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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:Beaver I
    Last Military Serial:58-2042 US
    Construction Number:1374
    Last Civil Registration:C-GMKP
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Beaver I sn 58-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Harbour Air Ltd, Richmond, BC

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1953

    Constructed as a Beaver I.
    Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I 1374

    29 July 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 58-2042.

    From 8 February 1973 to 28 February 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 58-2042.

    December 1977

    To Washoe Air Search NC, Reno, NV with new c/r N87775 (BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, 1922).

    17 July 1980

    Civil registration, N87775, cancelled.

    May 1981

    To Cameron Bay Air Services (1973) Ltd, Edmonton, AB with new c/r C-GMKP.

    6 August 1991

    To Vincent Courville, Montreal, QC keeping c/r C-GMKP.

    28 May 1992

    To Harbour Air Ltd, Richmond, BC keeping c/r C-GMKP.

    25 March 2003

    To Pacific Wings Airlines Ltd, Sechelt, BC keeping c/r C-GMKP.

    29 August 2006

    To West Coast Air Ltd, Vancouver, BC keeping c/r C-GMKP.

    15 May 2007


    Photographer: John W. Olafson

    11 May 2012

    Civil registration, C-GMKP, cancelled.

    15 May 2012

    To Harbour Air Ltd, Richmond, BC with new c/r C-GMKP.

    6 July 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Vancouver Int

    8 June 2015


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: At Coal Harbour, Vancouver
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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