Last time I photographed this Champ in 2018 it was in the red/grey factory scheme. Here it has been repainted and now flies with Canadian Flight Centre out of Pitt Meadows (CYPK).

This 1967 Islander was delivered to the USA as N71JA, eventually flying for Key Airlines / Sun Valley Key Airlines in 1969 - 74 as N17UP /N217UP. Later registered XB-GUG and N14451. Wilderness Airline bought the aircraft in June 1976. On December 4, 1987, C-GOMC disappeared during a flight from Bella Coola to Campbell River, BC. With a pilot and three passengers aboard, the wreckage has never been found, but was presumed to be in the Mount Waddington area.