Hey guys,
yeah, all those trackers belong to Conair. In talking with them, they absolutely love the Tracker and absolutely no intention of retiring any of them. They'll just keep using their extra airframes for parts, and new rebuilds as required forever. I'm not lying; that's what they've told me in the past.
My museum has tried in the past to request a donation of a Tracker from them, but it's not easy. They want to keep them all, as eventually they will need them all.
As for their turbo-prop conversions; they do a few for some european customers, but none recently that I know of. The turbos are less effective in British Columbia because of the "Need power NOW" theory. They're very happy with the radials they came with.
It is interesting though that they have them sit unprotected as they are. I wonder why they don't pave that entire area and have the area covered with a large temporary tent. I'm sure there must be some corrosion occuring on some of the airframes.
As you may have noticed, some of the Trackers are ex-RCAF and some are ex-USN. The difference being the length of the fuselage.
Anyways, if you're looking to contact them their website is:
www.conair.caPeace,
David M