Canada - September 2015

[graham]

This is the first of what should be 9 posts from my recent trip to Canada and the West Coast.

Our first night in Canada was spent at Calgary where excluding the Air Canada and Westjet operated aircraft the following were logged.

Air North
C-GANH Boeing 737 505/W

Air Transat
C-GTQB Boeing 737 NG 8Q8/W

Canadian North
C-FGCN Boeing 737 36N
C-FKCN Boeing 737 36N
C-GPNL Boeing 737 36N

Carson Air
C-FAFR Swearingen Metro

Central Mountain Air
C-FHVX Dornier Do 328 110
C-FDYN Dornier Do 328 110

Corporate Express
C-GXPS Saab 340 A

Delta Air Lines
N315US Airbus A321 211

Enerjet
C-GDEJ Boeing 737 NG 73V

Flair Airlines
C-FLEJ Boeing 737 4B3
C-FSCO Dornier Do 328 130

Ken Borek Air
C-FBCN Beech 200 B200
C-FEKB Beech 200 B200
C-FBBV de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
C-FDHB de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
C-GKBG de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
C-GKCS de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
C-GLKB de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
C-GXXB de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
C-GPOQ de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
C-GEAI Douglas DC-3 BT-67
C-GEAJ Douglas DC-3 BT-67
C-GJKB Douglas DC-3 BT-67
C-FLKB Embraer Bandeirante P1
P4-TCO de Havilland Canada DHC-8 202B - dismantled
9Q-CBO de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 - wreck

North Cariboo Air
C-FSUA AVRO 146 RJ100
C-FMCN Beech 1900 D
C-FCGC Beech 200 B200
C-GAEW Beech 200 B200
C-GJJT Beech 200 B200

Regional 1 Airlines
C-FBAV AVRO 146 200
C-GRIA Bombardier CRJ 200ER
C-GWRI de Havilland Canada DHC-8 102
C-GXYA de Havilland Canada DHC-8 314

Sky Xpress Airline
C-FCCP British Aerospace Jetstream 3-02

Skywest Airlines
N633SK Bombardier CRJ 700 702ER NG (Delta Connection)
N135SY Embraer EMB-175 200LR (United Express)

Suncor Energy Inc
C-GSUF Bombardier CRJ 900 LR NG
C-GSUA Bombardier CRJ 900 NG
C-GSUM Bombardier CRJ 900 NG

Sunwest Aviation
C-GBOS de Havilland Canada DHC-8 314Q

United Airlines
N62884 Boeing 737 NG 924ER/W

United Parcel Service
N330UP Boeing 767 34AF/W

Viking Air
C-GVTU de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 400

Plus the following hulks of former airliners in a compound close to Kenn Borek's hangar and ramp.
F-GPTJ Bombardier CRJ 100 ER - ex Air Littoral
F-GPTK Bombardier CRJ 100 ER - ex Air Littoral
N805LR de Havilland Canada DHC-8 102 - ex Freedom Airlines
N807LR de Havilland Canada DHC-8 102 - ex Freedom Airlines
N915HA de Havilland Canada DHC-8 102 - ex Piedmont Airlines - marked as N915HA
N920CA Bombardier CRJ 100 ER - ex Comair
OE-LRH Bombardier CRJ 100 LR - ex Austrain Arrws

Biz Jets
C-GFTL Canadair Challenger 605
C-FBDQ Cessna Citation C501
C-FCBQ Cessna Citation C560
C-FNCB Cessna Citation CJ3
N110PG Cessna Citation Excel
C-FNRG Cessna Citation X
N269QS Dassault Falcon 2000
C-GENW Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy
N203NC Dassault Falcon 50
C-FJGG Learjet 60
N356K Learjet 70

Biz Props
C-GTMA Beech 90 B90
C-GKBB Beech 90 C90
C-FPNQ Beech 200 B200
C-FPNX Beech 200 B200
C-GXHR Beech 200 B200
C-GXHS Beech 200 B200
N846YT Beech 350 B350
C-FHBO Grumman G159 Gulfstream
C-FTML Mitsubishi MU-2 G - unmarked
C-GRBA Pilatus PC-XII 45

