| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N5348G |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 166 |
| Location | |
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| City / Seaplane Base: | Renton - Will Rogers Wiley Post Memorial SeaplaneMap |
| Region / Country: | Washington, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: W36 Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1978 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 535866 |
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DHC-3 Otter N5348G was delivered to the USN as 144674 in October 1956 and flown by VX-6 in Antarctica until retired in Sep 1996. Transferred to the Army National Guard as 0-4674.Retired in Sep 1977. To Civil Air Patrol as N5348G but never entered service. Sold to Red "S" Aircraft sales in Nov. 1978. It arrived in Renton, WA in the Spring of 1978. Modified by Clayton Scott's Jobmaster Inc. which added vertical fins to the top of the horizontal stabilizer to improve performance on floats. Test flew the fins in Oct 1978, then to Canada as C-GGSL. See http://www.dhc-3archive.com/DHC-3_166.html This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 3 January 2023, and has since been viewed 119 times. |