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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:52-6112 US
    Construction Number:0490
    Last Civil Registration:N4957
    Latest Owner or Location:Talon Air Service Inc, Soldotna, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 52-6112.

    From April 1958 to June 1960

    Bob Calcagni comments (15 July 2018): I crewed this L-20 at Nellis AFB.NV, 4520th operations Squadron. It was used as regional transport for Military Personnel. bobcalcagni@aol.com.

    22 June 1961

    To United States Air Force, Langley AFB, VA with new c/r N4500 (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 52-6112).

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    1 February 1963

    Civil registration, N4500, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r N5579D.

    28 July 1989

    To unknown owner with c/r N5579D (DHC2, 490).
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma.

    10 August 1989

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4957 (BEAVER L-20A, 490) issued.

    23 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Museum at Reading, Pennsylvania.

    To Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA.
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    9 April 2003

    To Furgerson Joe, Sunnyvale, CA with new c/r N4957.

    By September 2005

    Based at Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK.
    View the Location Dossier

    21 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska

    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4957 (BEAVER L-20A, 490) issued.

    9 April 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4957 (BEAVER L-20A, 490) issued.

    19 January 2011

    To Furgerson Joe, Sunnyvale, CA keeping c/r N4957.

    31 January 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N5579D.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma.

    22 August 2016

    To Furgerson Joe, Sunnyvale, CA with new c/r N4957.

    January 2020


    Photographer: JoeJoe Prince

    18 January 2024

    To Talon Air Service Inc, Soldotna, AK keeping c/r N4957.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Bob Calcagni
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