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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:Beaver I
    Construction Number:1557
    Last Civil Registration:VH-SWB
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Beaver I cn 155...
    Latest Owner or Location:Krug Agencies Pty Ltd, Newport Beach, NSW

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    Dates

    Event

    1964

    Constructed as a Beaver I.
    DHC-2 1557

    8 October 1964

    To Fieldair Holdings Ltd, Palmerston North with new c/r ZK-CKD.

    29 September 1977

    To Krug Agencies Pty Ltd, Newport Beach, NSW with new c/r VH-SWB.

    1986

    Withdrawn from use.

    From 1990 to 1991

    Rebuilt at Gisborne.

    1991

    To Wilderness Wings Ltd, Hokitika, NZ keeping c/r ZK-CKD.

    8 February 1993

    To Seawing Airways with new c/r VH-SWB.

    24 June 1996

    To Krug Agencies Pty Ltd, Newport Beach, NSW keeping c/r VH-SWB.

    18 May 2011


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 2011 photo taking off from Rose Bay, Sydney

    22 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Seawings Airways DHC-2 Beaver giving pleasure rides over Sydney Harbour

    21 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: With Sydney by Seaplane titles at Sydney-Bankstown, NSW
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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