Two of Summit Air Charter's Dornier Do 228 STOL aircraft getting ready to head out of Inuvik.

Developed by Germany's Dornier Flugzeugwerft in the late 1970's as a follow-on to the Do 28 piston engined utility transport, the Do 228 featured a new high-lift wing design, new larger fuselage and twin Garrett turboprops.

With performance characteristics very similar to the venerable deHavilland Canada Twin Otter, Summit Air Charters operates nine of these versatile aircraft mostly in support of mining and exploration in the southern NWT. 

Interestingly, one of the first Do 228 operators in Canada was Aklak Air in Inuvik who leased one example of the type for a while back in 1990.