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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-6/UV-18/CC-138 Twin Otter
    Latest Model:DHC-6 Twin Otter
    Construction Number:281
    Last Civil Registration:DU-SD5
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-6 cn 281 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Skydive Dubai - Desert Centre, Qaraytaysah, Dubai

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    Dates

    Event

    June 1970

    Constructed as a DHC-6.

    By 13 June 1970

    To unknown owner with c/r N8336.

    13 June 1970

    Civil registration, N8336, cancelled.
    Exported to Australia.

    25 June 1970

    To Capital International Inc, Augusta, KS keeping c/r N8336.
    For ferry flight to Australia.

    13 July 1970

    To Trans Australian Airlines, Melbourne, VIC with new c/r VH-TGH.

    24 July 1970

    To Trans Australian Airlines of PNG keeping c/r VH-TGH.
    Markings added: Daru

    3 October 1973

    To Trans Australian Airlines, Melbourne, VIC keeping c/r VH-TGH.
    Markings added: Charles Grimes

    1 December 1981

    To Air Queensland keeping c/r VH-TGH.

    2 July 1986


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Rockhampton, Queensland

    30 April 1988

    To Australian Airlines keeping c/r VH-TGH.

    1 October 1993

    To Sunstate Airlines, Brisbane, Queensland keeping c/r VH-TGH.

    1 December 1998

    To Topscore Management, Geneva with new c/r HB-LSV.

    February 1999

    To Tassili Airlines, Algeiers keeping c/r HB-LSV.

    16 July 2003

    To Air Guyane, Cayenne with new c/r F-OIJL.
    Based at Cayenne Felix Eboue.

    7 October 2010

    To Topscore Management, Geneva keeping c/r F-OIJL.

    2 December 2011


    Photographer: Mario Richard
    Notes: Bern LSZB

    September 2012

    To Skydive Dubai, Marghan Airport, UAE with new c/r DU-SD5.

    Based at Skydive Dubai-Desert Centre, Qaraytaysah, Dubai.
    View the Location Dossier

    March 2016


    Photographer: Mark Pattenden
    Notes: Operated by Skydive Dubai at Marghan Airport, United Arab Emirates
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Twin Otter Archive by Neil C. Aird
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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