Firts flight of this aircraft took place on 04Nov70 (as AMB-110, the painter had made a mistake which was corrected to AMDB-110 before its 2nd flight). It was delivered on 20Jan71 to the Brunei Government and was used as a VIP transport for the Brunei Malay Regiment. Brunei Airlines took ownership on 26Aug81 and registered it as VR-UEH (it was converted for civil use by the Singapore General Aviation Services). It was stored on 11Aug82 but resumed its active life as VS-UEH during 1983. On 01Jan84 it was again reregistered as V8-UEH for Royal Brunei Airlines.
The Mount Cook Group assumed ownership on 30Apr84 and named it "Tutoko". Air Pacific leased it from 04Dec85 to 29Jan86. After a final flight for Mt. Cook Airlines on 12Feb96 it was stored once more, at Christchurch and later at Brisbane (Jun96). It left for the North American continent and was registered as C-FYDU on 28Aug96 for Air North Charter & Training.
A big thanks for these historic details go to Derek King, Ian J McGarrigle and Marco Kosterman !

But you cannot keep a good plane down! Captain Dan Tonner updated me in Aug.2005:
"As of September 2004 it has been back in active service on A DHL cargo route between CYVR and KBFI (which I notice you also visited) and occasional freight hauls back up to CYXY. Thus bringing Air Norths total active HS748 fleet upto three."
Excellent news Dan, thanks!

Some historic details on CF-CPY (c/n 4665):
It was delivered to the USAAF as 41-18540 on 28Aug42. It served with the 10th Air Force in India during 1943 and was part of the India China Wing of Air Transport Command. After the war it found its way to Canadian Pacific Airlines as CF-CPY (1945).
It changed hands on 28Apr60, to Conelly-Dawson. Six years later it started operating with Great Northern (04Mar66) and in 1970 it was registered for GNA Ltd.
The next year International Jet Air Ltd took control, which lasted until Dec75. CF-CPY was repainted in CPA colours at Whitehorse (Yukon), during 1979, for preservation. It could have done worse, maybe every airport should follow this example...?

There has been some controversy regarding the identity of this airframe. Air-Britain's 1984 monograph on "the Douglas DC-3 and it Predecessors" stated that 41-18541 was quoted as the serial of CF-CPY, not 41-18540. Update 1 of this book provided a statement that a photo of CF-CPY in camouflage showed 41-18541 on the aircraft's fin, thus concluding c/n 4666 would fit this airframe. However, c/n 4665 seems widely accepted and c/n 4666 is still around as HB-ISB (Update 2 -of 1993- stated that construction plate of HS-ISB with 4666 must be incorrect and should read 4667).
This external link provides more background info on CF-CPY, "The World's Largest Weather Vane"

Others were fascinated by this unique landmark; Peggy Olafson took the first 2 photos (Feb.2006), while Martin Prince Jr sent me no.3 (taken in April 2006).

Historic brief on this airframe: delivered as LN-LML to Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) on 04Jul52, it was leased to Thai Int'as HS-TGB from Apr60 until Jun63. Upon its return it was reregistered as SE-XBO for SAS. Icelandair bought it on 04Jan64, named it "Solfaxi" and changed the tailnumber to TF-FIP.
Next it changed to OO-RVG for Delta Air Transport in Belgium (18Mar72). A return to North America was made upon Zantop Int'l Airlines' purchase in Oct73; it was converted to a freighter, designated DC-6BF and registered as N3549H. Conifair Aviation became the next owner (C-GBYH) in Mar90, which ended in storage at Quebec City during 1996. NAC bought it on 04Jun02, changed the tailnumber to N6204U and after a brief restoration, ferried it to Anchorage where still a lot will need to be done on it before it really joins NAC's prime selection of Sixes.
Fellow propliner fan Nicolai Musante visited NAC during Spring 2004 and reported the following: :NAC bought N6204U with two other DC-6s from Conifair. They obtained each Six for only 5.000 US$ each. So far, the company spent more than 1 million (usd) on restoring sistership N6174C in Texas and at the NAC facility at ANC. This has left N6174C with some 8.000 airframe hours before next major overhaul. This should ensure at least 10 more years of operation. It is most likely that N6204U will undergo the same kind of restoration needed and eventualy become a fuel tanker. Excellent news I'd say !

The history of this airframe (c/n 2245) is as follows:
delivered as DC-3-277C to American Airlines NC15591 on 18Jul40. Notice the righthand passengerdoor; only a few years later, with an eye on airport operating procedures, a standard exit on the lefthand side was introduced. TWA bought it 28May42. This lasted for over 10 years when NC15591 was sold to Union Steel & Wrecking Co (Jan53). Ozark Airlines took ownership the next year and reregistered it as N138D in 1957.
Fairchild-Hiller was registered as owner on 15Dec66, which passed it on to Avion Inc. of Houston,TX that same month. N138D found a new home in Las Vegas while being operated by Nevada Airlines (04Apr73). The 1980s saw Pacific National Airways becoming the new owner (1980), but this lasted only until 08Dec80 when Royal West Airways (Las Vegas,NV) bought it.
Things began getting awry for N138D when the Crocker National Bank of San Francisco, CA repossessed it on 02Jul82. It sat stored for a number of years at the airport of Las Vegas, until Boeing's Museum of Flight in Seattle,WA. put it on display. N138D was registered to them in Jul87, more formerly on 14Apr92 to the Museum of Flight Foundation.
Which year, between 1995 and 2003, it was repainted in the Alaska Airlines c/s I do not know.

Its history reads as follows: c/n 6337 is a Douglas DC-3-455 and delivered as NC30035 to Eastern Airlines and was committed to the war effort with USAAF serial 43-2013 and redesignated a C-49K on 27Jan43.
It flew apparently for Inland Airlines during a period 1943/44 and was transferred to the Alaska Wing of Air Transport Command on 06Mar44. On 12Mar45 it became the concern of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The RFC was a US federal agency created by Congress on February 2, 1932; during the Great Depression it made loans to help stimulate commerce, industry, and agriculture. The RFC was backed by President Herbert Hoover, to make loans to banks, insurance companies, industrial corporations and railroads. During World War II the RFC played an important role in financing war industries. The agency was abolished by Congress in 1956 after lending over $13 billion.
Tailnumber NC17885 was assigned to it by the Disposition Center (DPC) and United Airlines leased it from May46 to 15Aug49. As NC15748 it was used by Delta for an undefined period, after which it was assigned to H.H.Hill and North Central became the new owner on 03Jun57
Sky Club of America Inc. of Kansas City, MO had it registered to its name on 14Sep68. Next we see a Mr D E Fillman of Charleston,WV becoming the new owner during 1973. This lasted only 2 years, when S Lawson of Anchorage, AK bought it in 1975. Another privat owner was A Harleman of Corona,CA, (Oct77) and again another was P S Rudie of Salem,OR (registered 06Nov79).
Old age must have sat in as N15748 had a double engine failure and force landed at Coeur d'Alene Airport,ID on 06Nov79. The DC-3 was abandoned and vandalized subsequently. Salair recovered N15748 in Spring 1984 and took it by road to Spokane, WA (reg'd 08Jul85). It was donated to the Museum of Flight in May87 for restoration in Alaska Airlines c/s and painted as "NC91008".
Now we see it been used as sparepart supply to N138D and we will have to see what happens to the remains.
The real N91008 crashed in Alaska in 1954; why the museum ispersistemt to have a NC91008 on display I don not know.