBUD.To Helijet as C-GHJU, CHC as YV-1032C, and CHI Aviation as N905CH.

Ex N4023S. Registration cancelled on 5 March 2013 on sale to the USA as N618CK.

On 27 Feb 2003 it crashed onto the flight deck of HMCS Iroquois during an emergency recovery after an engine failure. It rolled onto its side, spilling its fuel plus 2200 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. Rebuilt as a training aid and returned to the RCAF in December 2004.

Retired to AMARC in 1992.

Support for an official state visit of the Swedish King & Queen.

VIH Helicopters Sikorsky S-61N Short, C-GOJN was contracted to airlift new signs to the top of the Canadian Western Bank building located at 1070 West Georgia in downtown Vancouver on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. The signage was airlifted from the heliport at HMCS Discovery, a local naval base on an Island adjacent to Stanley Park. This S-61N was delivered new to Greenland Air as OY-HBK in 1975. Later flown by Resorts Int'l and Trump Air (N222RA), Canadian Helic. (C-FSYH), Carson (fuselage shortened), and EP Aviation (N612RM) flying for US State Dept. overseas. VIH imported it in Jan 2019.

Operated by HC-2 from the Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock USS La Salle (AGF-3), COMSIXTHFLT.

C-FXEC returns for another season in Victoria. Flying at Helitak 348, the helicopter is based in Mansfield in Victoria's high country.