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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:DHC-2 Beaver
    Last Military Serial:G-209 GhAF
    Construction Number:1477
    Last Civil Registration:C-FBVY
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-2 sn G-209...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sealand Aviation Ltd, Campbell River, BC

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    Dates

    Event

    1961

    Constructed as a DHC-2.

    17 July 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ghana Air Force with s/n G-209.

    15 September 1976

    Civil registration N37770 (DHC2, 1477) reserved but not taken up.

    September 1984


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Aquatic Airways Beaver VH-HAQ at Palm Beach, north of Sydney in September 1984

    30 June 1986


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: DE HAVILLAND CANADA DHC-2 BEAVER MK1 - REG : VH-HAQ (CN 1477) - WHITSUNDAY PASSAGE QLD. AUSTRALIA

    Circa 1988

    To Air Whitsunday, Airlie Beach, QLD with new c/r VH-HAQ.

    30 September 1993

    To Seair Services 1990 Ltd, Vancouver, BC with new c/r C-GBVR.

    9 May 2003

    To 371914 B. C. Ltd, Vancouver, BC keeping c/r C-GBVR.

    Operated by John Cassils.

    26 August 2010


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: at Vancouver International Airport

    8 November 2010

    Civil registration, N37770, cancelled.

    9 July 2013

    To Auckland Seaplanes Limited, Auckland with new c/r ZK-AMA (DHC-2 Beaver Mk 1, 1477).
    Operated with markings: AOTEARAO II

    Based at Auckland Seaplanes, Sealink Base North Wharf, Auckland, Auckland, North Island.
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    14 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Docked in Auckland Harbour, NZ

    To Island Aviation, Sealink Base North Wharf, Auckland, Auckland, North Island.
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    13 December 2024

    To Sealand Aviation Ltd, Campbell River, BC with new c/r C-FBVY.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     AMCAR
    Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
    DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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