Hugh MacCallum Gallery 5

C-FQRI DHC-3 Otter amphibian Gulf Island Air had Canada Post mail contract to AB:Alert Bay and could land on CYAL Alert Bay's paved airstrip

C-FYFJ Piper PA-31 Navajo Tradewinds Aviation(YVR) at 3,000ft, 44 miles north-west of CYZT had to shut down 1 engine due loss of oil pressure.

Tradewinds Aviation (YVR) being examined on the beach at CYZT

Boeing 707 Air Niugini Papua-New Guinea; N????

VH-FCB Fokker Friendship F-27 Ansett Airlines on tarmac at YSSY/Sydney a/p , Australia. 15 February 1981

this photo is of BNE airport as the Ansett A/L scheduled Boeing 727 was landing.

VH-F?? Briiten Norman BN-2A , VH-??? BN-2A Noosa Air Charter , low wing Piper or Beechcraft at Maroochy a/p near Noosa Heads,Qsld. 17 February 1981additional information

sign post at entrance to Maroochy Airport,Queensland near Noosa Heads. 17 February 1981

VH-ITB Cessna 172 ; VH-WRR a/c type ?? ; VH-PDF Piper ?? ;and VH-??? aerial spraying configuration at Maroochy Airport,Qsld. 17 February 1981

VH-??? Britten Norman Islander BN-2A Noosa Air Charter in the air above Maroochy a/p. 17 February 1981

A79-593 deHavilland Vampire on pylon in Wingham,NSW 31°52'S. 152° 22' E. (free Wikipedia). Australian kangaroo logo visible on starboard tail boom some Vampires were built in Australia for the RAAF/Royal Australian Air Force*. 25 February 1981

A79-593 deHavilland Vampire (top view- vintage 1949-1953) in Wingham,NSW on pylon beside Return from Service League bldg. 09:00AM - 25 February 1981

VH-??? Boeing 727 TAA/Trans Australian Airlines touching down at SYD/Sydney

Singapore Airlines taxiing at YSSY/SYD airport.I was unable to return to CYZT after 2 weeks down under as both QF/Qantas & NZ/Air New Zealand airlines were on strike. CPAir became the designated airline to carry QF & NZ passengers back to North America. So I found a cheap hotel at Thompson Beach , ate great pub food , drank beer , got to know the locals, absorb sun on the beach & body surf; make like a tourist around greater Sydney . Had to go to the Sydney airport every few days to see if CPAir had a last minute empty seat ???

Boeing 747 Qantas A/l Official Carrier XII Commonwealth Summer Games; G-SBPU B-747 BA/British Airways ; PH-??? Boeing 747 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

VH-??? Fokker Friendship F-27 turbo-prop TAA/Trans Australian A/l airborne from YSSY

FIN 902 DC-10 CP Air ; 9V-SQL B-747 Singapore Airlines ; VH-??? (fin 8H) Qantas A/l all at SYD's International boarding gates.

ZK- or ZL- or ZM-??? DC-10 Air New Zealand on tarmac at SYD. 8 March 1981

YU-AMB DC-10 Yugoslav Airlines on tarmac at YSSY. 8 March 1981

Continental A/l ; B-H??? or -K??? or -L??? B-747 Cathay Pacific A/l ; VH-??? B-747 Qantas A/l ; VH-??? B-747 Qantas A/l. All at YSSY passenger gates

VH-??? Boeing SP-747 "nose" Qantas A/L ; ZS-SA?J B-747 Super 8 SAA/South African Airways taxiing, it either had arrived or is departing at YSSY/,NSW,Australia

C-FBAE Grumman Goose Crown Zellerbach Logging at Eberts Cove - at head of Moses Inlet at north end of Rivers Inlet,BC

photo taken by Uwe Ihssen, who was checking me out on the Islander on a flight from Machmell River to CYZT

N823? Lear 24 private? or corporate? on tarmac at CYZT.

N823? Lear 24 (same a/c) head on view at CYZT. 18 March 1981

in front of CYZT passenger terminal. In background 2 Bell 206s owned by VIH of CYYJ, based at CYZT

C-FCLU Cessna 185 blue , C-FUJM DHC-3 Otter (open passenger door), C-FJFQ DHC-2 Beaver , C-FQRI DHC-3 Otter, C-FOCQ DHC-2 Beaver - all AirBC

C-GIGJ Cessna 185 (tail) , C-FQRI DHC-3 Otter , C-FDEB Britten Norman Islander BN2A (in hangar), C-FJFQ DHC-2 Beaver, C-FOCQ DHC-2 Beaver ----- all AirBC

AirBC (logo and livery of West Coast Air Service who owned a fleet of these amphibians, operating from CYVR's south terminal

C-FJFQ Nice and shiny, AirBC DHC-2 Beaver at RIC/Rivers Inlet Cannery. 12 April 1981

C-FJFQ at Head of Knights Inlet 51 deg 05'N.Lat,125 deg 34' W.Long non fatal accident. And reason I quit flying , aside from the fact that AirBC would fire me anyway!

