Coulson Flying Tankers Martin Mars (Part 2)
The world’s last two Martin Mars are operated by Coulson Flying Tankers based at Sproat Lake, near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. Built just as WWII came to end, the two Mars are highly effective fire fighting aircraft that have worked the BC coast since the late 1950s. Being the world’s last operational examples of …Read more »
Air Creebec Hawker Siddeley HS748 Story
(SAD NOTE: THIS AIR CREEBEC HAWKER SIDDELEY HS748 STORY DVD CONTAINS NO FLIGHT DECK FOOTAGE AS IT WAS NOT PERMITTED.) Air Creebec Hawker Siddeley operates two HS748 freighters from their Timmins base serving many of the remote First Nations communities of Northeastern Ontario and James Bay. This in-depth show takes the viewer to visit Air Creebec’s HS748 cargo operations …Read more »
Martin Mars Visit to Richmond 2010
On February 24, 2010, a major propliner event nearly went unnoticed. The City of Richmond arranged for a Martin Mars to fly to Steveston (in South Richmond, BC) and land on the Fraser River, moor overnight off the beach at Garry Point Park, and then depart the following day laying on a water drop aerial …Read more »
NWT Air Lockheed Electra – End of Service
On February 1, 1991, Yellowkife-based Air Canada Connector NWT Air operated Canada’s last passenger Lockheed L188 Electra scheduled service. Combi Electra IJV operated the Yellowknife-Coppermine-Cambride-Coppermine-Yellowknife routing under the command of Captain John Sorenson and his crew. In this program, we’ll take you aboard the second to last final day of scheduled passenger NWT Air Lockheed …Read more »
Air North HS748 Action – Song of the Darts
In the summer of 2010, a very special series of charters took place at Vancouver Airport’s South Terminal. Air North of Whitehorse based two of their Hawker Siddeley HS748s in Vancouver to operate four times weekly charters serving fishing resorts situated on BC’s west coast. Air North HS748 Action C-FCSE and C-FYDY both based in …Read more »
Vickers Viscount 800 Last Passenger Flights
The Vickers Viscount is a member of aviation’s aristocracy. It was a work-horse for the world that emerged on the airline scene in the early 1950s. Which powered by four, revolutionary Rolls-Royce Dart engines. When it entered service it was regarded as fast, full pressurized, comfortable, and a bargain (originally priced at less then 200,000 …Read more »
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