Pat Bay Air was a charter float plane and airline flying from the

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near the

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on Widgeon Drive in

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, Canada, where its headquarters was located. Pat Bay Air was one of only two seaplane companies to be based out of the historic Patricia Bay Seaplane Base; the other is Ocean Air Floatplanes.Ocean Air Floatplanes Inc.
Accessed 2011-02-08. The seaplane base has been in continuous operation since the

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.British Columbia Aviation Museum
Retrieved 10 June 2009 Pat Bay Air Ltd. was purchased by Sandpiper Air Seaplanes Ltd. in 2013. Sandpiper Air Seaplanes Ltd. officially ceased operations in Alberta and BC in March 2016.

Former fleet

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Cessna 172 The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company.

* Cessna 185 File:Pat Bay Air Beaver.jpg, Pat Bay Air de Havilland Canada Beaver File:Pat Bay Air C172.jpg, Pat Bay Air

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{{Defunct airlines of Canada Regional airlines of British Columbia Transport in the Capital Regional District Airlines established in 2005 2005 establishments in British Columbia Defunct seaplane operators

Former fleet

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