Lining up for the flight back to Zurich on a nice summer evening.

On taxiway Lima shortly before take off RWY 24R.

Otter 3669 was in the Air Force 1951 to late 1981. Sold to Newcal Aviation (N2631U) in 1983 and stored at Decatur, TX it was sold to Prince Ablert, SK based Dawn Air (C-FASF) in 1988. That company folded several months later with the aircraft going to Air Sask Aviation (1988 - 1990). Last with Points North Air Services, on May 1, 1999 the aircraft attempted a take off from a slush covered frozen lake. Failing to get airborne, it clipped the shoreline and slid 300 feet before coming to a stop and catching fire. The pilot and five passengers escaped unhurt, but the aircraft burned.

This 1956 Beaver was acquired from Austin Airways in 1979.

Originally DH 114 heron G-AOZX, this aircraft flew for the Sultan of Morocco as CN-MAA when delivered in 1957. Acquired by Sauners Aircraft for conversion to ST-27 in 1975. Seen as 8P-GWP painted for Tropic Air Services Barbados January - May 1976, in June the aircraft was registered C-FHMQ to Otonabee Airways (In 1980 re-named Air Atonabee). Last with City Express (same airline, new name) from 1984, the aircraft was withdrawn in 1988.

Taken on strength by the RCAF in June 1955, 18500 was converted to an ECM trainer (CF-100 Mk 5C) in 1964. Later upgraded with full ECM (Electronic Countermeasures) and EW (Electronic Warfare) equipment as a Mk5D, the aircraft was retired in July 1981.

Originally delivered to Transair as CF-TAE in 1960, Bradley Air Services added this Beech 18 to their fleet in 1970. Retired in 1985, it went to Air 500 by 1986. The registration was cancelled in 1989.

Photographer: Rainer Haufschild.

Taken on strength June 1956, this Chipmunk was retired in November 1971. Sold privately via Crown Assets Disposal Corporation as CF-BNM (later C-FBNM) in 1972, the trainer was acquired by the Canadian Historical Aircraft Association in 1998. Now known as the Canadian Aviation Museum, the Windsor based museum keeps several aircraft in it's collection airworthy and available for rides to the public.

Photographer: Karl Krämer.

in 1998 to AMARC and scrapped in 2010. Photo by Gerhard Lang

Delivered to Air Creebec in 2006 and converted to a freighter. The delivery flight to the museum on May 30, 2025 was expected to be the final flight of a 748 in Canada. The aircraft was named in honour of Doug Medd, the station manager in Moosonee. He was with Air Creebec for 30 years and died unexpectedly in March 2024.

Photographer: Rainer Haufschild.

Dual personality Tristar C-FTNC / N315EA would alternately fly for Air Canada (summer season) and Eastern Airlines (winter season) during 1973 - 81 . Destined to become Air Transat's first aircraft in 1987, it was retired in September 2001 and later broken up at Mirabel airport north of Montreal.

Delivered to Austin Airways December 21, 1956, this Beaver has spent it's entire career in Northern Ontario flying people and freight in and out of the bush. Based in Temagami, ON since 1979 with Lakeland Airways, the aircraft is current with them at the time of uploading.

Former G-FLBC with Flybe, this Dash 8 flew it's last revenue flight with that airline on March 4, 2020. The airline ceased operations the next day and the aircraft was stored at Weeze / Duisburg Germany and later Maastricht, Netherlands. A new Flybe was relaunched, but G-FLBC was bought by Conair September 2021 (C-FFZP). Pictured stored at Muskoka, ON , the aircraft moved to Abbotsford, BC for DHC-400AT conversion. The new air tanker was registered N993AC to Conair subsidiary Aero Flite in 2025.

Jetall's first Boeing 737-210C, C-GJLN is see a few minutes after its delivery flight to CYYZ. The all-cargo airline was founded by Ari Tall (who previously worked for Soundair) and was active from the late 1980s to about 1996s and operated three Cessna 402s, 15 Fairchild Metros, four Convair 580s and two 737-200Cs over its lifetime. This 737 was delivered new to Wein Air in Alaska (N4907) and later flew with Quebecair (C-GQBD), East Jet (N728JE) and Air Atlanta Icelandic (TF-ABJ) before Jetall. It later flew for mining companies Noranda and Falconbridge before Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises.