Delivered to Aeronaves de Mexico as XA-BON, West Coast Air Services bought this Twin Otter via a Texas aircraft broker in 1978. Merged into Air BC in 1980, the aircraft was sold to Ashe Aircraft Enterprises in 1992. Fifteen years of leases ended with the sale in USA as N186AL to Express Air in Texas. The aircraft is believed stored with National Aerotech based in Thomaston, GA.

Damaged in a forced landing after the engine failed in September 1971, C-FUJM was tied up in court proceedings on who was responsible for repair of the aircraft for five years. Rebuilt in 1976 and painted in this new color scheme, the Otter was ferried to Vancouver for lease to Tyee Airways, but that lease fell through. It was stored until sold to West Coast Air in January 1977. Later painted in West Coast's full colors (and after that Air BC and Trans-Provincial Airways).

This Grumman G-73 Mallard, CF-HPU (msn J-9) was operated by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation in California in 1948-1954. To Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) as CF-HPU and named Kitimat Princess while supporting construction of a aluminum smelter on the northern BC coast. To BC Air Lines (BCAL) 1959-1973; back to PWA when it bought BCAL. Sold to West Coast Air Service in Dec. 1973. Exported to USA in January 1975. To Chalks Int'l Miami in Jun 1975. Converted by Frakes Aviation to a G-73T in 1984. Sold to Virgin Island Seaplane Shuttle as N609SS. To Caribbean Airline Services 1990. Wrecked 1994.

Previously N74947, West Coast bought this 1973 Navajo Chieftain from Piper Southwest in 1978. The aircraft was sold when Air West and West Coast Air merged in 1981. Remaining on the Canadian registry, G-GPOW later flew with Alak Air 1984 - 88, Sunwest Charters 1988 - 90 and last with Keystone Air Service. On June 11, 2002, it was destroyed after running out of fuel on a missed approach and crashing in a Winnipeg traffic intersection.

Former Gateway Aviation Twin Otter was recently added to West Coast Air Services fleet (May 1978) in this photo. Merged with Air West for form Air BC in 1980, it received new colors shortly after.

Delivered to West Coast Air Services on June 10, 1964, CF-WCA met a temporary end when it flipped during a water landing at Owen Bay, BC on July 16, 1974. No serious injuries occurred, but he aircraft remains were salvaged and stored for several years. Pictured finally undergoing a slow rebuilt at Pacific Aircraft Salvage, it would fly again in 1984. Sold as N77BA in June 1984, the bush plane is still current with Beluga Air in Homer, Alaska at the time of uploading. This is a different aircraft than the former US Army Beaver cn 1285 that was registered C-FWCA 1999 - 2016.

Former Surinam Airways Twin Otter, with West Coast Air Services from May 1979, was leased to Airwest Airlines in April 1980 and merged into Air BC in November 1980 while still in these colors. Last with Harbour Air, the aircraft ferried Vancouver to Calgary in December 2019 with titles and logo removed.

This DHC-2 was delivered 02-Mar-1963 as N6535D. In Apr-1970 it was registered in Canada as CF-AXI. Somewhere after Mar-1973 and prior to Dec-1975 it was reregistered as C-FAXI. On 27-Feb-1983 it was damaged in a mid-air collision with Cessna A185F C-GJTJ at 400 ft but both aircraft landed safely at the Comox Valley, BC airport. Still current in 2022.

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.

Built for lease to Houston Metro Airlines, this Twin Otter was instead delivered to Panarctic Oils in July 1969 (in a Metro Airline color scheme). The aircraft was sold to Survair in 1975 before coming to West Coast Air in July 1978. Pictured with a Pacific Western Airlines sticker while the aircraft connected out lying passengers to PWA in Vancouver. Folded into Air BC in 1980, it was sold in December 1992 to a leasing company. It moved to the USA as N228YK in December 1994 where it is still current flying Skydivers at the time of uploading.

Originally US Army 55-3302 first flying in 1956. To the civil market in the USA and eventually flying the BC Coast starting with West Coast for many years before returning to the USA in 1997. Converted to turbine in 1998.

This 1950 Mallard was used by Grumman as a demonstrator and company transport until sold to Union Oil in 1954. Registered to AiResearch as N76UL until sold to West Coast in 1974. Sold to the USA in 1979, the aircraft is still current as N54GZ at the time of uploading.

After rolled out in early 1969, several sales of this Twin Otter to the USA fell through and the aircraft was delivered to Aeronaves de Mayab as XA-BOL December 19, 1969. West Coast Air Services bought it in September 1979, but it never entered service. It was sold to Contact Airways in April 1980 and photographed just before the titles were painted out and the tail logo became a red circle. While flying on floats with Maldivian Air Taxi as 8Q-MAG, the aircraft was written off (with no injuries) when it struck the water after a photo shoot at the Halaveli Island Resort, Maldives June 2, 2009.