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C-FEBB on her Aerocet 5850's wintering at Val d-Or.

Photos: Hugues Marcotte © November 2023 - Aird Archives

C-FEBB on the Thompson River at Val d'Or, Québec.

Photos: Hugues Marcotte © 22 June 2023 -Aird Archives

C-FEBB now based at Val d'Or, Québec.

Photo: Hugues Marcotte © 10 October 2019 - Aird Archives

C-FEBB at Ganges, British Columbia.

Photo: Bob Rogers © 11 November 2011 - Aird Archives

C-FEBB at Campbell River, British Columbia.

Photo: Robbie Shaw © 02 September 2008

Photo: John Caswell © 25 July 2005

C-FEBB at Patricia Bay, BC.

Photo: Bill Hann © 21 September 2003 - Aird Archives

N41PS after repaint.

Photo: Stan Smith © 26 July 2000 - Aird Archives

N41PS at American Lake, Washington.

Photo: Neil Aird © September 1995

N746DB with LAKE UNION AIR on Lake Union at Seattle.

Photo: Bruce W. Gowans © June 1989 - Aird Archives

Photo: John Kimberley © May 1989 - Kenneth I. Swartz Collection

N746DB at Anchorage on wheels.

Photo: Kenneth I. Swartz © Date unknown - Aird Archives

N746DB at Anchorage on floats.

Photo: Unknown photographer © July 1986 - Aird Archives

C-GDHM of Fort Smith Air Services.

53-7932 at Finthen AAF, Germany.

Photo: Robin A. Walker © 17 June 1970

53-7932 visits Edinburgh - Turnhouse, Scotland.

Photo: Colin Lourie © c1960's

53-7932 at Downsview - CYZD, Ontario.

Photo: DHC © c.March 1955 - Aird Archives

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53-7932 • C-GDHM • N746DB • N67LU • N41PS

C-FEBB

• 53-7932 US Army # 1473. L-20 No. 474. Out of paint shop 10-Dec-1954. Delivered 05-Jan-1955. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.

• 53-7932 For sale @ Coleman Barracks, Mannheim–Sandhofen, Germany Feb-1973.

Total Time at 1974 – 4,460 hours.

• No regn. Purchased by B-M Aviation Ltd., Lachute, QC. 01-Apr-1973.

Entries preceded by dates are extracts from Department of Transport files at Archive Canada.

16-May-1977 B.M. Aviation request marks C-GDHM for DHC-2 c/n 746.

17-May-1977 Marks C-GDHM reserved for B.M. Aviation for DHC-2 c/n 746.

29-Jun-1977 Application for Certificate of Registration for B.M. Aviation Ltd., Lachute, QC.

07-Jul-1977 Certificate of Airworthiness issued.

11-Jul-1977 Certificate of Registration issued to B.M. Aviation Ltd., Lachute QC

• C-GDHM B-M Aviation, Lachute, QC. Regd 11-Jul-1977.

• C-GDHM Brazeau Oil Distributers, Fort Smith, NT. Purchased Jul-1977.

15-Jul-1977 Certificate of Transfer of Ownership; to Fort Smith Air Service Ltd., on lease from Brazeau Oil Distributors Ltd., Fort Smith, NT.

18-Jul-1977 Application for Certificate of Registration by Fort Smith Air Service Ltd., Fort Smith, NT.

09-Aug-1977 Certificate of Registration issued to Forth Smith Air Services Ltd.

• C-GDHM Leased to Fort Smith Air Services Ltd., Fort Smith, NT. 09-Aug-1977. Canx 16-Apr-1985. Removed from register 12-Nov-1985.

07-Jul-1977 4,640 hours.

30-May-1978 4,897 hours.

28-May-1979 5,117 hours.

24-Jun-1980 5,699 hours.

28-Jun-1981 6,220 hours.

14-Jun-1983 6,788 hours.

23-Jun-1984 7,014 hours.

27-Mar-1985 Bill of Sale; Fort Smith Air Service Ltd., to Faith Aviation (1982) Ltd., Edmonton, AB.

• C-GDHM Faith Aviation (1982) Ltd., Edmonton, AB. Purchased Mar-1985.

10-Apr-1985 Bill of Sale; Faith Aviation (1982) Ltd., to St Cloud Aviation of Alaska Inc., Anchorage, AK.

• N746DB St Cloud Aviation of Alaska Inc., Anchorage, AK. Purchased Apr-1985.

• N746DB Lake Union Air Services Ltd., Lake Union, Seattle, WA. (P/E 1989). On USCAR at 02-Mar1990.

• N67LU Lake Union Air Services Ltd., Lake Union, Seattle, WA. Dates unknown.

• N41PS Puget Sound Seaplanes, Tacoma, WA. Based American Lake, WA.

• N41PS Robert D McMahon, DBA McMahon Enterprises, Tacoma, WA. Regd 15-Feb-1991. Canx 07-Aug-2000. Canx 20-Jun-2000.

• C-FEBB H. N. Hybrid Nurseries Ltd., Pitt Meadows, BC. Regd 09-Aug-2000. Canx 02-Sep-2004.

• C-FEBB Spruce Air 1 Ltd., Pitt Meadows, BC. Regd 02-Sep-2004 and 24-Aug-2010.

• C-FEBB 9146-6375 Québec Inc., Val d'Or. QC. Regd 21-Feb-2020.

Total time: 13,165 hours (May-2020). 13,295.5 (Dec-2023).

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