US Army Otter 58-1710 was delivered April 29, 1959. Deployed in Vietnam, the aircraft was struck off strength in 1969. It was registered CF-QRI in 1972 to fly out of Campbell River, BC with Trans Mountain Air Services. Re-named Gulf Air Aviation in 1976, the aircraft is pictured after taken over for Air BC. Registered to Harbour Air in April 1985, the floatplane was written off on May 8, 1991. When the pilot attempted to reverse course in a valley during marginal VFR conditions, the aircraft settled into trees. All survived, but the aircraft remains are still stored at the time of uploading.

In 3M's (originally Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) fleet 1973 - 88, this GII was one of several of the type used by the company. The registration was also used on two newer Gulfstream jets over the years.

Delivered to Pacific Northern Airlines March 23, 1962 as N720V, this 720 undoubtedly spent much of it's career flying to Alaska. PNA merged with Western Airlines in June 1967 and sold the airliner to Alaska Airlines in April 1973. Re-registered N301AS three months later, it was finally traded to Pan American Airways as part trade for 727s in July 1975. The aircraft was flown to Miami for storage and used by several brokers for parts until broken up in 1984.

Altair introduced jet service with F-28s in 1980. The airline ran out of cash while introducing DC-9s on longer flights in 1982 and declared bankruptcy in November. This F-28 was bought by Empire Airlines and it followed mergers into Piedmont Airlines and US Air. Sold to Horizon Air in 1998, it was withdrawn in 2002 and stored at Moses Lake, WA.

An impressive line up of Canadian Air Force Lockheed CF-104 Starfighters at Prestwick.

Delta Airlines operated the second largest Convair 880 fleet and flew the types first commercial service on May 15, 1960. Former N8809E was withdrawn in 1973 with the rest of Delta's 880s due to the rising price of fuel. Elvis Presley bought the airliner and converted it into his personal transport in 1975. After the singer's death in 1977, it had several owners before stored at Ft Lauderdale, FL. The aircraft was flown to Memphis, TN in 1984 for display at Elvis Presley's home Graceland, TN.

This aircraft is actually 44-70296, but for display purposes is painted to represent 44-70534, which was stationed in Alaska in 1945-1946. Photo by David Menard.