Aircraft Photo of C-GGSL | De Havilland Canada DHC-3/1000 Otter | AirHistory.net #716249
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:C-GGSL
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-3/1000 Otter
C/n (msn):166
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Selkirk - SeaplaneMap
Region / Country:Manitoba, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: CKC5   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 2000
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 716249
Photo Comment

Moored at its Selkirk Air base on the Red River. Delivered new to the US Navy as 144674 in 1956 and saw service in the Antarctic. Transferred to the Army National Guard in 1966. Briefly became N5348G with the Civil Air Patrol in 1977. Exported to Canada as C-GGSL in 1978, operating mainly with Parsons Airways Northern. Joined Enterlake Air Services, trading as Selkirk Air, in 1987. Converted by Airtech to Polish PZL-1000 engine power in 1990. Sold on by Selkirk Air in 2005 to Pipestone Air of Emo, Ontario. Repainted with a huge Walleye fish mural over the winter of 2018.

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