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N997DH awaiting tips at Cresswell/Hobby, Oregon.
Photos: Kenneth I. Swartz © 07 March 2024 - Aird Archives
N997DH being worked on, at Hood River, Oregon.
Photo: Tim Spearman ©
N997DH appropriately registered.
Photo: Kenneth I. Swartz © May 1987
N997DH at Lake Hood.
Photo: W. Gysin-Aegerter © 24 August 1985 - Aird Archives
N3314F here comes the Sheriff.
Photo: Gary Vincent © February 1981 - Kenneth I. Swartz Collection
C-GKPJ at Channing, Manitoba.
Photo: Ian Macdonald © Winter 1983-84

997

55-4603 • N3314F • N222CD • N3314F • C-GKPJ

N997DH

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• 55-4603 US Army #1642. L-20 No. 643 Command A-9. Delivered 06-Nov-1956. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.

• 55-4603 Indiana ANG.

• N3314F Regd Jun-1976.

• N222CD Regd Sep-1976.

• N3314F Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indianapolis, Indiana Regd. Jan-1977. Canx 09-Jan-1981.

• N3314F Rusk Aviation Ltd., Kankadee, IL. Canx 19-Feb-1981.

Entries preceded by date are extracts from Department of Transport records at Archive Canada.

26-Jan-1981 Allotment of Registration to Roger Ellis Rainsberger c/o The Air Ranger Ltd., , Winnipeg DHC-2 c/n 1642 (The Air Ranger was a used aircraft broker/dealer).

12-Feb-1981 Department of Transport correct c/n to 997 as they had incorrectly used the US military procurement reference.

• C-GKPJ Imported into Canada. Regd 1981.

14-May-1981 Provisional Certificate of Registration and Flight Permit for ferry Winnipeg to Gimli, MB., for ON Central Airlines

16-Sep-1981 Application for Certificate of Registration by ON Central Airlines Ltd., Gimli, MB.

17-Sep-1981 Certificate of Airworthiness issued.

17-Sep-1981 Certificate of Registration issued to ON Central Airlines Ltd., Gimli, MB.

• C-GKPJ Ontario Central Airlines, MB. Regd 17-Sep-1981.

06-Nov-1981 Application for Certificate of Registration by ScotLandAir Ltd., Nelson House, MB.

27-Nov-1981 Certificate of Registration issued to ScotLendAir Ltd., Nelson House, MB.

• C-GKPJ ScotLandAir Ltd., Nelson House, MB. 27-Nov-1981.

11-Feb-1983 Certificate of Registration reissued to reflect change of address to Thompson, MB.

• C-GKPJ ScotLendair Ltd., Thompson, MB. Regd 11-Feb-1983.

10-May-1984 Lease Agreement; ScotLendAir to R n D Aviation Ltd.,

18-May-1984 Application for Certificate of Registration by R n D Aviation Ltd., Leaf Rapids, MB.

27-May-1984 Certificate of Registration issued to R n D Aviation Ltd., Leaf Rapids, MB (R n D = Rene le Brasseur and Donna Hohle).

28-May-1984 Flight Permit issued for ferry flight Flin Flon, MB., to Leaf Rapids, MB.

• C-GKPJ R n D Aviation Ltd., Leaf Rapids, MB. Canx 18-Oct-1984.

17-Oct-1984 Temporary Certificate of Registration issued to Robert Scott Cole, Flin Flon, MB.

• C-GKPJ Robert Scott Cole, Flin Flon, MB. Canx 06-Nov-1984.

08-Mar-1985 Temporary Certificate of Registration issued to Robert Scott Cole, Flin Flon, MB.

18-Mar-1985 Bill of Sale; R. Scott Cole to St.Cloud Aviation of AK, Anchorage, AK.

20-Mar-1985 Cancelled CCAR.

Total hours since new as recorded on Department of Transport records.

16-Sep-1981   6,033 hours.

04-Aug-1982   6,143 hours.

12-Sep-1983   6,256 hours.

05-Sep-1984   6,410 hours.

• N997DH St. Cloud Aviation of Alaska, Anchorage, AK 18-Mar-1985.

Airworthiness Date: 11-Jun-1985. Category – Normal.

• N997DH John L. Cheyney, White Salmon, WA.

• N997DH Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, Hood River, OR. Regd 12-Oct-2021. Being restored - to be sold after completion.

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