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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:L-20A-DH Beaver
    Last Military Serial:53-3712 US
    Construction Number:0665
    Last Civil Registration:VH-AWR
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada L-20A-DH sn 53-...
    Latest Owner or Location:As Trustee For Fahey Superannuation Fund Yataron Pty Ltd, Cowra, NSW

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    15 June 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 53-3712.

    To CAP Supply Depot, Amarillo, TX with new c/r N67111.

    16 July 1974

    To Yataron Pty Ltd, Cowra, NSW with new c/r VH-AWR.

    10 December 1987

    To Biedenharn Betty Osborn, San Antonio, TX with new c/r N211LB.

    8 September 1995

    Civil registration, N211LB, cancelled.
    Exported to South Africa.

    Circa October 1995

    To Flamingo Flights, Cape Town with new c/r ZS-NVC.

    17 September 1999

    To Air Whitsunday Seaplanes P/L, Airlie Beach, QLD with new c/r VH-AWR.

    9 August 2005

    To Air Whitsunday Seaplanes Pty. Ltd, Airlie Beach, QLD keeping c/r VH-AWR.

    13 May 2006

    Assigned civil registration: VH-AWR (DHC-2 MK 1, 665)

    10 August 2009

    To Yataron Pty Ltd, Cowra, NSW keeping c/r VH-AWR.

    10 August 2009

    To As Trustee For Fahey Superannuation Fund Yataron Pty Ltd, Cowra, NSW keeping c/r VH-AWR.

    10 August 2009

    To Yataron Pty Ltd, Cowra, NSW with new c/r VH-AWR.

    19 August 2009

    To As Trustee For Fahey Superannuation Fund Yataron Pty Ltd, Cowra, NSW with new c/r VH-AWR.

    Repair started.
    On rebuild with Fred Fahey Air Services at Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.

    21 May 2014


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 2014 photo on rebuild in Fred Fahey Air Services workshop at Cowra, New South Wales, Australia


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    Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    Terry Fletcher

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