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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-3/U-1/CSR-123 Otter
    Latest Model:DHC-3 Otter
    Construction Number:019
    Last Civil Registration:C-GHAZ
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-3 cn 019 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Jim Forbes

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    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a DHC-3.
    Dehavilland DHC-3 19

    21 September 1954

    To Miron et Freres Ltee of Montreal with new c/r CF-EYY.
    Delivered on floats and based at St.Augustin near Montreal.

    1957

    To Wheeler Airlines of Saint. Jovite, QC keeping c/r CF-EYY.

    January 1960

    To Austin Airways Ltd of Timmins, ON keeping c/r CF-EYY.

    To A. Fecteau Transport Aerien of Senneterre, QC keeping c/r CF-EYY.

    Circa 1970

    To Northern Wings Ltd (Les Ailes du Nord) based, Sept Iles. QC keeping c/r CF-EYY.

    Circa 1980

    To Propair Inc with new c/r C-FEYY.

    June 1988

    To Alexandair Inc of Sept Iles, QC keeping c/r C-FEYY.

    27 February 1991

    Involved in an incident.
    The pilot lost control on take off, the Otter leaving the runway and striking a fence, causing quite an amount of damage. The Otter lay at Chevery in its damaged condition for some months, while negotiations took place on its future. An agreement was eventually reached with Air Wilga Inc of Laval, Quebec to purchase turbine Otter CF-JFJ (147) and Air Wilga took the damaged Otter EYY in part payment.

    June 1991

    To Air Wilga keeping c/r C-FEYY.

    The aircraft was loaded on a boat and taken to Rimouski and then towed behind a jeep to the Air Wilga base at Laval St.Francois airfield outside Montreal, where it was rebuilt.

    November 1991

    Leased to Viation Boreal (1988) Inc of Val dOr, QC.

    12 December 1991

    Involved in an incident.
    Damaged again at Lac Mollet in northern Quebec when it hit a snowbank on take-off from the frozen lake, damaging the landing gear.

    December 1992

    Leased to Air Wemindji.

    May 1994

    Leased to Aero Golfe Ltee of Havre Saint. Pierre.

    July 1994


    Photographer: David A. Montgomery
    Notes: n July 1994, C-FEYY DHC-3 Otter of Aero Golfe is taxies out from its base on Lac des Plaines, above the north bank of the St Lawrence River at Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec. In 1998 became the prototype conversion for the Orenda OE-600A, a liquid-cooled, 8 cylinder V- block engine promising better economy than the PT6 turboprop

    1 March 2000

    To Johnny Mays Air Charter Ltd, based, Kuujjuaq, QC keeping c/r C-FEYY.

    19 July 2001

    Leased to Aero Golfe Ltee based, Havre Saint. Pierre.

    1 August 2002

    To Propair/Air Wilga keeping c/r C-FEYY.

    1 October 2003

    To Waasheshkun Airways Ltd/Compagnie Daviation Waasheshkun Ltee, Mistassini, QC keeping c/r C-FEYY.

    22 May 2004

    Civil registration, C-FEYY, cancelled.

    Stranded in St.Felicien, Quebec and stored.

    23 August 2007

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

    Operated by Jim Forbes.

    23 August 2007

    To unknown owner with c/r C-GHAZ.

    11 July 2011


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: at Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base

    18 August 2014


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: C-GHAZ DHC-3T Otter Harbour Air - Taxying in at Coal Harbour, Vancouver. Special livery, of Vancouver Whitecaps football team.


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