• 53-2791 US Army #1334. L-20 No: 335. Command A-4. Delivered 16-Dec-1953. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.
• 53-2791 Date terminated Feb-1974. Sold at auction 19-Jun-1974. Ex Ft. Rucker, AL.
• N87672 Kenmore Air Harbor Inc., Seattle, WA. Regn date unknown. Canx 19-Dec-1975.
Entries preceded by date are extracts from Department of Transport records held at Archive Canada.
15-Nov-1975 Bill of Sale; Kenmore Air Harbor Inc., Seattle, WA., to Joe Hess, Delta, BC.
19-Dec-1975 N87672 cancelled from USCAR.
03-Feb-1976 US Export Certificate of Airworthiness #E-138941 issued for DHC-2 #579 purchased by Joe Hess, Delta, BC.
03-Feb-1976 Certificate of Airworthiness issued (on Edo 679-4930s).
04-Feb-1976 Temporary Certificate of Registration and Flight Permit for delivery flight Seattle – Vancouver.
• C-GIJO Imported into Canada. Regd 27-Dec-1975.
• C-GIJO Joe Hess, Delta, BC (Cameo Developments Ltd). Regd 04-Feb-1976.
24-Feb-1976 Lease Agreement; Cameo Developments Ltd., Delta, BC., to Powell Air, Powell River, BC, 24-Feb-1976 – 31 Dec-1976.
• C-GIJO Leased to Powell Air Ltd., Powell River, BC. Regd 24-Feb-1976.
25-Mar-1976 Bill of Sale; W.J. Hess to Cameo Developments Ltd., Delta, BC.
05-Apr-1976 Temporary Certificate of Registration and Flight Permit for Certificate of Airworthiness test flights within 25 miles of Vancouver.
12-Apr-1976 Application for Certificate of Registration by Cameo Developments Ltd., Delta, BC.
12-Apr-1976 Application for Certificate of Registration by Powell Air Ltd., Powell River, BC.
05-May-1976 Certificate of Registration issued to Cameo Developments Ltd., Delta, BC.
• C-GIJO Cameo Developments Ltd., Delta, BC. Regd 05-May-1976.
06-May-1976 Certificate of Registration issued to Powell Air Ltd., Powell River, BC (under lease from Cameo developments Ltd).
27-May-1976 Temporary Certificate of Registration issued to Powell Air Ltd.
• C-GIJO Lease continued to Powell Air Ltd., Powell River, BC. May-1976.
01-Jan-1977 Lease Agreement; Cameo Developments Ltd., to Powell Air Ltd., 01-Jan-1977 – 31-Dec-1977.
31-Dec-1977 Lease Agreement; Cameo developments Ltd., to Powell Air Ltd., 31-Dec-1977 – 31-Dec-1981.
• C-GIJO Lease continued to Powell Air Ltd., Powell River, BC. 01-Jan-1977 & 31-Dec-1977
16-Apr-1982 Bill of Sale; Joe Hess to Ken Hess to Kenmore Aviation Inc., Seattle, WA.
21-Apr-1982 Cancelled CCAR.
• C-GIJO B. C. Packers Ltd., Richmond, BC. Circa 1982. (No record on CCAR).
• N87672 Kenmore Air Harbor Inc., Kenmore, Washington. Canx Jan-1982. (See note below).
Note: Kenmore Conversion during 1982.
Note: Reported as registered to Kenmore Air Harbour and canx in Jan-1982 but this does not link in with the Department of Transport record of flying hours which records 7,736 in Feb-1982. I believe the report either refers to a “cleaning up” exercise by USCAR as Canadian Department of Transport records show it cancelled in Dec-1975 or just a reference to the aircraft receiving conversion work at Kenmore in 1982. There is a further mystery as the aircraft does not show on the CCAR after the electronic record commenced in 1982. The registration C-GIJO was taken up by a glider in 1988 (Ignominy). So, there is an apparent gap in this aircraft’s history between 1982 and the first record we have of it with Rustair in Mar-1990. There is also an unusually long gap between it being added to the USCAR and the Airworthiness Date, some three years.
• N2740X Rusts Flying Services (Rustair Inc.), Anchorage, AK. Regd 26-Mar-1990.
Airworthiness Date: 04-May-1993.
Incident: Tlikakila River, Lake Clark National Park, AK 19-Sep-1993. Engine failed internally in flight causing a forced landing on the river.
