| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N53LP |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (L-20/U-6) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 914 |
| Operator Titles: | Southern Seaplanes |
| Location | |
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| City / Seaplane Base: | Belle Chasse - Southern Seaplane / AirfieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Louisiana, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: 65LA Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 25 January 1985 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 439950 |
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Southern Seaplane has a seaplane facility and small airstrip beside a canal south of New Orleans near Belle Chase. In 1985, their business was primarily flying workers to offshore oil and gas production facilities in the Mississippi Delta not served by helicopters. The fleet was mostly Cessna 185s. The company acquired this DHC-2 Beaver, N53LP, from Dominion Air Lease Ltd. of Toronto in August 1984 (ex-C-GTER) and flew it until March 1990 when it was sold to Lake Union Air Service in Seattle and N91LU. On the date of the photo, the company was also overhauling two Grumman G-44 Widgeons. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 16 February 2022, and has since been viewed 124 times. |