With great delight I finally got the Air Creebec hawker!

The Hawker Siddley HS748 is a turboprop aircraft built between 1960 and 1988. A total of 380 were built by the british manufacture; Hawker Siddley. There have been several Canadian operators of the aircraft throughout the years who have used the aircraft mainly for cargo operations.
However as of 2022, only 7 are left on the Transport Canada registry but even less are still flying.

Wasaya Airlines has 5 on the registry (however only 3 of the fly). They operate them out of Pickle Lake (YPL) and Red Lake (YRL).

Air Creebec is a regional airline based in Montreal (YUL), Vald'Or (YVO) and Timmins (YTS). They operate a fleet of 14 Dash 8100's, 2 Dash 8300's and most interestingly 2 (+1 inactive) HS748 for their cargo operations. Their HS748 operates cargo flights from Timmins to Moosonee (YMO), Fort. Albany (YFA) and Attawapiskat (YAT) mainly.
With a total of only 5 active (3 Wasaya and 2 Air Creebec) HS748 left in Canada, and this will only decrease as the aircraft ages and parts become harder to find; I knew I had to catch these classic birds in action... So here it is! Both Air Creebec Cargo HS748 in action in Timmins, Ontario (YTS).

Back in 2016, Air Inuit use to operate the HS748 on cargo runs in the Nunavik region of Quebec.
They would only fly to Montreal on rare occasions for maintenance. Its last visit was in 2016 with CFDOX (it was also the last time I have seen an HS748) before it was sold to Air Creebec who now uses it for
parts to keep their current 2 Hawkers active.
Borth of Air Creebec's HS748's transport essential cargo to remote communities in Northern Ontario. These aircraft serve as a life line for these communities, who rely on these cargo flights.
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Airport: Timmins Victor M. Power Airport YTS / CYTS

Airline: Air Creebec Cargo
Aircraft: Hawker Siddeley HS748 Series 2A (A748)
Flight: YN640, YN650, YN651, YN641
Callsign: Cree
Registration: CFPJR and CFLIY
Date: October 11 2022

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