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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:51-16513 US
    Construction Number:0298
    Last Civil Registration:VH-AWI
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada L-20A-DH sn 51-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Whitsunday Seaplanes Pty. Ltd, Airlie Beach, QLD

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    1 July 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-16513.

    From 1972 to February 1973

    Stored at MASDC, Davis Monthan, AZ.

    February 1973

    To Roosevelt County Civil Defence, Wolf Point, MT with new c/r N88757.

    4 January 1980

    To Texas State Guard, Corsicana, TX with new c/r N604TG.

    23 November 1984

    To Air Whitsunday Seaplanes Pty. Ltd, Airlie Beach, QLD with new c/r VH-AWI.

    3 July 1987

    To Great Barrier Reef Flying Boats, Airlie Beach, QLD with new c/r VH-HQE.

    3 July 1987

    To Air Whitsunday Seaplanes Pty. Ltd, Airlie Beach, QLD with new c/r VH-AWI.

    Circa 1990

    Operated by Seair.
    Operated with markings: Jumbo

    September 1990


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Seair Beavers were painted in various promotional schemes to attract Japanese tourists. VH-HQE in September 1990

    22 March 1995

    To Coral Air Whitsunday Pty., Airlie Beach, QLD with new c/r VH-HQE.

    After 1996


    Photographer: Air Whitsunday Seaplanes / Facebook

    26 March 1996

    Civil registration, N604TG, cancelled.

    22 February 2002

    To Air Whitsunday Seaplanes Pty. Ltd, Airlie Beach, QLD with new c/r VH-AWI.

    19 March 2002

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

    19 March 2002

    To Trans Tasmanian Air Services Pty Ltd, Airlie Beach, QLD with new c/r VH-AWI.

    4 April 2012

    To Air Whitsunday Seaplanes Pty. Ltd, Airlie Beach, QLD keeping c/r VH-AWI.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     AMCAR
    Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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