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DHC-3 Otter N5348G was delivered to the USN as 144674 in October 1956 and flown by VX-6 in Antarctica until retired in Sep 1996. Transferred to the Army National Guard as 0-4674.Retired in Sep 1977. To Civil Air Patrol as N5348G but never entered service. Sold to Red "S" Aircraft sales in Nov. 1978. It arrived in Renton, WA in the Spring of 1978. Modified by Clayton Scott's Jobmaster Inc. which added vertical fins to the top of the horizontal stabilizer to improve performance on floats. Test flew the fins in Oct 1978, then to Canada as C-GGSL. See http://www.dhc-3archive.com/DHC-3_166.html

This floating hangar was originally built in the late 1920s on Seattle oceanfront at Pier 3 on Elliot Bay. Local aviation pioneer Vern Gorst towed it from the ocean through the locks to establish a seaplane base at the south end of Lake Union at Valley St. and Fairview Ave. Aviation pioneer Lana Kurtzer bought the hangar in the mid-1930s and moved it west to a new shore facility at 950 Westlake Ave. N. in 1947. Lake Union Air bought the seaplane base after Kurtzer died in 1988. but fire destroyed the hangar in 1991. Then Kenmore Air bought the historic Kurtzer property in 1993.

This the very last 747 ever to be built. The end of an era.

This DHC-2 Beaver was delivered to the US Army in May 1955 as 54-1674. Purchased in January 1976 at a surplus sale by Mike Hackman of Edmonton, AB and C-GRAS in March 1976. Operated in Canada until March 1994 when it was registered to Kenmore Air Harbour as N378BD and subsequently registered to CDS Aircraft Inc., Bellevue, Seattle, WA in July 1994 and carries the name "Kawak Ena" on the rear cabin door. Probably one of a large number of privately-owned DHC-2 Beavers seaplanes base at airports and lakefront properties in the greater Seattle area.

DHC-2 Beaver N67684 of Northwest Seaplanes preparing to depart the Will Rogers Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane base at Renton Airport with passengers heading to a salmon fishing lodge on the British Columbia coast. These Beaver flights will often clear Canadian customs and refuel at the seaplane dock in Campbell River, BC before flying on their final destination. It was delivered to the US Army in April 1958 as 57-2564 and first registered N67689 in Feb 1976. Itflew mostly in Alaska until leased to Canada in 2001-2002 as C-GCYN. Msn 1208 is one of three Beavers to be registered N67684.

This AS350B2, N1231A was a regular sight over Los Angeles when it operated for many years by KTLA as a TV news helicopter. It was a long way from home when photographed at Renton, WA in August 2006. N1231A is now (2022) based at Norwood Airport, MA flying in a blue colour scheme for NBC TV Boston and KTLA in Los Angeles now operates AS350B-2, N925TV. Both N1231A and N925TV are registered to Tiny Bubbles Aviation which has a fleet of six Airbus AS350BA/B-2 contracted mostly for TV stations.

This wartime Beech AT-7 Navigation trainer served with the USAAF as 43-33306 with msn 5469. Reconditioned in the early 1950s, it received a new msn AF-449. It was declared surplus in 1963 and was used for transport by the Tennessee Valley Authority, a large federally-owned electric utility corporation serving seven US states. It was seen at Auburn Airport, south of Seattle. The aircraft has since been repainted as a warbird in US Army markings. Currently owned (2022) by Kevin Layva of Wilber, Washington.

This DHC-2 was shipped by sea from Canada to Liverpool for delivery to de Havilland Aircraft in Hatfield, UK in 1961 for delivery to the Army Air Corps on July 11 as serial XP810. It was based in the UK, Northern Ireland and Germany until retired in Nov 1985 and sold in Sep 1989. Imported by Wipaire Inc. to the US as N21208 in Nov. 1989. Briefly registered in Winnipeg, Manitoba as C-FSGM in May-June 1994, then sold to a private owner operating under the name Services Group Inc. in Seattle, WA as N126TS. Registered to 4R Aviation in Seattle in June 2007 and re-registered N126RS in July 2007.

Piaggio P.136L-2 Super Gull, CF-DAC, was Canadian-registered between 1972 and 1977 to Dominion Aircraft Ind. of Calgary and Golden West Aviation of Vancouver. It was owned by Larry Matanski who in the early 1970s developed the twin-engine Dominion Skytrader 800 STOL utility aircraft. The Skytrader was designed in Vancouver and Seattle and built in Renton, WA where if first flew as N800ST on April 21, 1975. During this period, CF-DAC often visited Vancouver and Seattle. It was registered N40041 between 1960-1972. To N1149Z in 1977. Often spotted in Florida in 1976-90. Cancelled in May 2013.

Returning from a test flight as "Boeing (BOE) 343 Heavy." This is the 13th 777-F for China Cargo Airlines.

Arriving from Phoenix as AS313 is this 5 year old 737-900ER.

Departing for Doha on delivery this morning to Qatar Airways as "Qatari (QTR) 3204 Heavy." Bad weather today meant another cancelled test flight for the last 747-8.

The new Horizon Air "Meatball" on arrival from Palm Springs as QX2134. I have to say it looks great, but I am disappointed that Milton Kuolt's name and signature was not put on the front of the aircraft like they had on N434MK.

Departing for Taipei, Taiwan on delivery to China Airlines Cargo as "Dynasty (CAL) 1712 Heavy."

My final trip down to PAE this year was supposed to be for the last 747-8 test flight, but an issue kept it grounded. I still made out okay with the first catch of the day being this Southwest MAX on delivery Phoenix as WN8700.

Seen about to depart it's home base of Boeing-Field, King County one of the Costco Wholesale Inc [hence the registration ending 'CW'] Gulfstream G280

Built in 2019 and stored at Moses Lake, WA. This aircraft was never delivered to LOT Polish Airlines and has since been painted in the Bonza [Australia] scheme as VH-UJZ and ferried to Tucson, AZ where it was still parked in December 2022.

After wartime service with the USAAF as 42-72209, the C-54A was operated post-war as N90432 by American Airlines (1946-1950, Eastern Airlines (1950-1955) and leased to Flying Tiger Line, probably supporting Cold War DEW Line radar site contraction in the Arctic. Pacific Western Airlines imported it as CF-PWB in it Nov. 1957 and it flew with the airline for 15 years until sold to Cryderman Air Service as "N-74183" in Nov. 1972. It was photographed three weeks after a hydraulic line burst when departing for Everett from Chico, CA. Flew for many years in Florida. Preserved at MCAS Miramar, CA.