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De Havilland DHC-6-300
VP-FBB
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1982
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
C-GDKL (3) ► VP-FBB
Reg’n
C-GDKL
C-GDKL
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VP-FBB
VP-FBB
VP-FBB
VP-FBB
VP-FBB
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Handed over to BAS but remained in Canada until arriving at Fairoaks, UK on 01-Jun-1982
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
Jersey European Airways, Jersey
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
SPRI-Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
Crashed on landing at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica 07-Nov-2003; repairable
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Date
05-Mar-1982
19-Mar-1982
06-Jul-1982
02-Aug-1982
08-Apr-1983
10-May-1983
Additional Historical Information
Wreckage transported to Springbank, AB and noted there 09-Jun-2004; noted parked at Calgary 12-Sep-2005 after rebuild.
VP-FBB DHC-6-300 British Antarctic Survey Fairoaks 17-Sep-1989 Frank Jaeger Photo ©
VP-FBB DHC-6-300 British Antarctic Survey Springbank, AB Aug-2004 Photographer Unknown
VP-FBB DHC-6-300 British Antarctic Survey Springbank, AB 29-Sep-2014 K.I. Swartz Photo ©
VP-FBB DHC-6-300 British Antarctic Survey Springbank, AB 18-Apr-2022 DJRXXS Photo ©
VP-FBB DHC-6-300 British Antarctic Survey Burns Bluff 28-Jul-2003 Euphro Photo ©