C-GMIC is being taken across the road for the night. This Beaver spent many years with numerous operators on the West Coast before crashing in 2007 due to fuel starvation. It was salvaged and rebuilt and is now registered as N791PW and operating in Alaska

This Electra was destroyed whilst conducting fire retardant drops near Cranbrook,British Columbia. The two pilots did not survive the crash which started a wildfire when it exploded upon crashing. The date of the crash was 16 July 2003, less than a month after I photographed it.

The Hawaii at rest on Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island

C-FLYL and C-FLYK at Sproat Lake on a rainy day. I chartered a boat to take me out to see the two Mars up close. It was nice to get up close to them and circle around these huge aircraft. Both of the Mars are retired and its uncertain what their fate will be. Hopefully they will be preserved somewhere.

Side profile shows the massive size of the Mars.

This Beaver was rebuilt at Sealand at Campbell River and fitted with the Trace V8 Orenda engine of 600HP and a four blade composite reversing prop. Following certification in the US it then went to Val D'or Quebec for float certification. Possibly due to lack of interest in this conversion the program was dropped. The aircraft was de-registered and sold to a Canadian buyer. The engine was removed and it was transported back to Campbell River in a trailer. It remains un-registered. It will some day emerge as a Turbo Beaver, or perhaps will revert to its original R985 engine, but time will tell.

This 1930 built aircraft is the oldest aircraft on the Canadian registry still flying. It was recently rebuilt and has a Kinner 160 HP engine. Only 203 were built and very few remain in an airworthy state. The aircraft was designed by Major Reuben Fleet. Operated by 250.

In 2015 this Expeditor was sold by Vancouver Island Air and in June/July 2015 it was ferried on floats from Campbell River to the Pairi Daiza Gardens & Zoo theme park near the town of Brugelette, Belgium. Its flying days are over. It is the end of an era now as it is the last of the several Beech 18's that once operated at Campbell River. It was replaced with a turbine DHC-3 Otter.

This Beaver had just completed its ferry flight from Ontario to Lake Hood. It then became registered as N676SP and all the paint has been stripped off and it is now shiny polished aluminum.