4 results found
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:27 September 1975
Photo by:Kenneth I. SwartzContact
Photo ID:523686Submit Correction
View count: 111
In September 1968, this former Qantas DHC-3 Otter, CF-XRI, was ferried across the Pacific from Australia to join the fleet of Airwest Airlines in Vancouver, BC. For most of the 1970s, this was the only DHC-3 Otter operating daily scheduled flights into Vancouver Harbour with its distinct engine sound distinguishing it from the more common Cessna 180/185s, DHC-2 Beaver and DHC-6 Twin Otters. AirWest was one of several coastal airlines acquired by the Jim Pattison Group to form AirBC in the early 1980s. C-FXRI now flies as a Vazar DHC-3 Turbo Otter powered by a PT6A turboprop with Osprey Wings.
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:27 September 1975
Photo by:Kenneth I. SwartzContact
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:27 September 1975
Photo by:Kenneth I. SwartzContact
Photo ID:523686Submit Correction
View count: 111
In September 1968, this former Qantas DHC-3 Otter, CF-XRI, was ferried across the Pacific from Australia to join the fleet of Airwest Airlines in Vancouver, BC. For most of the 1970s, this was the only DHC-3 Otter operating daily scheduled flights into Vancouver Harbour with its distinct engine sound distinguishing it from the more common Cessna 180/185s, DHC-2 Beaver and DHC-6 Twin Otters. AirWest was one of several coastal airlines acquired by the Jim Pattison Group to form AirBC in the early 1980s. C-FXRI now flies as a Vazar DHC-3 Turbo Otter powered by a PT6A turboprop with Osprey Wings.
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:27 September 1975
Photo by:Kenneth I. SwartzContact
Registration / Serial:CF-XRI
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Seaplane Base:Vancouver - International Seaplane (CAM9)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:21 July 1972
Photo by:Harry VercruijsseContact
Photo ID:454112Submit Correction
View count: 119
Shipped to Australia in Apr-1958 where it was registered VH-WAZ in Aug-1958 with Qantas Empire Airways. In Sep-1960 it was reregistered as VH-SBT with TAA-Trans Australia Airlines. In Aug-1968 it went to Canada to become CF-XRI. In Dec-1980 it was reregistered as C-FXRI. Somewhere in the late 1980s/early 1990s it was converted by TC Aviation to a DHC-3T Vazar Turbo Otter with a PT6 turbine engine.
Registration / Serial:CF-XRI
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Seaplane Base:Vancouver - International Seaplane (CAM9)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:21 July 1972
Photo by:Harry VercruijsseContact
Registration / Serial:CF-XRI
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Seaplane Base:Vancouver - International Seaplane (CAM9)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:21 July 1972
Photo by:Harry VercruijsseContact
Photo ID:454112Submit Correction
View count: 119
Shipped to Australia in Apr-1958 where it was registered VH-WAZ in Aug-1958 with Qantas Empire Airways. In Sep-1960 it was reregistered as VH-SBT with TAA-Trans Australia Airlines. In Aug-1968 it went to Canada to become CF-XRI. In Dec-1980 it was reregistered as C-FXRI. Somewhere in the late 1980s/early 1990s it was converted by TC Aviation to a DHC-3T Vazar Turbo Otter with a PT6 turbine engine.
Registration / Serial:CF-XRI
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Seaplane Base:Vancouver - International Seaplane (CAM9)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:21 July 1972
Photo by:Harry VercruijsseContact
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:January 1979
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:429250Submit Correction
View count: 158
This Otter was originally shipped by sea to De Havilland Australia at Bankerstown in April 1958. Assembled and delivered to Qantas Empire Airways August 21st, it remained in Australia until sold 10 years later. Ferried back to Canada for AirWest August 17, 1968, C-FXRI is flying in Saskatchewan with a turbine engine at the time of uploading.
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:January 1979
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:January 1979
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:429250Submit Correction
View count: 158
This Otter was originally shipped by sea to De Havilland Australia at Bankerstown in April 1958. Assembled and delivered to Qantas Empire Airways August 21st, it remained in Australia until sold 10 years later. Ferried back to Canada for AirWest August 17, 1968, C-FXRI is flying in Saskatchewan with a turbine engine at the time of uploading.
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:January 1979
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:8 June 1986
Photo by:Danny GrewContact
Photo ID:279119Submit Correction
View count: 257
Ex Air BC awaiting sale. Went to CoVal Air and later Osprey Wings and converted to Vazar Turbo version at some point.
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:8 June 1986
Photo by:Danny GrewContact
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:8 June 1986
Photo by:Danny GrewContact
Photo ID:279119Submit Correction
View count: 257
Ex Air BC awaiting sale. Went to CoVal Air and later Osprey Wings and converted to Vazar Turbo version at some point.
Registration / Serial:C-FXRI
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):258
City / Airport:Vancouver - International (CYVR / YVR)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:8 June 1986
Photo by:Danny GrewContact