Forest Industries Flying Tankers was the first operator for this LongRanger (1979 - 2001). Later with forest company Weyerhaeuser (2001 - 04) and Discovery Helicopters (2004 - 19) when the registration was cancelled on February 26, 2019. Ascent Helicopters registered a Bell 206L C-GWFW in March 2022, but it is a different and newer aircraft (cn 52276 ).