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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:Turbo-Beaver III
    Last Military Serial:55-4595 US
    Construction Number:0979
    Last Civil Registration:C-GODH
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Turbo-Beaver II...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pacific Sky Aviation Inc, North Saanich, BC

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as an U-6A.

    28 September 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 55-4595.


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    From 25 March 1974 to 17 July 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 55-4595.

    To United States Department of Agri Aphis VS, Mission, TX with new c/r N43906.

    9 December 1977

    Civil registration, N43906, cancelled.

    Circa 1984

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    Markings Applied: C-KMMS
    C-KMMS is not a real serial number; in fact, it is an acronym of the first names of the women who restored the aircraft in 1984.

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.Carries the false registration C-KMMS.

    30 April 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: With Olivia titles at the Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona

    8 September 2004

    To G-1 Leasing Corp, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N78VA.

    7 March 2005

    Civil registration, N78VA, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    8 July 2005

    To Viking Air Limited, Sidney, BC with new c/r C-GODH.

    Converted to a Turbo-Beaver III.

    9 May 2007

    Assigned civil registration: C-GODH (DHC-2 MK. III, 979)

    29 August 2011

    To Pacific Sky Aviation Inc, North Saanich, BC keeping c/r C-GODH.
    Markings added: Olivia

    10 April 2013

    Civil registration, C-GODH, cancelled.

    7 May 2013

    To Pacific Sky Aviation Inc, North Saanich, BC with new c/r C-GODH.

    11 January 2017


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: At Victoria, BC


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    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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