Helicopters
C-FVVR Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B
C-GUNW Bell 412 EP
C-FPGV Bell 412 HP - marked as XA-SYL
C-FHWC Eurocopter EC120 Colibri Colibri
C-FRCG Robinson R44 Raven II
C-GOEJ Sikorsky S-76 C+ - marked as B-MHF
C-GOEP Sikorsky S-76 C+ - marked as B-MHG

GA
C-FEXA Beech Baron B55
C-FNOY Cessna 150 X
C-GXDO Cessna 182
C-GREP Cessna 206
CF-VUT Piper PA-24 Comanche 250 Comanche
C-GIHV Rockwell Commander 114

Photo's for the first day are on Piwigo under the trips folder

Graham

[graham]

Day two of this trip saw us up and early for a early morning flight to Yellowknife for a pre arranged tour around the Buffalo Airways facility at the airport and then what should have been the highlight of the trip a return flight to Hay River on the last commercial Dc 3 service in the Northern Hemisphere.
    
Prior to departing Calgary the following new non Air Canada and Westjet's were logged.

Canadian North
C-GCNW Boeing 737 36Q/W

Central Mountain Air
C-FJFW de Havilland Canada DHC-8 311A

Southern Air
N495SA Boeing 737 45DF - DHL colours

Sunwest Aviation
C-GHCS Beech 1900 D
C-GFCD de Havilland Canada DHC-8 315Q
C-GSHY Swearingen Metro - really neat colour scheme,

Sunwing Airlines
C-GOWG Boeing 737 NG 86J/W

Plus the following Biz Props.
C-FBOM Beech 200 B200
C-GOMA Beech 200 B200

On arrival at Yellowknife, it was a quick walk round to the Buffalo Airways facility before we explored the nooks and cranies before return to the terminal to await the arrival of Curtis Commando C-FAVO

Air Tindi
C-FAFG Cessna 208 B
C-GATH Cessna 208 B
C-FATM de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
C-GNPS de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
C-GCPY de Havilland Canada DHC-7 102
C-GFFL de Havilland Canada DHC-7 102
C-FWZV de Havilland Canada DHC-7 103
C-GCEV de Havilland Canada DHC-7 103
C-GUAT de Havilland Canada DHC-7 103

Buffalo Airways
C-FMWM Beech 100 100
C-FAYN Canadair CL-215 -V
C-FAYU Canadair CL-215 -V
C-GDKW Canadair CL-215 -V
C-GTXW Curtiss C-46 A-45-CU - subsequently damaged in a f/l on the 25th September
C-FAVO Curtiss C-46 D-10-CU
C-GTPO Curtiss C-46 F-1-CU
C-FLFR Douglas DC-3 A
C-GPNR Douglas Dc-3 A - dropped as seen in July 2010 at Oshkosh
C-GWIR Douglas DC-3 A
C-GWZS Douglas DC-3 A - our ride to Hay River
C-FBAA Douglas DC-4
C-GXFC Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 CF
C-GZFE Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 CF

Canadian North
C-GNDU Boeing 737 242C
C-GRGI de Havilland Canada DHC-8 106

First Air
C-GHCP Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 300
C-GSRR Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 300
C-FNVT Boeing 737 248C

Province of Northwest Territories
C-GBPD Canadair CL-215 -V
C-GBYU Canadair CL-215 -V
C-GCSX Canadair CL-215 -V
C-GDHN Canadair CL-215 -V

Royal Canadian Air Force
13802 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
130307 Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Summit Air
C-FERJ AVRO 146 RJ85
C-FASV de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo A
C-FASQ de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200HG
C-GASB de Havilland Canada DHC-8 102
C-FEQW Dornier Do 228 201
C-FUCN Dornier Do 228 201

Wardair
CF-TFX Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31 - displayed at the airport entrance

