Aircraft Photo of N2899J | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter | Rust's Flying Service | AirHistory.net #847192
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N2899J
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-3 Otter
C/n (msn):425
Operator Titles:Rust's Flying Service
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip / SeaplaneMap
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: PALH   IATA: -   Local: LHD   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 1997
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 847192
Photo Comment

Heading for a Lake Hood touchdown. Delivered new to the Ghana Air Force as G307 in 1961. Returned to Canada to be refurbished and civilianised in 1974. Flew as C-GLCR in 1976, operating in Quebec. Exported to Alaska in 1982 as N2889J with 40 Mile Air of Tok, then from 1986 with Bering Air of Nome, joining Rust's at Anchorage in 1990. Vazar Turbine conversion was carried out by Flight Support Inc at Victoria, BC in 2000. Returned again to Rust's service thereafter.

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