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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:51-16818 US
    Construction Number:0336
    Last Civil Registration:C-GUPM
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 51-1681...
    Latest Owner or Location:6565441 Canada Inc, Ottawa, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1952

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    19 August 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-16818.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    Transferred to Louisiana National Guard.

    From 6 April 1973 to 19 November 1976

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number UD036.

    June 1979

    To City of Houston Civil Defence, Houston, TX with new c/r N43886.

    By October 1979

    To Department of Agriculture, Mission, TX keeping c/r N43886.

    30 October 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Ex US Army U-6A Beaver 51-16818 assigned to the Dept. of Agriculture as seen at Ellington AB, Texas in October 1979.

    16 November 1987

    To Wipaire Inc, South Saint Paul, MN keeping c/r N43886.

    3 May 1991

    Civil registration, N43886, cancelled.

    28 May 1991

    To Van Allen Aviation Inc with new c/r C-FRBB {1}.

    12 June 2006

    To Gary L. Redhead Holdings Ltd, Regina, SK keeping c/r C-FRBB {1}.

    To Roger Baikie, Dundee, QC keeping c/r C-FRBB {1}.

    13 June 2006

    To Gary L. Redhead Holdings Ltd, Lloydminster, AB keeping c/r C-FRBB {1}.

    22 June 2009

    To Gary L. Redhead Holdings Ltd, Regina, SK keeping c/r C-FRBB {1}.

    8 July 2009

    To Irving Oil Transport, Inc, Saint John, NB with new c/r C-GFRN.

    9 September 2014

    Civil registration, C-GFRN, cancelled.

    22 April 2015

    To Irving Oil Transport, Inc, Saint John, NB with new c/r C-GFRN.

    25 August 2016

    To Galloway Aviation Limited, Saint John, NB with new c/r C-GFRX.

    15 February 2017

    To 6565441 Canada Inc, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r C-GFRX.

    15 February 2017

    To 6565441 Canada Inc, Ottawa, ON with new c/r C-GUPM.

    28 July 2018


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At 2018 Oshkosh
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    Transport Canada
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Kevan Noseworthy
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