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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:Beaver I
    Construction Number:1501
    Last Civil Registration:C-FOSP
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Beaver I cn 150...
    Latest Owner or Location:Harbour Air Ltd, Richmond, BC

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    Dates

    Event

    From Circa 1962 to 1969

    Constructed as a Beaver I.
    Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I 1501

    From 24 July 1962 to 1969

    To Canadian Collieries Timber Air Services Ltd, Vancouver, BC with new c/r CF-OSP.

    Circa 1970

    To Bowaters NL., Ltd, Corner Brook, NL keeping c/r CF-OSP.

    To Superior Airways Ltd, Thunder Bay, ON keeping c/r CF-OSP.

    By 1976

    To Pacific Coastal Airlines keeping c/r CF-OSP.

    By 1976

    To West Coast Air Services Ltd, Richmond, BC with new c/r C-FOSP.

    May 1981

    To Air B C Ltd, Vancouver BC keeping c/r C-FOSP.

    27 April 1989

    To Harbour Air Ltd, Richmond, BC keeping c/r C-FOSP.

    27 September 2006


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: The 2006 shot shows OSP shortly after its full cabin extension and new paint at the end of its day of flying

    21 July 2011


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: At Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Aerodrome, BC with North Pacific Seaplanes titles

    23 April 2013

    To Inland Air Charters Ltd, Prince Rupert, BC keeping c/r C-FOSP.

    16 October 2018

    Civil registration, C-FOSP, cancelled.

    14 January 2019

    To Harbour Air Ltd, Richmond, BC with new c/r C-FOSP.

    16 September 2020


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: At Vancouver

    21 June 2024


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Harbour Air Seaplanes de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mk 1 Beaver C-FOSP takes off.Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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     DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Transport Canada
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