Non airliner wise the following were also noted
C-FCGE Beech 90 A90
C-FCGH Beech 90 A90
C-FCGI Beech 90 A90
C-GATK Beech 200 200GT
C-FATA Beech 200 B200
C-GTUC Beech 200 B200
C-GXHF Beech 200 B200
C-GDPB Beech 200 B200C
C-FULX Beech Baron C55
C-GIWJ Beech Travel Air 95
C-GYFM Beech Travel Air 95
C-GHBY Bell 206L
C-GSHF Bell 206L III
C-GEBK Cessna 172
C-GJUB Cessna 172
C-FOLK Cessna 175
C-FUGR Cessna 180
C-FUPT Cessna 185
C-FVZT Cessna 185
N1962K Cessna 206
CF-MUK Cessna 210
C-FMPD de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
CF-DQJ Fleet 80 Canuck Canuck - One of Buffalo Joe's toy's
C-FBWZ Lake LA- 4 Buccaneer LA-4-200
C-GXWN Maule M-5 210C Rocket
C-FGVT Murphy Rebel
C-GMPX Pilatus PC-XII 47E - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
C-GKOG Piper PA-23 Aztec 250C
C-GSBK Piper PA-23 Aztec 250C
C-GXSC Piper PA-23 Aztec 250E
C-GPQA Piper PA-23 Aztec 250F
C-GZOM Piper PA-23 Aztec 250F
C-FDGN Piper PA-28 Cherokee 140 Cherokee F
C-FSWN Piper PA-31 Navajo 350 Navajo Chieftain
C-GJTE Piper PA-31 Navajo Navajo
C-FPGT Piper PA-32 300 Cherokee Six

After seeing the C-46 land from the terminal it was then a quick walk back to the Buffalo Airways facility to check-in and board the Dc 3 flight down to Hay River.

On arrival at Hay River after a very enjoyable 51 minutes, we made our way over to the stored Dc 4s and Dc 6s. This is when the trip just got better than hoped for. Firstly the first officer and Cabin Attendant (yes there was a in-flight service by one of Buffalo Airways junior pilots) came over and asked if we'd like to go airside to take photo's, which we gladly accepted,during which time we logged the following

Buffalo Airways
C-FAVO Curtiss C-46 D-10-CU
C-GWZS Douglas DC-3 A - our ride from Yellowknife
C-FBAJ Douglas DC-4
C-FBAK Douglas DC-4
C-FBAM Douglas DC-4
C-FBAP Douglas DC-4
C-FIQM Douglas DC-4
C-GBAJ Douglas DC-4
C-GCTF Douglas DC-4
C-GPSH Douglas DC-4
N434TA Douglas DC-6 B

Plus the following GA
C-GHYT Beech 100 A100
C-GBMN Cessna 150
C-GHQV Cessna 150
C-FWKC Cessna 180
C-GJHM Cessna 185
C-GJEM Cessna 208
C-GHYK Cessna 337
C-GKIT Cessna 337
C-GPXY Piper PA-32R 300 Cherokee Lance

Once we'd finished taking photo's, they then asked where we were staying as they would drop us off at the hotel rather than arrange for a taxi. During the journey they casually asked if we would like to fly back to Yellowknife the following morning on the C-46 rather than the C-47. After a nano second, both Tony and I said yes, so after a phone call to Buffalo Joe to get his ok and then Devon, the pilot of the C-46, to get his ok, saw us arriving at the hotel beaming ear to ear with the thought of flying on the C-46 the following morning.

Photo's for our second day are on Piwigo under the trips folder.

Day 3 to follow tomorrow.

Graham

[slideman]

Fantastic reports Graham, sounds a wonderful trip. Looking forward to the next instalment and more photos.

Trev

[graham]

Day 3 saw us up and back to Hay River before sunrise for our flight on the Buffalo Airways freight service to Yellowknife which was being flown by the Curtis C-46 Commando C-GTXW. Once all of the cargo had been loaded, which took some time as the overnight truck from Edmonton was delayed. It was time to make our way upto the flight deck for 37 minutes of pure magic.

Whilst waiting for the cargo to be loaded, we logged the following though I'm glad we left Hay River as it would have been a full 6 hours before the next arrival!

