267
De Havilland DHC-6-300 Vistaliner
C-GABU
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N387EX ► N140SA ► TI-BDZ ► N140SA ► C-GABU
Reg’n
N387EX
N387EX
N387EX
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N387EX
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N387EX
N387EX
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N387EX
N140SA
N140SA
N140SA
N140SA
N140SA
N140SA
N145SA
N140SA
TI-BDZ
N140SA
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C-GABU
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Executive Airlines, Boston, MA [GATX-Armco-Booth]
Executive Airlines ceased operations Dec-1973
GATX-Armco-Booth
Noted at Downsview, ON 30-Apr-1974 (see comments below)
Anchorage Helicopter Service, Los Angeles, CA [Cordon International Corp., Los Angeles, CA]
Air New England, Boston, MA
Last service; Boston, MA - Waterville, ME - Augusta, ME - Boston, MA 31-Oct-1981
Withdrawn from use & parked at Marana, AZ Nov-1981 & noted there by 05-Nov-1981
Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV
Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV
Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV [Twin Otter International, Las Vegas, NV]
Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV
Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV [Eagle Canyon Airlines, Las Vegas, NV]
Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV [Canyon Leasing, Las Vegas, NV]
Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV [Eagle Canyon Leasing, Las Vegas, NV]
Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines, Grand Canyon, AZ [Eagle Canyon Leasing]
Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines, Grand Canyon, AZ [Diamond Bar LLC, Kirkland, WA]
Nature Air, San Jose
Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines, Grand Canyon, AZ [Diamond Bar LLC, Kirkland, WA]
Flew Boulder City, NV - Salt Lake City, UT - Great Falls, MT - Calgary-Int’l, AB - Airdrie, AB 07-Apr-2019
Unity Group Canada Ltd., Airdrie, AB
Withdrawn from use & parked at Airdrie, AB
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Delivered
Returned
Sold
Leased
Sold
Re-Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Merged
Reg'd
Leased
Reg'd
Reg’d
Date
03-Oct-1969
15-Oct-1969
30-Oct-1969
30-Oct-1969
Dec-1973
30-Apr-1976
06-Feb-1977
05-Nov-1982
Oct-1983
Nov-1993
02-Oct-1997
23-Dec-1998
Jan-2002
07-Oct-2003
28-Mar-2007
29-Jan-2008
Dec-2010
18-Mar-2016
09-May-2019
Additional Historical Information
Executive Airlines ceased operations in Dec-1973, and N387EX was one of several Twin Otters that returned to Downsview in early 1974. It is unclear where this aircraft was from Apr-1974 till joining Anchorage Helicopters in Apr-1976.
N387EX DHC-6-300 Executive Airlines Downsview, ON Oct-1969 Sheldon D. Benner
N387EX DHC-6-300 Executive Airlines Boston-Logan, MA Date Unknown Larry Green Photo ©
N387EX DHC-6-300 Anchorage Helicopter Service Anchorage, AK 03-Dec-1975 J. B. Hayes Photo ©
N387EX DHC-6-300 Anchorage Helicopter Service Location Unknown Nov-1976 Chris Mak Photo ©
N387EX DHC-6-300 Air New England Marana, AZ Sep-1982 Ugo Vicenzi Photo ©
N140SA DHC-6-300 Scenic Airlines Las Vegas, NV 04-Feb-1984 Chuck Stewart Photo ©
N140SA DHC-6-300 Scenic Airlines Las Vegas, NV Apr-1987 Dave Dunsmore Photo ©
TI-BDZ DHC-6-300 Nature Air San Jose 2012 Udo Schaefer Photo ©
N140SA DHC-6-300 Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines Boulder City, NV 26-Feb-2018 Wiltshire Spotter Photo ©