Originally delivered to Cascade Airways in December 1981, First Air acquired this HS-748 in 1988 after Cascade's bankruptcy and liquidation. Pictured leased to Thunderbird Tours in Vancouver, it was mainly flown to fishing lodges on British Columbia's south coast. The airliner was returned to First Air after Thunderbird's operating license was suspended . After further service in Canada's north, First Air flew the aircraft to Carp, Ont in 2002, stored as a source of spares for their last HS-748. It was broken up after 2006.