(Mackenzie Heli Services) I like the nose art.

Sunlight reflecting off the snow lights up the underside quite nicely.

Awaiting maintenance and better flying weather.

Equipped with Horton STOL mods and a brand new 210 HP engine

Tanker 44, minus its retardant tank waiting for fire season.

Baron STOL equipped Beaver with a unique paint job at the AOG Air Support facility.

Previously N322AU and later 5N-BFJ, and ZS-PUI

This Beaver once served with RCMP. At AOG for maintenance.

On final approach for runway 16 and right on time.

At AOG Air Support. Equipped with Baron Stol kit and turbine engine. Has just had a new type double door installed. Doors hinged from top and open vertically. Ex Trans Provincial Airlines.

Bombardier operates this a/c in training Canadian Forces pilots at Portage la Prairie. Stopped at AOG to have a checkup.

Now being operated at a cargo carrier

Seen at Kelowna when it was still in the passenger configuration

Parked at STOLairus Aviation for some maintenance.

In 1954 United Airlines took over a cancelled order for two CV340s by Pioneer Airlines. This one was registered N73154 . Sold in 1968 and converted to a CV580, the airliner would fly for several corporations like Aero Spacelines, Armstrong Cork / Armstrong World Industries and Hubbard Broadcasting. Pictured with Kelowna Flightcraft being prepared for Airfreight NZ with whom it would be registered ZK-FTB in July. Unfortunately, the freighter would crash into Manukau Harbour after taking off from Auckland, NZ on July 31, 1989 during a scheduled / training flight.

A spares aircraft for Kelowna Flightcraft. This was one of two CV340s converted to turboprop powered YC-131C in 1954 by the installation of YT-56-A-3 engines, thus becoming America's first multi-engine turboprop military transports. Assigned USAF serial 53-7886 where it served alongside 53-7887 as a testbed to prove the feasibility of turboprop engines for military operations. In 1955 the two aircraft flew a total of 3,000 hours and were later assigned to MATS. Was leased to General Motors in 1957 for development testing of Allison's civilian 501-D13 version of the T-56. It later served with the FAA and a host of civilian operators.

Former RCAF 109152 was one of five retired RCAF CC-109 aircraft parked on the Kelowna Flightcraft ramp in September 2014. Each aircraft had about 15,000 hrs and, while the engines had been removed, they all appeared to be in good condition. I was told that they all had glass cockpits installed just prior to be retired by the RCAF. Due to the difficulty in getting them certified for civilian use and a limited market for CV580/CV5800 freighters, by August 2017, only C-GLWF/109152 survived. It was selected for preservation because it reportedly once transported the Queen during a visit to Canada.