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Banner photo: CF-OCO (45) "Early Bird" - Unknown photographer © 12 July 1991 - Aird Archives

Banner photo: HK-1104-G (512) "Civilized" - Unknown photographer © March 1981 - Aird Archives

Banner photo: N202KL (128) "Snow's finally gone" - Robbie Shaw © 30 April 2009

Banner photo: C-FAWY (1458) "Miss Paige" - Bisset © 03 March 2018

Banner photo: N69359 (1661TB35) "Tyee Turbine Time" - Rod Hall © 13 April 2018

Banner photo: N110AW (690) "Current Registration" - Geoff McDonell © May 1993 - Aird Archives

Banner photo: N4793C (296) "1990's" - Unknown photographer © August 1990 - Aird Archives

Banner photo: C-FHGY (601) "Baxter Beaver" - Glen Etchells © August 1990 - Aird Archives

Celebrating thirty-one years of research.

This website is a lasting tribute to the men and women, past and present, who have had anything to do with this fine aircraft.

Thanks for visiting and supporting the website.

If this is your first visit, welcome on board.

Too good to miss! - Check out the gallery of our most recent, and links to many earlier fine banners. Good for the soul.

Items here do not usually appear in the individual aircraft pages, hundreds of larger images!!

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Recording DHC-2 Beaver history, every single day . . .

. . . . . if at all possible !

Latest update: 20 April 2018utc

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The Great Beaver Photo Hunt countdown 1,692 built

Only 399 photos left to find!

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Individual Histories - most with several images on the Website. More added each and every day !

I maintain a complete database, only a small part of it is on this website, I usually wait for a picture before adding data.

Can you help with any additonal snaps? Be part of the search team!

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I thrive on feedback, and am happy to add specific requests! Send an e-mail suggestion.

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Approximate number of DHC-2 images in database (31 March 2018) Thanks again to Ian Macintosh for the stats.

12,343

CURRENT MASTER INDEX

Tell me now, what book do you have that adds several images/pages to itself each and every day?

CAUTION: This website "giant e-book" now has some 4,145 pages and at least 15,689 or so different images!! (Not counting my daily "Toonies").

Over 12,481 of Beaver aircraft (my running tally). Even includes some videos and slide shows.

WARNING: Could be very addictve. This should surely keep you entertained for a while ;-)

My sincere thanks to my hard working collegues Ian S. Macintosh, Ian M. Macdonald and Erik Johannesson.

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x April 2018 additions • Missed some recent entries ? Click below, scroll down, and catch up! ARCHIVED PAGES	Our other DHC websites DHC-3archive.com • TwinOtterArchive.com Note: Twin Otter Archive is gradually being rolled into. TwinOtterWorld • Dash8World Both by Erik Johannesson	Latest Blog Update 20 April 2018 • Check out Neil's CURRENT BLOG •	• Absolutely nothing to do with Beavers ! • Aird Aviation Archives 1,978 images now! • My daily cartoon. *"Toonies"* "The Adventures of Flame". Been doing these every single day for almost four years.	x 22 Beavers added in April 2018 • A Beaver-a-day, if I can! •


284 C-FHVT	45 CF-OCO
1661TB35 N69359	1458 C-FAWY	128 N202KL	512 HK-1104-G	125 CF-GQY
601 C-FHGY	296 N4793C	690 N110AW	391 51-16839	669 53-8166
448 N768	466 N5143G	597 HK-483-G	604 C-FHGX	262 N698TK
406 N8820	1202 C-GASF	1667 C-FQQF	427 C-GQXI	979 C-GODH

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If you see Kingston, Ontario pop up - it's just me working away on the website!x

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Recently launched ! DHC-3archive.com - This companion website is being created,

honouring the de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter family - Turbine and Piston.

• Visitors so far - 60,090 since our roll-out back on 04 December 2015 •

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This is the 14th Year of the calendar. The 165th image!

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If you have a Beaver For Sale - or related item - please use the e-mail nca "at" dhc-2.com to contact me. Perhaps I can help you find a buyer?

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Note: Twin Otter Archive is no longer updated.

Being gradually integrated into Twin Otter World.

Erik Johannesson's New! Website - check it out!

Meanwhile, my companion website on the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter,

will remain on the web until Erik completes the migration.

Over 217,955 unique visits logged since we launched!

At least 3,837 images added.

• Detailed data for 844 Legacy DHC-6 Twin Otters - plus the new build DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 •

I finally go delving into my fondly treasured, dusty old notebooks.

• Aird Aviation Archives •

Some nostalgic airport visits and sixty-one years of "chasing planes" adventures 1957 - 2018.

"Memorable Magic Moments"

www.dhc-2.com

has had visitors from ( at least ) 187 countries *

(* interesting note, Beavers were exported to 63 countries !)

Neil's BLOG

(Sometimes more than Beavers!)

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Aviation experts consider the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver to be one of the most perfectly designed small utility aircraft ever built.

The DHC-2 Beaver Yahoo Group is now closed.

731 joined over the years.

I have left the archives there, if some of you want to dig in and learn from previous postings, and look at photographs added by members over the last twelve years!

FaceBook now fills this niche.

Check out Michael Greenhill's Facebook's - DHC-2 Group - I do.

click here to find out more about the old DHC-2 Yahoo Group.

Aviation Artist Neil Aird researches the

de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver

INTRO: Tracking Beavers worldwide! I wish I had special tracking software for doing this, but alas, it's just a slow, pleasant slog.

News comes in from correspondents around the globe daily, without your eagle eyes in the field, I would surely miss some DHC-2 activity.

Digital photographs are welcome, slides and photographs require more work for me with my imaging software. I can scan and return the same day if you are willing to part with rare images from your collection. Many correspondents do this already! By doing this I can expand the website for us all to enjoy. I also try to buy slides every now and then as our donated funds permit. If you wish to donate your treasured slides, I will scan and eventually (when I croak!) they will go to Archives Canada. (If they will take them!)

Please keep your cameras handy, remember what is a daily scene for you is a delight for others, and history tomorrow! Even if you are on a hunting or fishing trip, take a snap of the Beaver that took you there.