Air Thelon Soloy Turbine Cessna 207 circling for landing on the barrengrounds. This photo was later used as the Air Thelon logo.

Aviation has always been an integral part of the Great Canadian Wilderness 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. In 2001, we commissioned the only jet turbine powered float-equipped Cessna Soloy Turbine 207 operating in Canada, which we used on the field in 2001 and 2005 respectively. 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: