This Smith Miniplane was built in Atlin in Northwestern BC by Herman and Doris Anderson and it first flew in 1967. I was donated to the museum in 2003. Photo taken by Margaret Olafson.

Flying Fireman Canso number 4 having just flown off a lake after picking up another load of water, some of which can be see streaming past the aircraft. This Canso started out with the US Navy as BuNo 46596 before joining Flying Fireman in 1967. After its days with them ended in 1992 it went to the Museo del Aire in Madrid, Spain.

This Expeditor was used in mineral surveys by Sherritt-Gordon Gold Mines Ltd in Northern Manitoba. It had nine pods fitted to it for a magnetometer cable loop. John Caswell flew it and he shared this photo with me several years ago. He is the man on the right. Sadly, John passed away in Dec 2021. My thanks to Tim Martin for providing information relating to this aircraft and its location.

Photo taken by Margaret Olafson. The Beaver was parked for the winter at Schwatka Lake, Whitehorse.

After a long career with Conair the aircraft ended up with Everts Alaska as N444CE

Sitting on the ramp with sister ship C-FBMR tanker 21

Sitting on the Kamloops ramp with sister ship C-GHCE Tanker 30

Seen departing Smithers with its non-collapsible retardant bucket. Registration was cancelled in 1984 and its present location is not known.

This PBY operated as a fire bomber in 1962. Later it became N101CS with the Cousteau Society Inc in Los Angeles. In June 1979 it crashed and broke up during a high speed run on the water piloted by Phillipe Cousteau who was at the controls. Unfortunately he did not survive.

A World War II veteran, this Invader served in Italy and later in Japan and Korea. In 1983 it went to Air Spray in Alberta and after retirement it was sold to a buyer in the USA and is registered at N56256

Seen at the British Columbia Forest Service air tanker base. This helicopter later became N863, then EC-CYJ and lastly N47B

This Neptune was formerly RCAF 24113 and was purchased by The Flying Fireman of Victoria and converted to air tanker with a 3,000 gallon retardant tank. In 1972 it was used on a trial basis by the British Columbia Forest service during fire season and the Neptune did well in that role. Transport Canada did not approve the modifications so the Neptune was sold and went to the United States and worked there as an air tanker until it crashed in 1975. Its remains and parts of another Neptune were used in a rebuild and it is now on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Arizona as N14448.

Built by Canadian Vickers, this PBY crashed while fighting fire at Snow Lake, Manitoba in 1978 and was destroyed with two fatalities. It apparently nose dived into the ground likely from fuel starvation to one of the engines.

This Avenger served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1950 - 1960. Then it went to Skyway as a fire bomber and ag sprayer and then to Conair and eventually to Forest Protection Limited in New Brunswick until it was sold in 2002 to the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum in New Jersey.

Constructed by Eastern Aircraft division of GM and delivered to the US Navy as 69327. Modified by Fairey Aviation from torpedo bomber to an Anti-Submarine aircraft for the Royal Canadian Navy as 326 in 1950. In 1961 it was modified again by Fairey Aviation to a fire bomber for Skyway Air Service as CF-KCG. In 1969 it went to Conair until 1976 when it was damaged in an accident in New Brunswick. From there it found its way to the Imperial War Museum in England where it was restored representing an Avenger flown by George Bush during World War II. Moved to Liverpool in 2023 for the future Battle Of The Atlantic Fleet Air Arm Museum.

Former Royal Canadian Navy, then Skyway, Conair, FPL and finally as N109K as a warbird.

At the time, the PBY was leased by Universal Aircraft Leasing probably to Flying Fireman of Victoria, BC. Photo taken at the BC Forest Service Air Tanker Base in Smithers

This Invader was destroyed in a crash near Clinton, British Columbia on August 7, 1974

Seen while it was with the British Columbia Provincial Government doing photo surveys and mapping. In 1971 it went to Northern Thunderbird Air in Prince George and is now N62936 located in Hemet, California. I flew in the Expeditor several times a long time ago.

Tanker 16 in a group during fire action at Kamloops. This Avenger started its life with the US Navy in 1945 and later went to the Royal Canadian Navy. From there it spent many years in the fire fighting and ag spraying industry first with Skyway, then Conair from 1969 - 1977 and finally Forest Protection. The Avenger eventually went to the Tri-State Warbird Museum in 2004.