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Banner photo: N1018D (293) "Two Birds" - John W. Olafson © 25 May 2019

Banner photo: C-FFHA (39) "Today on the Fraser - Ha Ha" - John W. Olafson 22 May 2019 - C-FODH (3) is the DHC-3 in background.

Banner photo: N102SY (1367) "Ptarmigan Root" - Ben Cogger © 23 May 2019

Banner photo: N458LJ (514) "Float Time" - Ben Cogger © 23 May 2019

Banner photo: C-GAQX (1362) "At Aero Flite" - Kenneth I. Swartz © April 1975

Banner photo: N95DG (572) "Wingless Wonder" - Ben Cogger © 13 May 2019

Banner photo: N450DB (1183) "USA bound" - Dirk Septer © 13 May 2019

Banner photo: 55-4590 (970) "PCN UD042" - Unknown photographer © September 1974 - 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.

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

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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.

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Approximate number of DHC-2 images in database (30 April 2019) Thanks again to Ian Macintosh for the accurate stats.

12,899

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, really a "giant e-book", now has some 4,265 pages and at least 16,632 or so different images!! (Not counting my daily "Toonies").

Over 13,044 of Beaver aircraft (my running tally - which is anything containing parts of a Beaver!).

Even includes some videos and slide shows. WARNING: Could be very addictve.

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

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x May 2019 additions • Missed some recent entries ? Click below, scroll down, and catch up! ARCHIVED PAGES	My daily cartoon. *"Toonies"* "Adventures of Flame". I creat one of these every single day. Into year seven! Also, now and then, on INSTAGRAM.	Latest Blog Update 22 May 2019 • Check out Neil's CURRENT BLOG •	Absolutely nothing to do with Beavers ! • Aird Aviation Archives 2,230 images now! Visit our other DHC websites • TwinOtterArchive.com Maintained by Ian Macintosh* and Neil Aird.* For back-up reasons, both Twin Otter sites are kept active. TwinOtterWorld by my colleague Erik Johannesson	x 22 Beavers added in May 2019 • A Beaver-a-day, if I can! • If you also like Otters* ?* Try DHC-3archive.com •



514 N458LJ	1158 N215LU	1367 N102SY	293 N1018D	146 VH-AAO
237 N952DB	572 N95DG	1183 N450DB	1362 C-GAQX	39 C-FFHA
1259 N24150	1205 57-2563	919 C-GZBQ	970 55-4590	875 8018
26 C-FDTY	21 C-FOCB	1248 C-GMKG	380 51-16834	260 N2499D
1183 N450DB	416 N1108Q	1337 C-GDWP	758 C-GPES	1268 N513F

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Don't worry - Still slowly being re-vamped by Neil & Ian!

Keeping our original use of interactive thumbnails, but new data format being implemented.

Over 237,490 unique visits logged since launched!

At least 4,001 images added. Maybe you have some to contribute?

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

I finally go delving into my fondly treasured, rather dusty, dog-eared, old notebooks - also busy scanning, restoring, and publishing slides and negs left to me by dear friends. Blueskies - "Kilo-Mike" and "Eddy".

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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 inactive.

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. Time to move on!

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

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

Aviation Artist and Enthusiast Neil Aird researches the one and only . . .

de Havilland Canada 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.