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De Havilland DHC-6-100
C-GYVQ
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-100
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 ► Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N950SA ► N950SM ► VH-OTA ► VH-BVS ► C-GYVQ
Reg’n
N950SA
N950SA
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N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
N950SM
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VH-OTA
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VH-BVS
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VH-BVS
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VH-BVS
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C-GYVQ
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Painted as such & noted at Downsview 28/30-Nov-1967, had become N950SM by 21-Dec-1967
MAC-Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa-locka, FL
Skymark Airlines, Sacramento, CA
Aero Commuter, Long Beach, CA
Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles, CA
Frontier Airlines, Denver, CO (fln 950)
Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles, CA
Gibbs Flying Service, San Diego, CA [Gibbs Lease-Air Inc.]
Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles, CA
Air Associates, Plymouth, MA
Mountain Air Cargo, Denver, NC
Mountain Air Cargo, Denver, NC
Umatilla Aviation Services, Umatilla, FL [Jimmy & Wilma Godwin, Umatilla, FL]
Umatilla Aviation Services, Umatilla, FL [Wilma Godwin, Umatilla, FL]
Umatilla Aviation Services, Umatilla, FL
First Security Bank of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Arrived Sydney-Bankstown, NSW 01-Jan-1996 for Sydney Skydiving
Sydney Skydiving Centre, Sydney, NSW [Mobile Carpet Cleaning Factory, Sydney, NSW]
Withdrawn from use at Wilton Airport, Picton, NSW by 2005, registration cancelled 18-Jul-2006
Noted still present at Wilton in 2008 and 2009. minus many parts
Reports indicate sale to Blue Wing Airlines, Suriname in 2009 for parts or possible rebuild
C J Aerospace Pty Ltd., Caringbah, NSW [Blue Wing Airline NV, Paramaribo, Suriname]
Rebuilt by C J Aerospace with completion in Sep-2014
Seair Pacific, Bilinga, QLD [Istlecote Pty Ltd./Blue Wing Airline NV, Paramaribo, Suriname]
Flew Sydney, NSW - Gold Coast, QLD 17-Jun-2016 & i/s 29-Jun-2016 Gold Coast - Lady Elliot Island
Seair Pacific, Bilinga, QLD [Istlecote Pty Ltd./Pacific Turbine Leasing Pty Ltd.]
Flew Orange, NSW - Brisbane, QLD - Apia - Hilo, HI - Vancouver, WA - Pitt Meadows, BS 04-07-Jul-2024
Australian reg’n cancelled 06-Aug-2024 & imported to Canada same day
North-Wright Airways Ltd., Normal Wells, NT
Flew Pitt Meadows, BC - Vancouver-Int’l, BC 31-Oct-2024 in preparation for delivery
Remains parked at Vancouver-Int’l, BC through Feb-2025
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Delivered
Merged
Renamed
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Sold
Leased
Sold
Sold
Reg'd
Reg'd
Sold
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg’d
Reg’d
Reg’d
Date
28-Nov-1967
13-Dec-1967
23-Dec-1967
23-Dec-1967
28-Mar-1969
15-Jul-1969
24-Oct-1970
Apr-1974
-1974
22-Apr-1983
Mar-1984
Feb-1987
27-Feb-1991
01-Oct-1991
19-Oct-1992
10-Nov-1992
27-Feb-1996
05-Aug-2014
20-Jul-2016
10-May-2022
29-Aug-2024
N950SM DHC-6-100 Skymark Airlines Oakland, CA Feb-1968 Jay Sherlock Photo ©
N950SM DHC-6-100 Skymark Airlines Sacramento, CA Oct-1968 Terry Waddington Photo ©
N950SM DHC-6-100 Golden West Long Beach, CA Apr-1969 Terry Waddington Photo ©
N950SM DHC-6-100 Golden West Long Beach, CA Jul-1969 Photographer Unknown
N950SM DHC-6-100 Golden West Long Beach, CA Date/Photographer Unknown
N950SM DHC-6-100 Frontier Airlines Los Angeles, CA Date Unknown Aviationphoto.net Photo
N950SM DHC-6-100 Gibbs Flying Service Burbank, CA Sep-1980 Gary Vincent Photo ©
N950SM DHC-6-100 Gibbs Flying Service San Diego-Montgomery, CA 30-Jun-1977 Frank C. Duarte Jr. Photo ©
N950SM DHC-6-100 Gibbs Flying Service San Diego-Montgomery, CA Date Unknown SDASM Photo ©
N950SM DHC-6-100 Umatilla Aviation Services Location/Date Unknown AAD Photo ©
VH-OTA DHC-6-100 Sydney Skydiving Center Location/Date Unknown Rob Tracz Photo ©
VH-OTA DHC-6-100 Sydney Skydiving Center Avalon, VIC Feb-1997 AAD Photo ©
VH-OTA DHC-6-100 Sydney Skydiving Center Wilton, NSW Mar-2007 Photographer Unknown
VH-OTA DHC-6-100 Sydney Skydiving Center Wilton, NSW Date Unknown Derelict Aircraft Museum Photo ©
VH-BVS DHC-6-100 CJ Aerospace Pty Ltd. Wagga Wagga Sep-2014 Robert Myers Photo ©
VH-BVS DHC-6-100 CJ Aerospace Pty Ltd. Wagga Wagga Oct-2014 CJ Aerospace Photo ©
VH-BVS DHC-6-100 CJ Aerospace Pty Ltd. Wagga Wagga Oct-2014 CJ Aerospace Photo ©
VH-BVS DHC-6-100 CJ Aerospace Pty Ltd. Wagga Wagga Oct-2014 CJ Aerospace Photo ©
VH-BVS DHC-6-100 CJ Aerospace Pty Ltd. Bankstown, NSW Nov-2014 Lance Higgerson Photo ©
VH-BVS DHC-6-100 CJ Aerospace Pty Ltd. Wagga Wagga Oct-2014 Michael Greenhill Photo ©
C-GYVQ DHC-6-100 North Wright Air Vancouver-Int'l, BC 31-Oct-2024 King F. Hui Photo ©
C-GYVQ DHC-6-100 North Wright Air Vancouver Int'l, BC 31-Oct-2024 Vernon Harvey Photo ©
C-GYVQ DHC-6-100 North Wright Air Vancouver-Int'l, BC Jan-2025 Mike Macgowan Photo ©