Polishing the Prop

Yes! That is exactly what he is doing. This employee of Saltspring Air has cleaned the leading edge of the prop mussed by flying water, drying saltwater and bugs. Then he waxes it.

This particular DHC-2 was delivered to the Anglo-American Corporation on April 2nd 1957. It was damaged at Shinyanga Tanzania April 1971. It has served in Ontario ansdManitoba before coming to the West Coast in 2006. It is now doing duty connecting Saltspring Island with Vancouver, Maple Bay and YYJ on the Saanich Peninsula.