The year 2020 marks 100 years of Yukon Aviation, and there are a lot of Yukon aircraft and stories to celebrate! Click the picture to learn more about each aircraft.
DC-3
Douglas
Douglas DC-3
The DC-3 began its immensely long service career in 1936. Outliving a great number of pre-war aircraft, like the Ford Tri-Motor for example. Renamed during World War 2 as the C-4, this aircraft proved to be a reliable workhorse.
The Queen of the Yukon was the first to deliver mail by air to Dawson City; a task it performed by dropping the mail from the sky as it was determined that the river ice was not significantly thick enough to land on.
Flown with success during the war by both the British and United States Airforces respectively, the large bomber would be tasked with an equally dangerous and daunting task after the war.
Their DHC-2 Beaver is synonymous with bush flying here in the Yukon, but the Beaver has a bigger brother who has been adapted into the modern age: the DHC-3 Otter.
The earliest helicopters in the territory were Hiller 360s operating under Kenting Aviation in part of Topographical Survey of Canada, in the northern part of Yukon.
What would a former combat aircraft have to provide the Yukon? Coincidentally the same powerful engines and bomb bay were put to excellent use in the wildfire suppression role.
The Bellanca Aircrusier seemingly drips style. It is large in charge and the struts holding up its wings could almost be mistaken for some form of a strange biplane.