Went for day out alligator spotting. Passed 2H5 (FAA Identifier) on the way home and saw this beauty resting after some parachute drops. Grateful thanks to the owner for letting me do a walk-round.

A rare one to get in Brisbane with this registration.

After rolled out in early 1969, several sales of this Twin Otter to the USA fell through and the aircraft was delivered to Aeronaves de Mayab as XA-BOL December 19, 1969. West Coast Air Services bought it in September 1979, but it never entered service. It was sold to Contact Airways in April 1980 and photographed just before the titles were painted out and the tail logo became a red circle. While flying on floats with Maldivian Air Taxi as 8Q-MAG, the aircraft was written off (with no injuries) when it struck the water after a photo shoot at the Halaveli Island Resort, Maldives June 2, 2009.

Seen between flights at Nassau.

VH-TGW was sold in Papua New Guinea as P2-RDE in September 1978.

This leased Twin Otter flew with Shawnee for less than two years. Other regns carried include N930MA and N220EA.

Served East African from December 1968 until August 1973. Later 5Y-BEK.

Rolled out for Imperial Oil in December 1968, this Twin Otter was brought to Air BC when it was formed during the amalgamation of several West Coast float operators in 1980. Photographed carrying CP Air Commuter titles, Air BC would be bought in 1987 by Air Canada after Pacific Western Airlines bought CP Air and would become an Air Canada Connector.

Operated by the Australian Federal Bureau of Mineral Resources on survey flights from its base at Fairbairn ACT.

First flown at Downsview as N5216 - March 10, 1969'Sold to the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources - November 1969 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BMG - February 03, 1970 Sold to Mission Aviation Fellowship, Papua New Guinea - 1988. Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-MFY - July 22, 1988 Sold to Airlines PNG, Port Moresby - April 2008 Reregistered as P2-MCR - April 22, 2008

Originally 8R-GDC delivered to Guyana Airways August 22, 1968. Bought by a broker in December 1974, it was sold to Northern Thunderbird the following June. It was photographed as it arrived in Vancouver for a lease to West Coast Air Services that lasted to April 1980 when the aircraft was returned to NT Air and sold to Kimba Air. The next 25 years were short term leases until a more permanent one with Maldavian Air Taxi/Trans Maldavian Airways was arranged in November 2006 and the Twin Otter was registered 8Q-MAT. It's still current at the time of uploading.

N5216 at Bankstown after arriving from Canada. It was registered VH-BMG and flew with the bureau doing mineral surveys until 1982.

Delivered to Surinam Airways March 5, 1968 as PZ-TAV, this Twin Otter was sold to West Coast Air Services in 1979 to become C-GQKN. It has flown the west coast of southern British Colombia ever since. It has been with Harbour Air since March 2016.

Outfitted for geophysical survey.

Delivered to Aero Commuter July 1968. With mergers and acquisitions in 1969 Aero Commuter took the Golden West name and this aircraft continued in the fleet until they ceased operations in April 1983.

Delivered new as XA-BOL in December 1969. Sold in September 1979 to West Coast Air Services as C-GENT.

Operating a commuter service from Los Angeles International.

Delivered in 1970, VH-BMG was used for survey work until withdrawn from use in 1984. It returned to register in 1987 and the following year was exported to Papua New Guinea as P2-MFY with the Missionary Aviation Fellowship.