My first job after high-school, from 1973 until 1975, before joining the Canadian Armed Forces. Our airline operated out of Sudbury Airport in 1973, and moved to Timmins Airport in 1974.

We operated 3 aircraft while I was employed with norOntair airlines, which was operated by White River Air Services:

CF-TVO

s/n 334

de Havilland Canada

Model: DHC-6-300

First flight: 20 Oct 1971

Delivered to norOntair on 29 Oct 1971 in Sudbury

CF-TVP

s/n 335

de Havilland Canada

Model: DHC-6-300

First flight: 20 Oct 1971

Delivered to norOntair on 5 Nov 1971 in Sudbury

CF-GON

s/n 369

de Havilland Canada

Model: DHC-6-300

First flight: 6 Oct 1973

Delivered to norOntair on 11 Oct 1973 in Sudbury

The following aircraft also operated as norOntair in our orange paint scheme, but came after I had already left the airline (pictures included below):

C-GNHB

s/n 441

de Havilland Canada

Model: DHC-6-300

First flight: 17 Dec 1974

Delivered to norOntair on 19 Dec 1974 in Thunder Bay

C-GNQY

s/n 450

de Havilland Canada

Model: DHC-6-300

First flight: 28 Feb 1975

Delivered to norOntair on 25 Mar 1975 in Sault Ste. Marie

C-GGVX

s/n 462

de Havilland Canada

Model: DHC-6-300

First flight: 5 Sep 1975

Delivered to norOntair on 17 Sep 1975 in Thunder Bay

We operated out of Sudbury Airport until 1974, with daily flights:				We operated out of Timmins Airport starting 1974, with daily flights:
Westbound (clockwise)		Eastbound (counter-clockwise)		Westbound (clockwise)		Eastbound (counter-clockwise)
From:	Sudbury	From:	Sudbury	From:	Timmins	From:	Timmins
	Sault Ste. Marie		North Bay		Sault Ste. Marie		Kirkland Lake
	Timmins		Earlton		Sudbury		Earlton
	Kirkland Lake		Kirkland Lake		North Bay		North Bay
	Earlton		Timmins		Earlton		Sudbury
	North Bay		Sault Ste. Marie		Kirkland Lake		Sault Ste. Marie
	Sudbury		Sudbury		Timmins		Timmins

Our pilots (1973 & 1974):		Our mechanics (1973 & 1974):
• Dave Powers		• George Allen (Chief Engineer)
I can't remember our other pilots		...and alphabetically, with me at the end...
		• Freddy (from Zambia)
		• Gary (from Toronto)
		• Roy Kinch (1931-2014)
		• myself
		I can't remember our other mechanics