Long serving Otter 57-6136 was delivered to the US Army September 5, 1958. It was transferred to the US Army Aviation School at Fort Rucker, AL in August 1971. A year later it went to the US Army Aviation Museum, also at Fort Rucker. Deemed surplus in 1994, it was sold to Sound Flight of Renton, WA as N84SF and later received a Vazar turbine conversion. Sold to Harbour Air March 24, 2003.

Vaza turbine conversion. Victoria Royals hockey team promotional paint scheme. Aircraft is towed onto the ramp and towed across the street to the Harbour Air maintenance facility.

Vazar turbine conversion. Victoria Royals hockey team promotional paint scheme.

Former RCAF 2307

Vazar turbine conversion.

Vazar turbine conversion.

Was the only Propliner I saw that day at YVR!

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.