The prototype of the DHC-3 Otter, first flown in 1951 as CF-DYK-X, received an 'experimental' military serial but remained with the DHC factory and was used as a flying wind tunnel in 1957-58, carrying a DHC-4 Caribou model with an enormous vertical tail. It also tested the external carrying of a canoe by the Otter. Note the traditional wheel covers with DH logo. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

This AS355F-1 TwinStar has been the workhorse of the Four Seasons Aviation fleet since it purchased by owner Dave Tommasini in June 1997 from Eurocopter Canada after it flew for five years with Heli-Max in Quebec (1990-1995). Tommasini is seen here flight testing a new digital camera system on the TwinStar. He is regarded as one of the top cinematography helicopter pilots in Canada with more than 177 feature film and TV credits in the Internet Movie Database, not including commercials and major broadcast sporting events.

This new Philadelphia-built AgustaWestland AW119 Mk II, N110YS, was purchased by a Toronto, Ontario businessman in 2009 and managed by Four Seasons Aviation after being registered C-FGEP on July 2. Chartright Air at CYYZ took over the management contract in May 2011 and re-registered the aircraft C-FNMU in Oct. 2013 when the owner upgraded to a new twin-engine AW109SP, also registered C-FGEP. The AW119 was cancelled from the Canadian civil aircraft register in Sep 2018 and Rotorhub.nl reports that it may have found a new home in Argentina.

The registration C-GIWD has been assigned to four different aircraft nominally owned by Toronto businessman Ian Delaney, the former Chairman of Sherritt International. These include a Cessna 750 (2002-2003), DHC-2 Beaver (2004-2006), this Eurocopter EC120B (2006-2018) and a DHC-6 Twin Otter (2018-present) (2022). The EC120B was imported by Eurocopter Canada in Apr. 2006 as C-GJUH and flew with Silverline Helicopters (Feb 2005-Apr 2006) before sale to Delaney in April 2006. It was serious damaged when the engine flamed out in cold weather near Brampton-Caledon Airport, Ontario on Feb. 6, 2016.

This Philadelphia-build AgustaWestland AW119 Mk II was purchased by a Toronto, Ontario businessman and managed by Four Seasons Aviation after being officially registered C-FGEP on July 2, 2009. Chartright Air at CYYZ took over the management contract in May 2011 and re-registered the aircraft C-FNMU in Oct 2013 when the owner upgraded to a new twin-engine AW109SP, also registered C-FGEP. This AW119 was cancelled from the Canadian civil aircraft register in Sep 2018 and Rotorhub.nl reports that it may have found a new home in Argentina.

This is an aerial view looking west of the Four Seasons Aviation heliport at Downsview Park, Toronto. Behind the photographer is the north end of Downsview Airport. The brick buildings on the left side of the street include the early DHC factory, now Centennial College. Behind the heliport is a white building with a curved green roof near the railway line. It is the DHC "Moth" hangar built at De Lesseps Field in 1929 and later moved to Downsview. Four Seasons later moved to the Brampton-Caledon Airport area. This site will become the Downsview Aerospace Innovation & Research (DAIR) hub.

This building was originally part of the wartime de Havilland Aircraft of Canada factory in Toronto. In about 2005, Four Seasons Aviation renovated the building and move its helicopter business from busy Toronto Pearson Airport to this site in Downsview Park, adjacent to the NW end of Downsview Airport. When the lease expired, it moved to a new hangar and heliport adjacent to Brampton-Caledon Airport (CNC3) 20 miles to the west. Four Seasons specializes in executive transportation and aerial filming for the motion picture and TV industry.

Eurocopter Canada complete this AS350B-2 as C-FFIQ at its Fort Erie, Ontario factory and it was re-registered C-FWZZ on delivery to Four Seasons Aviation who operated it for businessman from Oct 2005 to March 2012. It was then operated by Novajet from Toronto Pearson airport (YYZ) until exported to the US in March 2013 as N353JS.

Delivered August 31, 1970, N7412U is named for the United's first stewardesses. The full name on the aircraft is "The Original Eight ; Ellen Church, Ellis Crawford, Inez Keller, Margaret Arnott, Cornelia Peterman, Harriet Fry, Jessie Carter, Alva Johnson". Sold in 1985 it was leased first to Pan American World Airways. Retired by Polar Air Cargo, the aircraft was used by Prestwick Airport to train firefighters until broken up in 2017. The nose section is preserved at North East Land Sea and Air Museums located on the site of the former RAF Usworth/Sunderland Airport.

