Former long time occupant of New Zealand and now reg as C-FBVR and turbinized by Viking.

Mike Madden photo.

After making a successful forced landing due to an engine failure, C-FOEM was dropped during recovery by helicopter. It was rebuilt as N4603U.

Delivered to the Province of Ontario's Department of Lands and Forests December 12, 1966, this turbo Beaver first appeared in Vancouver for Air West sometime around 1978. Pictured in the (then) new Air West color scheme, the aircraft would make a successful forced landing in a field after an engine failure later in 1980. Unfortunately during the recovery, it was dropped by the helicopter and written off. It was, however, rebuilt in Seattle to become N4603U in January 1984, and noted as such at Boeing Field in March 1987. It seems to have disappeared from written records after it was cancelled from the register in June 1987.

Seen from our crise ship as we departed Ketchikan

Lovely colour scheme on this Beaver which was about to land on Lake Hood

This immaculate Beaver started out as US Army #1529

Eventually, this beaver would become turbinized by Viking and become C-FBVR

It may appear that this Beaver is registered C-FZUR but its registration is actually C-FZVR.

The pug nosed Beaver sitting at the edge of the lake prior to a flight.