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Our Northern Aviation History
Aviation has always been an integral part of the Great Canadian Wildlife Adventures field operations. The specific type of aircraft we put to service each year depended directly on the type of expeditions we were operating, and the number of clients booked from season to season. Beginning with our first float-equipped Cessna 180 in 1982, later led to the creation of the air charter operation of Air Thelon Ltd. which was based in Yellowknife, NWT from 1997 to 2002. During that time we commissioned the only jet turbine powered float-equipped Cessna Soloy Turbine 207 operating in Canada, which we used on the field on and off for several seasons. From 2002 through to 2006 and again briefly in 2008, we contracted & operated Cessna and Dehavilland aircraft under the charter operating rights of Kenora Air Services Ltd. Below are some photos of some of the aircraft we operated on the field over the past three decades to service wildlife photographers, film crews & canoeists: |
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Cessna 180-H C-FVSE: 1982-1985
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Cessna 172 Hawk XP C-GXZC: 1986-1990 |
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Cessna 185 C-FYJY: 1991, 2003 & 2004 |
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Sunset landing Before the storm: Cessna 180 C-FYFO lands at the NWT wildlife camp in 1996.
This photo was later used as the
Great Canadian
internet logo starting in 1997.
Cessna 180 C-F - 1993 |
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Cessna 180-J C-FYFO: 1996 |
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Cessna 180-J C-FYQQ: 1994-1995 |
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Air Thelon in it's heyday in year 2000: Above DeHaviland beaver CF-JEI, Cessna 206 C-GBGJ &
Cessna 185 C-FWDB on
Whitefish Lake -
upper Thelon River, NWT Canada
DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver C-FZVR: 1997-1999 |
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Cessna 206 C-GBGJ: 1999, 2000 & 2002 |
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Cessna 185 C-FYJY: 1991, 2002 & 2003 |
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DeHavilland Beaver C-FZVR taxing to the wildlife camp on the Thelon River during the 'Dance with Caribou' trip - photo copyright Galen Rowell
| DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver C-FJEI: 2000 & 2002 |
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Soloy Turbine Cessna 207 C-FYBZ: 2001 - 2006 |
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DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver C-FNOT: 2001, 2004, 2006 & 2008 |
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Cessna 180H C-FSLA: 2009 & 2010
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DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver C-FOCU: 2011
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Tundra Tom piloting Beaver C-FZVR for a short landing in front of the wildife camp beach / photo copyright Steve Barger
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