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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-6/UV-18/CC-138 Twin Otter
    Latest Model:DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
    Construction Number:557
    Last Civil Registration:HB-LON
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 cn 55...
    Latest Owner or Location:RUAG Aviation RUAG Schweiz AG, Emmen, Switzerland

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DHC-6-300.

    15 August 1977

    To de Haviland Canada with new c/r C-GQYP.
    Test flying registration.

    9 December 1977

    To unknown owner with c/r YV-184CP.

    30 January 2007

    To Eriksson Aviation Llc, South Saint Paul, MN with new c/r N208JE.

    4 September 2008

    Civil registration, N208JE, cancelled.

    17 October 2008

    To BBS Aircraft Inc, Saskatoon, SK with new c/r C-FWVV.

    August 2011

    To Aviastar Mandiri with new c/r PK-BRR.

    14 December 2012

    To Unknown Destination Services Pty Ltd, Southport, QLD with new c/r VH-AQU.

    15 May 2015

    To European Coastal Airlines with new c/r 9A-TOA.

    By December 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r 8Q-IAK.

    December 2017

    Civil registration, 8Q-IAK, cancelled.

    17 December 2017

    To RUAG Schweiz AG with new c/r HB-LON.

    18 December 2017

    To RUAG Aviation RUAG Schweiz AG, Emmen, Switzerland with new c/r HB-LON.

    5 April 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Stored at Bern - Belp, Bern, Switzerland, still wearing it is previous registration
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confederation Suisse
    Transport Canada
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     John Bennett
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