Northwestern Air
C-GNAQ British Aerospace Jetstream 32-12

First Air
C-GKLB Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 300


Once back at Yellowknife we made our way over to Great Slave Helicopters for another pre-arranged tour. Unfortunately this tour didn't produce many numbers for the book, as most of their fleet operates away from base, although we were given access two hangers which produced 4 extra helicopters for the book. We then made our way back to the terminal for something to eat and await our Westjet flight down to Edmonton. During which time the following new aircraft were noted.

Adlair Aviation
C-GFYN de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200

Air Tindi
C-FATW de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310

Buffalo Airways
C-GNCS Canadair CL-215 -1
C-FCUE Douglas DC-3 A

Canadian North
C-GRGO de Havilland Canada DHC-8 106

Summit Air
C-FTXQ de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
C-FASC de Havilland Canada DHC-8 CC-142

Great Slave Helicopters
C-GFHN Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B2
C-GSLY Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B2
C-GNGK Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 BA
C-FXFX Aerospatiale Twin Squirrel AS.355 FX
C-FNTR Bell 205
C-GOMK Bell 206 II
C-GUYM Bell 206 II
C-GTHU Bell 407

Bizprops & Bizjets
C-GNWT Beech 200 200GT
C-GBYN Beech 200 B200
N505GJ Learjet 35 A

GA
C-GXAL Cessna 150
C-GIDW Cessna 172
C-GXZC Cessna 172
C-FLCO Cessna 180
C-FLFK Cessna 180
C-GXRN Cessna 180
C-FGYN de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
C-GJOG Mooney M.20 Ovation
C-FQCZ Murphy Rebel
C-FQHQ Piper PA-18 Super Cub A-150 Super Cub


After a rather mundane flight on the WestJet 737, we collected our car and did a quick tour of the nooks and cranies of Edmonton International, which is a very large airport but with very few movements to warrant the size of the terminal and infrastructure. Before making our way across to Edmonton Villeneuve to check this small GA airport out before returning to Edmonton for the night and a few beers.

Bar XH Air
C-FFIA British Aerospace Jetstream 31-01

Canadian North
C-GKCP Boeing 737 217
C-GCNV Boeing 737 232
C-GSPW Boeing 737 275C
C-GCNZ Boeing 737 36Q/W

Cargojet Airways
C-FMCJ Boeing 767 223F

North Cariboo Air
C-FNCL Beech 1900 D
C-GNCF de Havilland Canada DHC-8 311

Sunwest Aviation
C-GSHZ Swearingen Metro

+ the Dash 8 C-GSLT which the operator isn't known

Biz Jets / Biz Props
N571NA Canadair Challenger 601 3A
N475HC Cessna Citation C550
C-GPMW Cessna Citation CJ3
C-FAPK IAI Westwind

GA
C-GPVS Bell 407

Edmonton Villeneuve
C-GIPW Boeing 737 275 Air Canada - Stored mid field in circa 1979 Pacific Western colour scheme.

C-FDSV Beech 18 D / S
N179SV Bellanca 17 Viking 17-30A
C-GSSV Bellanca 8 Scout 8GCBC
CF-ZOZ Cessna 150
C-GYBG Cessna 152
C-GWZI Cessna 170
C-FHWN Cessna 172
C-FNFD Cessna 172
C-GBNB Cessna 172
C-GIYT Cessna 172
C-GJJL Cessna 172
C-GVAY Cessna 172
C-GVHR Cessna 172
C-GXVI Cessna 172
C-GVBR Cessna 177
C-FLYX Cessna 210
C-FMKY Cessna 210
C-GIBY Champion Citabria 7ECA
CF-KDQ Colonial Skimmer C-1
C-FEFZ Diamond Aircraft Katana DA20-C1
C-GTHV Grob G 109
C-FCMM Lake LA- 4 Buccaneer LA-4-200
C-GREB Lake LA- 4 Buccaneer LA-4-200
CF-RJJ Mooney M.20 Super 21
C-FRFP Murphy Rebel
C-GCLP Murphy Rebel
C-FRRE Piper PA-28 Cherokee 140 Cherokee F
C-GPHS Piper PA-28 Cherokee 140 Cherokee F
C-FAKS Piper PA-28R Arrow 180 Cherokee Arrow
C-GELB Pohl 177 Canary
C-GXQO QAC Quickie Q.2
C-GRET Robinson R44 Raven II
C-GVDC Sylvaire Bushmaster Super 22

Photo's for day 3 are on Piwigo already.

