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De Havilland DHC-6-100
C-GPBO
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Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-100
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Sudan Airways, Khartoum
Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, ON
Provisional Certificate of Registration & Flight Permit issued 21-May-1976 for import to Canada
Flew via Ajaccio, Corsica - Jersey, UK - Shannon, Ireland - Reykjavík, Iceland 12-Jul-1976 on delivery
Permanent C of R issued 15-Sep-1976 & flown Toronto, ON - Hamilton, ON 09-Nov-1976 for painting
Air West Airlines, Richmond, BC
Arrived Vancouver, BC 22-Dec-1976 on delivery; rolled out 31-Jan-1977 on floats, in full Air West c/s
Change
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Delivered
Sold
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Date
15-Jan-1968
23-Jan-1968
20-Feb-1968
08-Jul-1976
20-Dec-1976
01-Dec-1977 - Collided with trees at Narvoez Bay, Saturna Island in deteriorating weather conditions, while operated a scheduled service between the harbours at Vancouver and Victoria. There were no fatalities, however the aircraft was destroyed by fire.
C-GPBO DHC-6-100 Air West Airlines Vancouver-Harbour, BC 12-Feb-1977 K.I Swartz Photo ©