| Registration / Serial: | N197Z |
| 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 Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1162 |
| Operator Titles: | US Forest Service - USFS |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Ely - Shagawa Lake SeaplaneMap |
| Region / Country: | Minnesota, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 2003 |
| Photo by: | David A. MontgomeryContact |
| Photo ID: | 440323Submit Correction |
| View count: | 383 |
Built for the US Army in 1957 as 56-4427. Transferred to US Forest Service in 1974. Specially equipped as a fire bomber, with a tank which can be seen between the float struts. Docked at its home at Shagawa Lake, the US Forest Service's only seaplane base. From here it operates on a range of support duties across Superior National Forest, attacking wildfires during the fire season. Registration change to N193Z was applied later in 2003.
| Registration / Serial: | N197Z |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1162 |
| Operator Titles: | US Forest Service - USFS |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Ely - Shagawa Lake SeaplaneMap | Region / Country: | Minnesota, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 2003 |
| Photo by: | David A. MontgomeryContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N197Z |
| 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 Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1162 |
| Operator Titles: | US Forest Service - USFS |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Ely - Shagawa Lake SeaplaneMap |
| Region / Country: | Minnesota, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 2003 |
| Photo by: | David A. MontgomeryContact |
| Photo ID: | 440323Submit Correction |
| View count: | 383 |
Built for the US Army in 1957 as 56-4427. Transferred to US Forest Service in 1974. Specially equipped as a fire bomber, with a tank which can be seen between the float struts. Docked at its home at Shagawa Lake, the US Forest Service's only seaplane base. From here it operates on a range of support duties across Superior National Forest, attacking wildfires during the fire season. Registration change to N193Z was applied later in 2003.
| Registration / Serial: | N197Z |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1162 |
| Operator Titles: | US Forest Service - USFS |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Ely - Shagawa Lake SeaplaneMap | Region / Country: | Minnesota, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 2003 |
| Photo by: | David A. MontgomeryContact |