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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:53-7939 US
    Construction Number:0754
    Last Civil Registration:C-GYBG
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 53-7939...
    Latest Owner or Location:Woodchester (iv) Holdings Limited, Port Carling, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an U-6A.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 53-7939.

    19 January 1981

    Certificate of airworthiness for N429KS (BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, 754) issued.

    18 May 1999

    To Group III Aircraft Inc, Bellevue, WA with new c/r N878PS.

    10 December 2004

    To Snyder Michael, Yakima, WA with new c/r N601MS.

    28 February 2007

    To Whats The Point Llc, Bellevue, WA with new c/r N629TE.

    Based at Will Rogers Wiley Post Seaplane Base, Renton Airport, Renton, WA.
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    8 July 2011


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2011 photo at Victoria BC - This smart DeHav Beaver was originally built for the US Army in 1955 and became one of the contingent based in Germany as part of NATO

    21 May 2014

    To Schei Kjell, Medina, WA keeping c/r N629TE.

    21 May 2014

    To Schei Kjell, Medina, WA with new c/r N429KS.

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N601MS (BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, 754) issued.

    12 January 2020

    To Schei Kjell, Medina, WA keeping c/r N429KS.

    15 June 2023

    Civil registration, N429KS, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    13 September 2023

    To Woodchester (iv) Holdings Limited, Port Carling, ON with new c/r C-GYBG.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
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