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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:DHC-2 Beaver
    Construction Number:0124
    Last Civil Registration:N726FH
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-2 cn 0124 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Emerald Air Service Inc, Homer, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a DHC-2.

    From 22 May 1951 to 1978

    To Hudsoncos Bay Company, Winnipeg, MB with new c/r CF-GQW.

    3 October 1970


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1970 photo at Winnipeg - Built in 1951, this DeHav Beaver is in operation with the Hudsons Bay Company on northern supply duty. Note the long-range belly fuel tank and HF radio antenna between fin and wingtips. In 2010 it was still going as a seaplane in Fiji

    From May 1981 to May 1985

    To Athabaska Airways, Prince Albert, SK with new c/r C-FGQW.

    9 May 1986

    To Vancouver Island Air Ltd, Campbell River, BC keeping c/r C-FGQW.

    14 July 1992

    To Carroll Lake Lodge Ltd, (Carroll Lake Charters), Nipawin, SK keeping c/r C-FGQW.

    20 May 1993

    To Northern Dene Airways Ltd, Prince Albert, SK keeping c/r C-FGQW.

    29 June 1994

    To Wayco Aviation Ltd, Quesnel, BC keeping c/r C-FGQW.

    31 October 1996

    To Pacific Island Seaplanes keeping c/r C-FGQW.

    December 1997

    To Pacific Island Seaplanes. Atata Tongatapu, Tonga with new c/r A3-GQW.

    1 November 1999

    To Pacific Air Travel and Leasing Ltd (Operated as Pacific Island Air) Nadi, Fiji with new c/r DQ-DWW.

    12 June 2003

    Crashed.
    At Treasure Island, Fiji.

    June 2007

    Repaired.

    9 September 2021

    To GCH Aviation Limited, Christchurch with new c/r ZK-LAY.

    24 November 2022

    To Sealand Aviation Ltd, Campbell River, BC with new c/r C-GZBJ.

    23 September 2024

    Civil registration, C-GZBJ, cancelled.

    17 October 2024

    To Emerald Air Service Inc, Homer, AK with new c/r N726FH.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     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
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