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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:Beaver I
    Construction Number:1590
    Last Civil Registration:VH-OHD
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Beaver I cn 159...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tasmanian Seaplanes Pty Ltd, Sandy Bay, TAS

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1965

    Constructed as a Beaver I.

    26 April 1965

    To Hawker Siddeley (New Zealand) Ltd.

    23 July 1965

    To Fieldair Ltd, Gisborne, NZ with new c/r ZK-CMU.

    18 November 1980

    To Fieldair Holdings (Central) Ltd, Palmerston North, NZ keeping c/r ZK-CMU.

    28 October 1984

    Withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Gisborne.

    5 August 1990

    To Float-Air, Picton (1981) Ltd, Picton, South Island, NZ keeping c/r ZK-CMU.

    15 May 1996

    To Frank Wright, Tauranga, NZ keeping c/r ZK-CMU.
    Rebuilt.

    18 August 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for N97FW (BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, 1590) issued.

    28 August 1997

    To F. E. Wright, Gardnerville, NV with new c/r N97FW.

    From 10 December 1997 to 15 May 2015

    To Barnstormer Classic Aviation Llc, Fairfield, CT keeping c/r N97FW.

    15 May 2015

    Civil registration, N97FW, cancelled.
    Exported to Australia.

    July 2015

    Aircraft at Kenmore WA, USA.

    12 May 2016

    To Sky Business Pty Ltd, Hamilton Island, QLD with new c/r VH-OHD (DHC-2, 1590).

    Operated by Whitsunday Air Services Pty Ltd.

    12 May 2016

    Operated by Whitsunday Air Services Pty Ltd.

    1 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for N97FW (BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, 1590) issued.

    28 August 2018

    To Tasmanian Seaplanes Pty Ltd, Sandy Bay, TAS with new c/r VH-OHD.

    18 October 2018

    To Tasmanian Seaplanes Pty Ltd, Sandy Bay, TAS keeping c/r VH-OHD.

    14 February 2019


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Above and Beyond Flights, Tasmanian Seaplanes. Kings Pier Marina, Franklin wharf, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

    14 February 2019


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Above and Beyond Flights, Tasmanian Seaplanes. Kings Pier Marina, Franklin wharf, Hobart, Tasmania, 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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