This photo was taken from the Darwin control tower during a press event for Pitch Black 2016.

Pictured as Air BC prepares C-FHUB for a ferry flight to Australia for Air Whitsunday. Using the registration of N2416X for delivery, the amphibian became VH-LAW and later VH-PPE with Paspaley Pearling Co. In 1995 the engines were replaced with PT-6 turbines.

This Grumman Mallard was delivered new to the New York Daily News in May 1947 as NC2962/N2962 and the cockpit windows lowered for aerial photography! Purchased by West Coast Air Services (WCAS) in Dec. 1973 and to CF-HUB. WCAS's Mallard fleet primarily flew pax between YVR and Ocean Falls (ZOF) which was 257 nm NW away and accessible only by ship or seaplane. It was home for the largest pulp and paper mill in BC and the G-73 fleet grew when the BC Government bought the mill in 1973, but declined after the mill closed in 1980. Sold by AirBC to Air Whitsunday in Mar 7, 1983 as N2416X, then VH-LAW.

This Mallard was built for the New York Daily News in 1947 as NC2962 (later N2962). It came to Canada at the end of 1973 for West Coast Air Services and was merged with Air West in the formation of Air BC in 1981.

This aircraft has had many owners and operators and is still registered in Australia as VH-PPE as a Turbo Mallard. It was converted to turboprop in 2005. Previous registrations include N2962, C-FHUB & N2496X.

Sold in Australia as VH-LAW in 1983. It was ferried to Australia as N2416X.