9 hours ago, goates said:

As Mike in the video says, in Canada you can't operate surplus military aircraft, at least at the moment. Doesn't matter how resourceful any of the operators are if it isn't permitted. Maybe like his dad says, if the demand from mining increases dramatically, they could afford a brand new civilian Hercules. Until then, however, I suspect the Air Lynden outfit across the border in Alaska will be enough to handle any loads that require a Herc. Canadian operators will either need to convince the government to change the regulations, or find a lot of money somewhere.

Yep that's cool, I can see it changing Canadian Laws are always changing to accommodate industry, I wouldn't be surprised their current or former fleet the Electra or the DC3 or DeHaviland's were one time military aircraft. Even a lot of Beavers and Otters where once used by different military back in the day.

6 hours ago, Matthew Kane said:

Yep that's cool, I can see it changing Canadian Laws are always changing to accommodate industry, I wouldn't be surprised their current or former fleet the Electra or the DC3 or DeHaviland's were one time military aircraft. Even a lot of Beavers and Otters where once used by different military back in the day.

Well, they do say in the video that one of the DC-3s they have flew in D-Day, but was rebuilt after the war and grandfathered into the newer regulations. All their Electras were civilian models (I think almost all were civilian in general). The Beavers and Otters were likely old enough to be grandfathered in too or were just simply cheaper to get re-certified for civilian use. Laws do change, but I wouldn't expect them to change any time soon in this case.