In 1970 Vance International Airways was purchased by McCulloch Oil Company, changing the name to McCulloch International Airlines. Re-equipped with American Airlines Lockheed Electras, they flew potential land buyers to properties near Lake Havasu City, AZ. This aircraft would see the color scheme updated by changing the green cheat line to red and eventually adding the McCulloch logo. Later with Ansett ANA and Evergreen International Airlines, the aircraft was with the Armada Argentina as 6-P-101 when it crashed on September 29, 1989 at Almirante Zar Naval Air Station at Trelew, Argentina.

A Toronto-based real estate developer has used the registration C-FWWW of three consecutive helicopters managed by local commercial helicopter operators. Four Seasons Aviation held the management contract for the businessman's AS 350 B-2 (Jun. 2000-May 2006) and AW109E Power (May 2006-Jun 2009), but Chartright Air took over the contract when the owner upgraded to AW109S Grand, C-FWWW, in May 2010.

This Bell 206B was delivered new to Transcanada Pipelines Ltd. in Calgary, AB in April 1977 and used to patrol the company's pipelines for most of its working career. In 2000 it was acquired by Four Seasons Aviation in Toronto but retained its pipeline patrol markings for many years. In January 2022 it was still owned by Four Seasons Aviation.

This new CRJ900 was displayed at the Bombardier Aerospace Family Day held at the company's factory at Toronto's Downsview Airport in September 2007. A month later it was delivered from the CRJ factory at Mirabel Airport to Mesaba Airlines on October 3, 2007 as N909XJ. In 2022, it was flying for Endeavor Air which is a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines.

Bell 427 C-FSUE managed by Four Seasons Aviation departs from the company located a Downsview Park, adjacent to Toronto's Downsview Airport. "Sue" Grange was a horse breeder, pilot and a member of Canada's wealthy Thomson family. She owned and flew a number of fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, three of which carried the registration C-FSUE: a Bell 230 (1998-2003), a Bell 427 (2004-2010) and Bell 429 (2010-present). Grange died in 2017, but her family still flies the Bell 429. Four Seasons Aviation later moved its aircraft to a new heliport next door to Brampton-Caledon airport (CNC3).

This is actually 23641. First flight 5 Jan 1956. Delivered to No. 1 Air Division. With 439 (F) Squadron. To No. 1 (F) OTU RCAF Station Chatham 2 Mar 1961. To Golden Hawks RCAF Station Trenton 14 Mar 1963. Active Reserve No. 6 Repair Depot Detachment Mountain View 11 Mar 1964. Strike off 20 Dec 1966. To Crown Assets Disposal Corp. Sold to City of Belleville ON. Preserved, displayed in Golden Hawks colours. Displayed in West Zwick's Island Park which is on the waterfront in Belleville, Ontario just west of the Belleville Bay Bridge. Belleville is 14 km east of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, a major RCAF base.

This Beech King Air A100, C-FBGS, owned by Voyageur Airways was on contract to Ambulance New Brunswick's AirCare air ambulance program when photographed in April 2015. Built in 1974, it was first registered to Voyageur in May 1988 and cancelled from the Canadian register in April 2016. It is seen parked outside at the Million Air FBO at Buttonville Airport, Ontario.

This 1988 ATR 42-300 was imported to Canada by Bradley Air Services / First Air in June 2004 for use in the Arctic. It was seen at Ottawa Airport (YOW) on May 26, 2016 prior to delivery to Air North in Whitehorse, Yukon. The registration C-FTJB is on tape covering its new registration C-FVGF. Transport Canada cancelled the Bradley Air Services registration C-FTJB on June 27, but the aircraft was not officially registered to Air North until September 28, 2016.

Baldwin Airport is 44 miles north of Toronto near the town of Sutton and the southshore of lake Simcoe. The airport was probably established in the mid-1930s as the first emergency landing field north of Toronto on the Trans-Canada Airway route between Toronto and North Bay. Today it's home for a couple dozen light aircraft and ultralights, and home for the Parachute School of Toronto pictured in the background of this photo.

The second prototype Bell 429 was registered by Bell Canada on April 11, 2007 and made its first flight at the Mirabel, Quebec factory shortly afterwards. It was visiting Kingston, Ontario on July 30, 2012 to conduct avionics test flights at the airport using approach aids that were no longer available at any airport near the factory in Quebec. This aircraft was modified in 2018-2019 with Bell's experimental electrically driven anti-torque (EDAT) system featuring four electric fans that replaced the 429's mechanical tail rotor drive system. The 429 EDAT system first flew on May 23, 2019.