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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:56-4425 US
    Construction Number:1158
    Last Civil Registration:N67681
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 56-4425...
    Latest Owner or Location:Southeast Aviation, Ketchikan, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1957

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    6 November 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-4425.

    New construction number, 1738, assigned to the airframe.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    To U S Air Force (Aero Club), Lincoln AFB, NE with new c/r N6854D (DHC-2, 1158).

    25 May 1965

    Civil registration, N6854D, cancelled.

    Circa May 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-4425.

    Transferred to 420th Engineer Brigade, Bryan, TX.

    23 October 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number UD077.

    To Department of Agriculture, Mission, TX with new c/r N215GB.

    May 1979

    To Lewis University, Romeoville, IL with new c/r N215LU.

    Circa 10 July 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Lewis University Airport, Romeoville, IL, registered as N215LU

    Circa 1985

    To Revilla Tug Co., Ketchikan, AK keeping c/r N215LU.

    3 June 1988

    To Taku Glacier Air Inc, Seadrome, Juneau, AK keeping c/r N215LU.

    August 1993

    To Taku Glacier Air Inc, Seadrome, Juneau, AK with new c/r N67681.

    July 1994

    To Michael, Joseph, and Daniel Carpinito, Kent, WA keeping c/r N67681.

    December 1995

    To Northwest Seaplanes Inc, Renton, WA keeping c/r N67681.

    Shawano conversion.

    19 June 1998

    To Air Rainbow Mid Coast, Campbell River, BC with new c/r C-GCYN {1}.

    8 April 1999

    Civil registration, C-GCYN {1}, cancelled.

    22 June 2000

    To unknown owner with c/r N67681.

    27 July 2000

    Civil registration, N67681, cancelled.

    29 August 2000

    To Northwest Seaplanes Inc, Renton, WA with new c/r N67681.

    Based at Will Rogers Wiley Post Seaplane Base, Renton Airport, Renton, WA.
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    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Renton WA

    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Renton WA

    From 2013 to 2013

    Operated by Southeast Aviation, Ketchikan, AK.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     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
     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
     Glenn Chatfield
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