In the 1950s and 60s, de Havilland’s Beaver and Otter bush planes helped open up some of Canada’s most remote terrains.
Today they are an integral part of the Coal Harbour skyskape, flying passengers over condo towers and Lions Gate Bridge on their way across the Strait of Georgia.
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada’s confederation, as well as its own 35th birthday, Harbour Air has painted two of its de Havilland fleet in iconic red and white.
The new paint job also incorporates the official Canada 150 logo.
“We still fly these aircraft today at Harbour Air, a testament to their reliability and Canada’s excellence in aviation,” says company CEO McDougall, a former bush pilot. “We thought it was only fitting to mark Canada’s 150th by honouring the Otter and Beaver, the two aircraft that opened up and united this vast country — and helped Harbour Air build an airline.”
Harbour Air owns more than 50 seaplanes and flies 425,000 people a year, with up to 200 scheduled flights a day.