Day 4, a non flying day as we drove south from Edmonton to Calgary to follow tomorrow.

Graham

[graham]

Day 4 of the trip and a small lie in as we were going to spend the day driving from Edmonton to Calgary.

First port of call was another trip around the nooks and crannies of Edmonton, where the following additional aircraft were logged.

Endeavor Air
N324PQ Bombardier CRJ 900 LR NG

First Air
C-FLRJ AVRO 146 RJ85

Skywest Airlines
N108SY Embraer EMB-175 200LR

Plus the following Biz and GA stuff
C-GNWC Cessna 335
C-GMFB Hawker 125 800A
C-FLWB Robinson R44 Raven II


It was then off down the Canadian Highway # 2 towards Calgary with the first stop being the museum and GA airfield at Wetaskiwin where the following made it into the log book.

CF-BGQ Arrow Sport F
CF-CDV Avro Avian Mk.IVM
18759 Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 5 Royal Canadian Air Force
C-FSIF Beech 18
C-GYQS Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31M Hawkair Aviation Services - our second one of the trip!
114076 Canadair CT-114 Tutor Canadian Armed Forces
CF-ALZ Curtiss Robin C-1
C-FIAE Douglas DC-3
CF-CHF Fleet 7 Fawn I
C-GABC Grumman S-2 Tracker Firecat Conair Aviation
5418 Hawker Hurricane XII Royal Canadian Air Force
N8780F Hughes 269 A-1
CF-APY Laird Commercial LC-B 200
21089 Lockheed T-33 Royal Canadian Air Force
101038 McDonnell F-101 Voodoo Canadian Armed Forces
19200 North American F-86 Sabre 3 Royal Canadian Air Force
116815 Northrop F-5 Canadian Armed Forces
CF-BDH Pietenpol Aircamper
C-GCEK Republic RC-3 Seabee
N94495 Sikorsky S-58

There were a number of other aircraft in the museum which I'm still trying to tie down.

On the airfield itself the following were logged.
C-FUFB Air Tractor AT-502 B
CF-GLS Cessna 150
C-FSXS Cessna 150
CF-ZGF Cessna 150
C-GRLF Cessna 152
C-FSNB Cessna 172
C-GCBF Cessna 172
C-GNKG Cessna 172
C-GVAF Cessna 172
C-GKMQ Cessna 182
C-GWIW Cessna 185
C-GKBF Cessna 210
C-FOHX Lockheed T-33
C-GDMW Mooney M.20 Executive 21
C-GXIQ Piper PA-24 Comanche 250 Comanche
C-GRNL Piper PA-28R Arrow 200 Cherokee Arrow II


Once we'd done the Wetaskiwin, our next scheduled stop was Red Deer for the remainder of the Buffalo Airways fleet. However as we passed we noticed a fairly large heliport just off the highway. So after a quick blast down and then back up the 2 we found the heliport where the following were logged.
C-FAOZ Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B2
C-FNYE Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B2
C-FZSU Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B2
C-GXTO Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B2
C-GBKY Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B3
C-GRYK Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B3
C-GMHO Aerospatiale Twin Squirrel AS.355 NP
C-FFHB Bell 205
C-GHUF Bell 205
C-GLVI Bell 205
C-GVIE Bell 205
C-GZNK Bell 212
C-GFIT Bell 214 B-1

It was then back onto the 2 for the drive down to Red Deer, with a slightly navigational error sending us to a farm strip outside of Red Deer rather than the main airfield.

