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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-3/U-1/CSR-123 Otter
    Latest Model:U-1A Otter
    Last Military Serial:58-1696 US
    Construction Number:310
    Last Civil Registration:N49AW
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-1A sn 58-1696...
    Latest Owner or Location:Summit Leasing Llc, Kenai, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1958

    Constructed as an U-1A.

    Circa 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 58-1696.

    From Circa 1976 to 7 May 1982

    To Newfoundland Lab Air Transport with new c/r C-GLJH.

    From Unknown to 21 October 1987

    To Goose Bay Air Services keeping c/r C-GLJH.

    8 September 1987


    Photographer: Friedrich Becker
    Notes: LAB Air Otter at Goose Bay Harbour

    From 21 October 1987 to 1 May 1997

    To Labrador Airways keeping c/r C-GLJH.

    From 12 May 1997 to 6 May 1999

    To Sowind Air, MB keeping c/r C-GLJH.

    3 January 1998


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1998 photo at St.Andrews, MB

    From 7 May 1999 to Circa 2004

    To John P. Gerken, 2050 Ponder Point Drive, Sandpoint, ID 83864 with new c/r N21PG.

    17 July 1999


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Felts Field Airport, Spokane

    3 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N49AW (DHC-3, 310) issued.

    1 March 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N49AW (DHC-3, 310) issued.

    29 July 2004

    To Summit Leasing Llc, Kenai, AK with new c/r N49AW.

    To Kenai Municipal Airport, Kenai, AK.
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    5 December 2011

    To Summit Leasing Llc, Kenai, AK keeping c/r N49AW.

    1 August 2020

    To Summit Leasing Llc, Kenai, AK keeping c/r N49AW.
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     Terry Fletcher
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