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20 October 1952 |
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Constructed as a L-20A-DH. |
3 November 1952 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-6064. |
3 November 1952 |
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Transferred to 6600th Air Depot AMO (Air Material Overseas Unit), Downsview, ON. |
12 November 1952 |
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Transferred to 4704th Defence Wing (Air Defense Command), McChord AFB, WA. |
1 August 1953 |
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Transferred to 567th Air Defence Group (ADC), McChord AFB, WA. |
2 November 1954 |
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Transferred to 529th Air Defence Group (ADC), Paine AF, WA. |
10 May 1955 |
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Transferred to Middletown Air Depot, Olmstead AFB, PA. |
7 June 1955 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 52-6064. |
18 September 1962 |
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Redesignated as U-6A. |
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Transferred to Nevada Army National Guard. |
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Photographer: William T Larkins |
9 January 1972 |
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Crashed.
Accident in Washoe Valley, Nevada, aircraft flipped upside down. |
October 1972 |
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To Bruce C. Morehouse, San Antonio, TX with new c/r N8820. |
23 February 1981 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NR8820 (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 406) issued. |
12 January 1983 |
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To Tammert Aero AB., Kiruna, Sweden with new c/r SE-IMM. |
9 May 1986 |
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Crashed.
Accident: Ittevare, Sweden. Crashed into ground after a take-off in bad weather. Total wreck. |
3 November 1986 |
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Civil registration, SE-IMM, cancelled. |
27 September 1989 |
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To Wipaire Inc, Inver Grove Heights, MN with new c/r N8820. |
28 January 2002 |
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To Wipaire Inc, South Saint Paul, MN keeping c/r N8820. |
July 2008 |
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Remanufactured as a Boss Beaver by Wipaire.
Rebuilt as a turbine-engined aircraft with the PT-6A-34. Mods include: Wipline 6100 amphib. floats, Lake and Air advisory system.Wipaire gross weight increase to 6,100 lbs. and extended cabin and baggage area with Sealand Alaska door. Retains dual control yokes. Skylite windows and cabin bubble windows. Lifetime struts Precision Flight pulse lights and Whelen Anti-collision strobe lights. |
2008 |
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Photographer: Wipaire Inc |
19 August 2008 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N8820 (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 406) issued. |
20 October 2008 |
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To Ten Air Aircraft Corp, Minneapolis, MN keeping c/r N8820. |
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Based at Ten Air, Anoka County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
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13 March 2017 |
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To Ruth J. Bruggeman Trustee, Minneapolis, MN keeping c/r N8820. |
28 November 2017 |
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To David C. Cruz Trustee, Palmer, AK keeping c/r N8820. |
10 April 2021 |
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To Gooding Lake Aviation Llc, Wasilla, AK keeping c/r N8820. |
18 June 2023 |
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Photographer: Ian Atkinson
Notes: Gooding Lake Aviation DHC-2 Turbo Beaver N8820 c/n 406 Lake Hood Anchorage AK |
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