Our initial look around produced a reasonable amount but not as many as we'd hoped for. However, whilst poking around to try and find a registration or msn on a stripped down Be 90 behind a small cabin. Then just as we were about to leave we then bumped into a guy who lived in the trailer just by the wreck. As we talked to him about our hobby and where we'd been, he mentioned that he was Ron, Buffalo Joe's brother!

After some more small talk, he then offered to get the key to the Buffalo hanger so that we could look around their ramp and more importantly walk through to mid-field where most of their stored Dc 3s were located. As a result of this chance encounter, this is the full log of what was seen at Red Deer.

Air Spray
C-FKBM Douglas A-26 Invader
C-FPGF Douglas A-26 Invader
C-GHZM Douglas A-26 Invader
C-GZVM Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 A
C-GZYH Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 A
C-FDTH Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 AF
C-FZCS Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 AF
C-GOIZ Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 AF
C-FVFI Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 C
C-GZCF Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 C
C-FLXT Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 CF
C-GYVI Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 CF

Buffalo Airways
C-GTFC Convair 240
C-FBAE Douglas DC-3 A
C-FROD Douglas DC-3 A
C-GJKM Douglas DC-3 A
CF-FTR Douglas DC-3 B
C-FQBC Douglas DC-3 B
CF-VQV Douglas DC-3 B
CF-YQG Douglas DC-3 DL
CF-JWP Douglas DC-3 DL
C-FFAY Douglas DC-3 DL
C-GBNV Douglas DC-4
C-FBAQ Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 AF
C-GLBA Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 AF
C-FIJV Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 PF
C-FIJX Lockheed 188 Electra L-188 PF

C-GRNT AVRO 146 200 North Cariboo Air

20370 North American T-6 IV Royal Canadian Air Force
C-FPKM Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B
C-FWKM Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 BA
C-GICM Beech Baron C55
C-FRQB Beech Twin Bonanza C50
C-FDKE Cessna 150
CF-SSO Cessna 150
C-GVVR Cessna 172
C-FBET Cessna 182
C-GCXY Cessna 182
C-GMGW Cessna 182
N2431Q Cessna 182
C-FGWE Cessna 310
C-GXJP Cessna 310
C-GXXN Cessna 310
C-GPMG Cessna 320
C-FACK Cessna 336
CF-FWB Champion Sky-Trac 7GC
C-FZTC Douglas A-26 Invader
C-GLHT Hughes 369 D
C-GMNU Hughes 369 D
C-FIAL Lancair ES
C-GHRS North American Navion D.16A
C-FEFI Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser Super Cruiser
C-FULH Piper PA-18 Super Cub 150 Super Cub
C-FMDR Piper PA-22 160 Tri-Pacer X
C-GYUR Piper PA-28 Cherokee 140 Cherokee D
C-GESM Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche 160 Twin Comanche
C-FWAG Piper PA-31 Navajo 350 Navajo Chieftain
C-GBAO Piper PA-31 Navajo 350 Navajo Chieftain
C-GPFV Piper PA-38 Tomahawk 112 Tomahawk
C-GZON Rockwell Turbo Commander 690
C-GYFG Rockwell Turbo Commander 690A
C-FMCX Rockwell Turbo Commander 690B
C-FNRP Rockwell Turbo Commander 690C
CF-QXA Taylorcraft Model B
C-FEHK Ted Smith / Piper Aerostar 600
C-FJCF Ted Smith / Piper Aerostar 600
C-GUEN Vans RV- 6

Once we'd exhausted Red Deer it was back on to the 2 with the aim of getting to Calgary before the Air and Space Museum closed as we hadn't done this on the way up. However, shortly after leaving Red Deer we saw a sign for another airport, so a decision was made to miss out the museum as the stuff is unlikely to move on and do this other airfield, which turned out to be Old Didsbury. On arrival we asked at the flying school if we could have a walk around, to which they said yes, which resulted in the following hitting the book.
C-GBTK Air Tractor AT-401
C-FSTE Beech Sierra C24R
C-GNGU Bellanca 8 Decathlon 8KCAB
CF-WJR Cessna 150
C-GCBJ Cessna 150
C-FFLG Cessna 172
C-GADF Cessna 172
C-GGHJ Cessna 172
C-GHAN Cessna 172
C-GMUL Cessna 172
C-GPTM Cessna 172
C-FYRI Cessna 180
C-GCJF Cessna 185
C-GGRQ Cessna 185
C-FJLS Cessna 210
N6753T Cessna 310
C-GAAJ Cessna 414
C-GVTB Grumman GA-7 Cougar
CF-YHX Mooney M.20 Executive 21
C-GRWW Piper PA-28 Cherokee 161 Warrior II
C-FAPL Piper PA-31 Navajo 350 Navajo Chieftain