C-FJFQ DHC-2 Beaver AirBC - propellor partly bent backward because it struck river bank. All float attachment struts torn from fuselage c/w their 5/8 inch diameter bolts . 13 April 1981

C-FJFQ DHC-2 Beaver AirBC - Right wing support strut broke at fuselage . The float nose wheels almost torn off. The windshield didn't crack or break . 13 April 1981

C-FJFQ DHC-2 Beaver AirBC - fuel lines weren't damaged so no engine fire.

Consolidated Super Catalina (2800 hp P&W/Pratt & Whitney radial engines) SLAFCO Inc ,EPHRATA,Wa. Changing a jug (jug : cylinder) on port engine. At CYZT

AirBC at 9,000ft over Johnstone Strait flying from CYZT/Port Hardy to CYCD/Cassidy/Nanaimo

DHC-2 Beaver (floats) , ????? Cessna 180? 185?, ????? Piper A/C (tricycle wheels), ????? Piper A/C

CGJAK DHC-2 Beaver, C-FOXO DHC-2 Beaver (sign on rear door : FOR SALE)

5 DHC-2 Beavers AirBC middle arm Fraser River docks (CYVR South a/p)

C-GQKN DHC-6 Twin Otter, C???? Grumman Mallard, C-G??C DHC-6 Twin Otter livery before amalgamation : Air West A/L, Trans Provincial A/L, West Coast Air Lines, Air West A/L. Air West A/L [this photo in front of the former AirWest A/L hangar at YVR South adjacent to Fraser River] ***AirWest A/L had biggest fleet of deHavilland Twin Otters on floats in the world, operating on BC's west coast *** 1965 thru 1981*** Thus , the new AirBC used AirWest's hangar for maintenance of its new fleet of the seven merged airlines a/c operating on the BC coast.

C-FHUB AirBC Grumman Mallard clean & shiny. in front of hangar at CYVR South a/p Whitsunday A/L in Australia bought 4 +? of the WCAL Grumman Mallards for its operation from Queensland to the Great Barrier Reef. 27 May 1981

C-FKAW view on approach from a BN2A Britten Norman Islander to Interfor or Doman Brothers Logging at Kimsquit airstrip. 22 June 1981

C-FKAW BN2A AirBC very close to landing at Kimsquit' air strip Doman Bros' Logging. 22 June 1981

C-FKAW BN2A/Britten Norman Islander AirBC on Kimsquit airstrip. Pilot beside a/c is Uwe Ihssen. 22 June 1981

FZ576 Douglas C-47A Dakota III (DC-3) RCAF a navigation training exercise from Pat Bay a/p (now CYYJ) overshot CYZT's Rwy 28 ,ran out of fuel & crashed . photo date 22 June 1981.additional information

C-FKAW BN2A Islander AirBC on final to CYZT Rwy 15/33 (in 2014 it's Rwy 16/34). 22 June 1981

C-FKAW BN2A Islander AirBC on close final to CYZT Rwy 15/33 **** magnetic variation increasing 1 degree/24 years thus that Rwy in 2015 is 16/34 **** 22 June 1981

CYZT/Port Hardy,C-GYBA DC-3 Yellow Bird Air (pilot-Cliff Sanderson); C-FHOD Grumman Mallard

C-FHOD Grumman Mallard North Coast Air on tarmac at CYZT (name written on nose is Patricia & name under Captain's window is Mallard) 22 June 1981

(L to R) C-FVFU Grumman Goose McMillan-Bloedell Limited ; and C-FHOD Grumman Mallard North Coast Air on tarmac. Pilot: Roger Tracy fueling his a/c at CYZT *** a good comparison between the Goose & Mallard *** 23 June 1981

N9900H Grumman Widgeon (port side) American owner stopping at CYZT for fuel to/from Alaska. 25 June 1981

N9900H Grumman Widgeon (starboard side) its American owner sitting astride port side engine checking the engine's oil level at CYZT a/p. 25 June 1981

48 inch wingspan model aircraft made by Gord Swanson

C-GIRL Grumman Mallard AirBC airborne from CYZT Rwy 15 magnetic heading south-south-west to CYVR. 4 August 1981

# 454 Canada Air Force Search & Rescue at CYZT  (15 originally purchased),  with engines running preparing to search for AirBC's DHC-2 Beaver C??YYU

DHC-5 Buffalo on CYZT apron waiting for personnel

Two helicopters at CYZT;  Boeing 737 PWA scheduled flt # 416

PWA flt # 416 in FOG half way along CYZT Rwy 10 for CYVR

C????? Boeing 737 PWA flt # 416 is airborne from CYZT, swallowed by FOG enroute CYVR . 6 August 1981

BN2A Islander AirBC; C-GIRL Grumman Mallard AirBC (behind tree); C-FHOD Grumman Mallard North Coast Air; C-GIGJ Cessna 185 AirBC ex ABAS; C-FQRI DHC-3 Otter AirBC; C-FOCQ DHC-2 Beaver AirBC; C-GYBA DC-3 Yellow Bird Air . 11 August 1981 (12:00PDT)

N84398 DHC-2 Beaver˜at CYZT , an American probably enroute to/from Alaska,USA