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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:53-7950 US
    Construction Number:0769
    Last Civil Registration:N1455Z
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 53-7950...
    Latest Owner or Location:D and B Aircraft Leasing Llc, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an U-6A.

    25 February 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 53-7950.

    From 27 February 1972 to 19 February 1976

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number HS122.

    19 February 1976

    To Alfred E. Gay/Sea Airmotive (Seair) Inc, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N1455Z.

    7 December 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1455Z (DHC-2, 769) issued.

    8 August 1989

    To Alaskas Wilderness Lodge Inc, Sumner, WA keeping c/r N1455Z.

    16 September 1998

    To Alaskas Wilderness Lodge Inc, Sumner, WA keeping c/r N1455Z.

    By May 2005

    Based at Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK.
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    1 January 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1455Z (DHC-2, 769) issued.

    13 April 2007

    To Des Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N1455Z.

    20 August 2012

    To D and B Aircraft Leasing Llc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N1455Z.

    4 June 2013


    Photographer: Dietmar Schreiber
    Notes: Anderson Lake Airport (0AK1)

    Based at Igiugig, Igiugig Airport (IGG), Igiugig, AK.
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    6 April 2018

    To D and B Aircraft Leasing Llc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N1455Z.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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