Our last stop of the day was Calgary, where again we did a tour of the nooks and crannies which produced this little lot.

Avmax Group
C-FBHV de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300

Cargojet Airways
C-GCJB Boeing 727 225F

Comair
N914CA Bombardier CRJ 100ER - wfu mid field

FedEx Express
N906FD Boeing 757 2B7SF

First Air
C-GKLY Boeing 767 223F

Flair Airlines
C-FLDX Boeing 737 408
C-FLHJ Boeing 737 4Q8

Kenn Borek Air
C-GKBH de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310
CC-PQQ de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (Compania Minera Barrick Chile)
North Cariboo Air
C-GLWN de Havilland Canada DHC-8 311

Regional 1 Airlines
C-FCGF de Havilland Canada DHC-8 311

Sunwest Aviation
C-GNCE Beech 1900 D
C-GROK Beech 1900 D
C-FBXG de Havilland Canada DHC-8 314
C-FNSA de Havilland Canada DHC-8 315

United Parcel Service
N147UP Airbus A300 F4-622R

Plus the following Biz, Turbo Props and GA
C-GDFT Beech 200 B200
C-GZRX Beech 200 B200
C-GCEU Beech 350 B350
C-GZSM Beech 350 B350
C-FJCH Bell 206L III
N202XT Bombardier Challenger 300
C-GHGC Canadair Challenger 601 3A
C-FPTR Cessna 441 Conquest II

Day 5, our last in Canada to follow tomorrow. As usual photo's for Day 4 are up on Piwigo already.

Graham

[graham]

Day 5 and another early start, his time for our flight to Vancouver our last port of call in Canada.

Prior to departure the following new non Air Canada and Westjets were logged.

Enerjet
C-FYEJ Boeing 737 NG 73A/W Enerjet

Skywest Airlines
N630SK Bombardier CRJ 700 702ER NG SkyWest Airlines
N742SK Bombardier CRJ 700 701 United Express

United Airlines
N34460 Boeing 737 NG 924ER/W United Airlines

Plus a solitary Ce 680 made on departure.
C-GSOC Cessna Citation Sovereign


On arrival at Vancouver it was straight over to Alamo to collect a car and to start exploring the nooks and crannies. Once we'd done the circuit it was over to what ranks as one of my top 3 bar / restaurants in the world. Where you can sit and enjoy a pint, or in our case breakfast, watching seaplanes arriving and departing all day. It was then back to the South Terminal to monitor the movements until it was time to return the car and catch a flight down to Seattle.

During the 12 hour spent at YVR, the following non Air Canada and West Jets entered the book for the first time. It's worth noting that as I'd spent several hours over at South Terminal in October 14, the number of Floatplanes / GA made was lower than actually seen.

American Eagle
N204NN Embraer EMB-175 200LR
N206NN Embraer EMB-175 200LR


Cargojet Airways
C-FGSJ Boeing 767 39HERF/W
C-FDIJ Boeing 767 39HFER

Carson Air
C-GKKC Swearingen Metro

China Southern Airlines
B-5949 Airbus A330 243

China Southern Airlines
B-2787 Boeing 787 8

Condor Flugdienst
D-ABUM Boeing 767 31BER/W

FedEx Canada
C-FMEU Boeing 757 2B7F

Harbour Air
C-FFHQ de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
C-FIFQ de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver

Hawkair Aviation Services
C-FDNG de Havilland Canada DHC-8 102
C-FYDH de Havilland Canada DHC-8 102
C-FIDL de Havilland Canada DHC-8 311A

Keewatin Air
C-FJXL Beech 1900 C-1

Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter
C-GKFY Convair 580

KF Cargo
C-FKFZ Convair 580
C-GKFF Convair 580

Northern Thunderbird Air
C-GCMT Beech 1900 C-1
C-FDTR Beech 1900 D

Orca Airways
C-FIOA Swearingen Merlin
C-FWIK Beech 99

Pacific Coastal Airlines
C-FNSN Beech 1900 D
C-FPCO Beech 1900 C
C-GPCQ Saab 340 A
C-FPCU Saab 340 B

Philippine Airlines
RP-C3437 Airbus A340 313X

Salt Spring Island Air
C-FZZJ de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver

Seair Seaplanes
C-GMOW Cessna 208
C-FDHC de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (Turbo)

Skylink Express
C-GKGA Beech 1900 C-1

Skywest Airlines
N631SK Bombardier CRJ 700 702ER NG
N823SK Bombardier CRJ 900 LR NG

United Airlines
N61882 Boeing 737 NG 924ER/W

United Parcel Service
N467UP Boeing 757 24APF

Bizjets
N61VC Beech 400 XP
C-GFCB Bombardier Challenger 300
N659NR Bombardier Challenger 350
C-GMXP Bombardier Global Express XRS
C-GIXI Canadair Challenger 601 3A
C-GRLE Canadair Challenger 604
C-GKZB Cessna Citation C560
C-FDHD Cessna Citation Sovereign
C-GDCP Cessna Citation Sovereign
C-FWRX Cessna Citation X
N710ET Dassault Falcon 2000
N214FT Dassault Falcon 50EX
C-GYMP Embraer Phenom 100
N992MS Gulfstream G4 SP
C-GUGU Gulfstream G5
C-FMIX Hawker 125 800XP
N585VC Hawker 125 800XP
N35BP IAI Galaxy
C-GHJU Learjet 31 A
C-GTWL Learjet 35 A

Biz props
C-GNAB Beech 200 B200
C-FNTA Beech 350 B350
C-GRUU Beech 350 B350
N98AJ Rockwell Turbo Commander 690B

Helicopters
C-GVIV Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 B2
C-FBKA AgustaWestland AW.139
C-GIHS Sikorsky S-76 A+

GA
C-FCUK Cessna 185
C-GQDS Cessna 185
C-FOCN de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
C-FYRR de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver U-6A
C-GUWF de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver U-6A
C-GGQM Piper PA-31 Navajo 350 Navajo Chieftain
C-GIKA Piper PA-31 Navajo 350 Navajo Chieftain
C-GPWP Piper PA-31 Navajo 350 Navajo Chieftain
C-GPCA Piper PA-31 Navajo Navajo

As this was the final port of call in Canada, I'll take the opportunity to provide a summary of the Air Canada's and WestJet's seen plus a count of the old classics, which was one of the primary reason's for this part of the trip.

Air Canada
A319 =  3
A320 =  1
A321 =  3
B787 =  1
E190 = 11
Total = 19

Air Canada Express
BE19 = 9
CRJ1 = 2
CRJ2 = 5
CRJ9 = 3
DHC8 = 7
DHC8NG = 8
Total  = 34

Air Canada Rouge
A319 = 2
B767 = 2
Total = 4

WestJet
B737 = 31
B767 = 3
Total = 34

WestJet Encore
DHC8ng = 13

Curtis C-46 = 3
Douglas A-26 = 4
Douglas Dc 3 = 18
Douglas Dc 4 = 10
Douglas Dc 6 = 1
Lockheed L188 = 15

Frame wise, 553 new frames have hit the book along with 59 scrapes for a grand total of 612.

As usual photo's on Piwigo already.

Will continue with the log for the US once I've sorted the queries out.

Graham

[andypspotter]

Graham

A great selection of 'goodies' amongst that lot. Hope your journey down the west coast is similarly fruitful.

Regards

Andy