| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | C-GEND |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3T... Turbo Otter |
| C/n (msn): | 371 |
| Operator Titles: | Whistler Air |
| Location | |
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| City / Seaplane Base: | Vancouver - International SeaplaneMap |
| Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: CAM9 Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 30 August 2006 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 422609 |
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This DHC-3 Otter was delivered in May 1960 to the US Army and flew in the US and Vietnam as 59-2224 until damaged in May 1969. Shipped back to the US, it was rebuilt by Harold J. Hansen in Seattle (BFI) in the early 1970s. After flying in Alaska, Canada and Alaska again, it rebuilt as a Vazar DHC-3T Turbo Otter and sold to Whistler Air in 1999. Mike Quinn founded the airline in 1985 and established a floating base on Green Lake in the resort town of Whistler in 1994. In Dec. 2002-Jan 2003 it flew tourists to the South Pole in Antarctica. Harbour Air bought Whistler Air and C-GEND in May 2012. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 20 December 2021, and has since been viewed 219 times. |