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DHC-2 Beaver
C-FJBP DHC-2 Beaver Gulf Island Air (not amphibious floats thus it was a substitute from YBL/Campbell River Base while one of the YZT aircraft undergoing a C or D maintenance check that required 3 weeks) . This is a sequence of 8 photographs taken by Monsieur Jean-Fancois Meslier on the afternoon of either March 4,5,7,11,12,22nd 1980 , when I was its’ pilot. J-F was standing on the a/c dock in Hardy Bay with his super 35mm camera taking pictures as I made the landing on Hardy Bay. Jean-Francois was employed at YZT/Port Hardy as Albert Bay Air Services/Gulf Island Air’s Freight Mgr this photo flying in from the southwest