Touching down in the Channel between Lake Spenard and Lake Hood. Taken on charge new by the US Army in 1955 as 53-7935 and served until 1972. Transferred to the Philippine Air Force as RP-67. Became N12GA of Bush Pilots Air Service Inc in 1978. Re-registered as N34EB in 2000.

Moored at its base on Lake Hood, with the International Airport's control tower overlooking the scene. Carries the logo of Bush Pilots Air Service on its tail fin. Delivered new to the US Army in 1952 as L-20A 51-16834. Sold on from military service in 1976. Previous civil registrations include N9303Z, N505LM and N114GH. Later reverted to N114GH and was operating with Sea Air Ventures LLC of Anchorage in 2024.

Moored at its Lake Hood base in early morning sunshine. Carries the Bush Pilots Air Service logo on its fin. In an unusual modification from the late 1980s, it has been given both an oblong window and a porthole window aft of the fuselage door. The porthole widow was later removed. Delivered new to the US Army in 1957 as 56-0388. Its military career included service in the Belgian Congo with the United Nations Air Wing No. 3 Squadron. From 2006 operated out of Fairbanks as Marina Air. In 2016 reregistered as N11YA to Heather J. Fox of Bettles, Alaska.

This spectacular Otter was the first that I shot on our July 1990 trip to Alaska, having arrived very late the previous evening. It was taken at 07.00 on the brightest and stillest of mornings at Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska. I can hear it yet, chugging round the corner towards us from the Bush Pilots Air Service base, where I also shot one of their silver Beavers in similar light. The background, as you can see, is dominated by the adjacent Anchorage International Airport control tower which, unusually, also regulates traffic on the very busy Lake Hood / Lake Spennard