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VH-DHQ at Wedderburn - YWBN.
VH-DHQ some sunshine & shadow.
Photo: Wes Brown © 10 March 2018
VH-DHQ visits Mungo Lodge, NSW.
Photo: Wes Brown © September 2015
VH-DHQ has her portrait done by Lenn Bayliss.
Photos: Lenn Bayliss © 25 October 2014
VH-SYS & VH-DHQ pose for Lenn Bayliss.
Photo: Lenn Bayliss © 25 October 2014
VH-DHQ now based at Wedderburn, NSW.
Photo: Wes Brown © 04 July 2014
Photo: Wes Brown © 06 May 2014
VH-DHQ awaiting first Australian flight at Bankstown - YSBK.
Photos: Wes Brown © April 2014
C-GKEN awaiting assembly at Bankstown, N.S.W.
Photos: Lance Higgerson © 11 December 2013
C-GKEN at YVR, now en route to new home in Australia.
Photo: Wes Brown © 18 September 2013
C-GKEN parks at Swift Current, SK.
Photo: Pete Killin © 27 November 2011
C-GKEN at La Ronge, SK  -  note those large tail fins.
Photo: Rich Hulina © 08 February 2006
Photo: Mark Merry © June 2002
C-GKEN en route, serving with Huron Air.
Photo: Unknown photographer © 1990's - via Don Plumridge
C-GKEN of Wilderness Wings at Edmonton Municipal, Alberta.
Photo: John Kimberley © July 1978 - Ruben Husberg Collection
C-GKEN on wheels this time.
Photo: John Kimberley © June 1976

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56-0371 •  C-GKEN

VH-DHQ

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• 56-0371 US Army #1672. L-20 No. 673. Command A-11.  Delivered 09-Apr-1971. Built as L-20A and re- designated U-6A in 1962.

• 56-0371 Stored at MASDC., Davis Monthan AFB., AZ. 21-Feb-1972 to 23-Mar-1976. PCN (Product Control Number) HS118.

Note: Purchased by at the Davis Monthan auction sale on 29-Jan-1976.for $24,000US. Purchased on the basis of ”no reasonable potential for normal certification”. Total time 5,575.5 hours. Engine 7,114.5 hours. Comment at time of auction: complete.

• C-GKEN Mike Hackman, Edmonton, AB. Regd 23-Mar-1976.

• C-GKEN Meadow Lake Outfitters, Meadow Lake, SK. Regd Aug-1976. Canx 11-Dec-1984.

• C-GKEN Cameron Bay Air Services (1973) Ltd., Edmonton, AB. Regd 13-Sep-1989. Canx 01-Oct-1990.

• C-GKEN Air Sahtu Ltd., Fort Franklin, NT. Regd 01-Oct-1990. Canx 30-Jul-1991.

• C-GKEN Ernest Nichol, Armstrong, ON. Regd 30-Jul-1991.

• C-GKEN Huron Air and Outfitters, Armstrong, ON. Regd 30-Jul-1991. Canx 31-May-2000.

• C-GKEN Northern Dene Airways Ltd., Prince Albert, SK. Regd 02-Jun-2000. Canx 20-May-2005.

• C-GKEN Transwest Air Ltd., Partners, Prince Albert, SK. Regd 22-Jun-2005.

Total time:11,429 hours.

• C-GKEN 101078418 Saskatchewan Ltd., Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Regd 22-Mar-2006. Based Reindeer Lake, Southend, Saskatchewan. Owned and operated by Great Circle Airways.

Note: Southend, SK., is a small village in Northeastern Saskatchewan. It sits at the southern end of Reindeer lake, the ninth largest lake in Canada.

• Sold 2013 - Exported to Australia - to be based Wedderburn, NSW.

• VH-DHQ WNB Investment Pty., Ltd., Russel Lea, NSW • Regd 14-Mar-2014.

• Test flown and delivered to Wedderburn, NSW 06-Apr-2014.

• VH-DHQ Colin William Adams, Cootamundra, NSW. Regd 06 Jun-2022.

• Current •

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