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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:56-0412 US
    Construction Number:1163
    Last Civil Registration:N682AF
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 56-0412...
    Latest Owner or Location:Apogee Flight Inc, Bellingham, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    9 September 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-0412.

    New construction number, 1743, assigned to the airframe.

    1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number UD053.

    To unknown owner with c/r N90717.

    To unknown owner with c/r N80157.

    22 May 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for N682AF (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 1743) issued.

    12 June 1995

    To Apogee Flight, Eastsound, WA with new c/r N682AF.

    Based at Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
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    Markings Applied: 51-16555

    17 April 1997

    To Apogee Flight, Eastsound, WA keeping c/r N682AF.

    23 October 2006


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: At Boeing Field, King County, Seattle - This aircraft served in the US Army as 56-0412, but is painted as USAF 51-16555. The owner of this aircraft is former astronaut Bill Anders, who flew on the Apollo 8 mission. The aircraft was restored by another member of the Apollo 8 crew, Frank Borman.

    13 February 2021

    Civil registration, N682AF, cancelled.

    22 April 2021

    To Apogee Flight Inc, Bellingham, WA with new c/r N682AF.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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