Registration / Serial:C-FGCV
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):2
Operator Titles:Walsten Air Service
City / Seaplane Base:Kenora - Seaplane (CJM9)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:July 1995
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Photo ID:517973Submit Correction
View count: 670
In Walsten Air's service, it was fitted with Bristol 7850 floats as used on the Beech 18, and this required the removal of its ventral fin and the fitting of two vertical fins on the horizontal stabiliser to provide greater stability with these larger floats. Earlier in its career it had on two separate occasions broken through ice on landing and become almost totally submerged in the lakes, resulting fortunately in recovery and major rebuild over time. Two months after this photo was taken, it crashed on touchdown at Salvesen Lake, Ontario with the tragic loss of all on board.
Registration / Serial:C-FGCV
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:Walsten Air Service
City / Seaplane Base:Kenora - Seaplane (CJM9)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:July 1995
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Registration / Serial:C-FGCV
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):2
Operator Titles:Walsten Air Service
City / Seaplane Base:Kenora - Seaplane (CJM9)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:July 1995
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Photo ID:517973Submit Correction
View count: 670
In Walsten Air's service, it was fitted with Bristol 7850 floats as used on the Beech 18, and this required the removal of its ventral fin and the fitting of two vertical fins on the horizontal stabiliser to provide greater stability with these larger floats. Earlier in its career it had on two separate occasions broken through ice on landing and become almost totally submerged in the lakes, resulting fortunately in recovery and major rebuild over time. Two months after this photo was taken, it crashed on touchdown at Salvesen Lake, Ontario with the tragic loss of all on board.
Registration / Serial:C-FGCV
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:Walsten Air Service
City / Seaplane Base:Kenora - Seaplane (CJM9)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:July 1995
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact