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De Havilland DHC-6-300
HP-1952PS
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N388EX ► N272Z ► C-GBEB ► 8Q-SUN ► (C-FFGZ) ► C-GBEB ► HP-1952 ► HP-1952PS
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C-GBEB
C-GBEB
C-GBEB
C-GBEB
C-GBEB
C-GBEB
C-GBEB
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HP-1952PS
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
MAC-Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa-locka, FL
Executive Airlines, Boston, MA [GATX-Armco-Booth]
Executive Airlines ceased operations Dec-1973
GATX-Armco-Booth
Anchorage Helicopter Service, Los Angeles, CA [Cordon International Inc., Los Angeles, CA]
GATX-Armco-Booth
Mountainwest Aviation, Tucson, AZ
Air New England, Boston, MA
Mountainwest Aviation, Tucson, AZ
Eastern Caribbean Airways, Saint Croix, USVI
Mountainwest Aviation, Tucson, AZ
Sierra Pacific Airlines, Tucson, AZ
Crown Air System Inc., Hato Rey, PR [Banco de Ponce, Hato Rey, PR]
Crown Air System Inc., Hato Rey, PR [Silvestre M. Miranda, Hato Rey, PR]
Crown Air System Inc., Hato Rey, PR [KNP Air Lease Inc., Rosemont, IL]
KNP Air Lease Inc., Rosemont, IL
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [239665 Alberta Ltd., Calgary, AB]
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [339699 Alberta Ltd., Calgary, AB]
Echo Bay Mines, Edmonton, AB
Echo Bay Mines, Edmonton, AB [239665 Alberta Ltd., Calgary, AB]
Echo Bay Mines, Edmonton, AB [402677 Alberta Ltd., Calgary, AB]
Echo Bay Mines, Edmonton, AB
Air Tindi, Yellowknife, NT
Echo Bay Mines, Edmonton, AB
Ptarmigan Airways, Yellowknife, NT
Echo Bay Mines, Edmonton, AB
Ptarmigan Airways, Yellowknife, NT
Echo Bay Mines, Edmonton, AB
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Beau Del Leasing]
Departed Calgary, AB 01-Feb-1998 in full Sun Express c/s on delivery to Maldives
Sun Express Airlines, Male
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Beau Del Leasing]
Registration allocated, however aircraft noted at Male 07-Sep-1999 still carrying 8Q-SUN
Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, Calgary, AB [Beau Del Leasing, Calgary, AB]
Via Cordoba, Spain - Shannon, Ireland - Keflavik, Iceland 21/22-Jan-2001 on return to Canada
North Wright Airways, Norman Wells, NT
Damaged on landing at Resolute, NT after losing ski assembly during flight 06-May-2005; repairable
Stalled and crashed into trees on final approach to Hook Lake, NT 16-Jul-2008
Wreckage recovered and transported to Springbank, AB
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Beau Del Leasing]
Rebuilt by Rocky Mountain Aircraft during the period 2008-2013
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Ashe Aircraft Enterprises]
Rebuilding completed & test-flown Apr-2013
Province of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Repainted at Ogden, UT May-Jun-2013, and flew Springbank, AB - Winnipeg, MB 11-Jul-2013 on delivery
Flew Winnipeg, MB - Prince Albert, SK - La Ronge, SK 09-May-2019 on delivery to Transwest Air
Transwest Air LP, Prince Albert, SK
Flew Calgary-Int’l - Great Falls- Torrington- Taos - Edinburg - Veracruz - Liberia - Guatemala - Panama
City-Albrook 05/08-Nov-2020
Islas Secas Resort, Panama [Belvedere Property Management]
Canadian registration cancelled 10-Nov-2020 on export to Panama
Islas Secas Resort, Panama [Belvedere Property Management]
Change
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F/Flight
Delivered
Delivered
Returned
Leased
Returned
Sold
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Transfer
Sold
Sold
Sold
Returned
Sold
Transfer
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Reg'd
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Date
1969
07-Nov-1969
18-Nov-1969
18-Nov-1969
Dec-1973
1975
1977
1977
05-Nov-1977
1978
13-Jan-1980
May-1980
11-May-1981
30-Dec-1982
03-May-1983
02-Oct-1987
Apr-1989
13-Jun-1989
15-Jun-1989
15-Jun-1989
05-Jul-1989
17-Jul-1989
23-Oct-1989
15-Dec-1989
08-Apr-1991
01-May-1991
07-Jan-1992
30-Apr-1992
05-Jan-1995
26-Nov-1997
01-Mar-1998
02-Mar-1999
Jan-2001
01-Sep-2001
21-Jan-2009
22-Jan-2013
03-May-2013
16-Jul-2019
08-Nov-2020
10-Nov-2020
N388EX DHC-6-300 Mountainwest Aviation Phoenix, AZ Oct-1979 Bob Shane Photo ©
N388EX DHC-6-300 Eastern Caribbean Airlines Pointe-a-Pitre 14-Feb-1980 Photographer Unknown
N272Z DHC-6-300 Sierra Pacific Marana, AZ Mar-1982 John Kimberley Photo ©
N272Z DHC-6-300 Sierra Pacific Marana, AZ May-1982 Photographer Unknown
N272Z DHC-6-300 Crown Air Saint Croix, USVI Nov-1985 R. Trader Photo ©
N272Z DHC-6-300 Crown Air San Juan, PR Jan-1987 Urs Baettig Photo ©
N272Z DHC-6-300 Crown Air San Juan, PR Jan-1987 Photographer Unknown
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Sun Express Springbank, AB Jan-1998 Anthony J. Hickey Photo ©
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Sun Express St. John's, NL Feb-1998 Stephen R. Peck Photo ©
8Q-SUN DHC-6-300 Sun Express Air-to-Air Date Unknown Arron Mulder Photo ©
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Ptarmigan Airways Yellowknife, NT Date Unknown John Kimberley Photo ©
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 North-Wright Air Great Bear Lake, NT 30-Sep-2006 Lindsey Gebauer Photo ©
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 North-Wright Air Norman Wells, NT Aug-2007 Photographer Unknown
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Springbank, AB Date/Photographer Unknown
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Springbank, AB Date/Photographer Unknown
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Springbank, AB 26-Apr-2013 Photographer Unknown
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Springbank, AB Date/Photographer Unknown
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Province of Manitoba Ogden, UT Jun-2013 Straubes Aircraft Photo ©
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Province of Manitoba Springbank, AB Jun-2013 Mike MacKinnon Photo ©
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Islas Secas Resort Calgary-Int'l, AB Nov-2020 Regent Aircraft Photo ©
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Islas Secas Resort Calgary-Int'l, AB Nov-2020 Regent Aircraft Photo ©
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Islas Secas Resort Calgary-Int'l, AB Nov-2020 Regent Aircraft Photo ©
C-GBEB DHC-6-300 Islas Secas Resort Panama City Nov-2020 Aviacion PTY Photo ©