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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:53-2781 USAF
    Construction Number:0562
    Last Civil Registration:N898AF
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 53-2781...
    Latest Owner or Location:TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee, North Salt Lake, UT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-2781.

    New construction number, 1323, assigned to the airframe.

    1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    20 January 1982

    To United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, CA with new c/r N384N.

    September 1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Air Force Flight Test Museum, Edwards AFB, CA

    17 September 1997

    To USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, CA with new c/r N384N.

    9 February 2006

    To Kenmore Air Harbor Inc, Kenmore, WA keeping c/r N384N.

    To Kenmore Air Harbor, Seattle, WA.
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    9 February 2006

    To Kenmore Air Harbor Inc, Kenmore, WA with new c/r N898AF.

    Markings Applied: ED

    17 June 2016

    To Kenmore Air Harbor Inc, Kenmore, WA with new c/r N898AF.

    12 June 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for N898AF (BEAVER DHC-2, 53-2781) issued.

    30 January 2018

    To TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee, North Salt Lake, UT keeping c/r N898AF.


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