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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:Beaver I
    Construction Number:0052
    Last Civil Registration:N232KT
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Beaver I cn 005...
    Latest Owner or Location:Rustair Inc, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Beaver I.

    26 May 1949

    To Ontario Government with new c/r CF-OCQ.
    The delivery date is provided.

    To Alert Bay Air Service keeping c/r CF-OCQ.

    1979

    To Gulf Air Aviation keeping c/r CF-OCQ.

    To J. Pattison Industries, Vancouver, BC with new c/r C-FOCQ.

    To Air, BC keeping c/r C-FOCQ.

    May 1985

    To McCully Aviation keeping c/r C-FOCQ.

    To Air Rainbow Ltd, Nanaimo, BC keeping c/r C-FOCQ.

    From Unknown to 8 August 1994

    To Island Hopper Aviation Inc keeping c/r C-FOCQ.

    23 May 1995

    To Air Rainbow Mid-Coast, Port McNeill, BC keeping c/r C-FOCQ.

    From By 8 August 1996 to 12 March 2001

    To 444316 B. C. Ltd keeping c/r C-FOCQ.

    From 12 March 2001 to 2 August 2001

    To Ebne Entertainment Inc keeping c/r C-FOCQ.

    From 13 March 2002 to 28 November 2002

    To 5106 Investments Ltd keeping c/r C-FOCQ.

    From 28 November 2002 to 21 October 2005

    To Pacific Wings Airline Ltd, Sechelt, BC keeping c/r C-FOCQ.

    June 2005


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver - Pacific Wings Airline at Campbell River/B.C. in June 2005

    27 October 2005

    To Western Adventure Seaplanes Inc, Missoula, MT with new c/r N52CQ.

    6 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N52CQ (DHC-2 MK 1, 52) issued.

    21 June 2007

    To Beaver Aircraft Llc, Missoula, MT keeping c/r N52CQ.

    13 July 2010

    To unknown owner.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Rapid City, SD.

    11 August 2010

    To Tube Air Racing Llc, Rapid City, SD keeping c/r N52CQ.

    2016


    Photographer: Wipaire Inc
    Notes: At South St.Paul Municipal, Minnesota

    23 March 2016

    To Rustair Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N52CQ.

    23 March 2016

    To Rustair Inc, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N232KT.

    21 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N232KT on floats with Rusts titles at Lake Hood, AK
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