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De Havilland Canada DHC-2T

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Overview

A favourite aircraft of Indiana Jones actor Harrison Ford, and named after a hard working, semiaquatic rodent, the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single engined, high wing, propeller driven STOL aircraft developed and manufactured by de Havilland Canada. Known by some as the workhorse of the (Alaskan) north, it is often operated as a bush aircraft and fulfils a wide variety of utility roles.

Its design came about in response to pilots expressing a desire for an aircraft with good power and STOL performance, in a design that could be easily fitted with wheels, skis or floats, as well as full sized doors on both sides so that it could be readily loaded no matter on which side of a dock it tied up. Pratt & Whitney Canada supplied WW2-surplus 450 hp Wasp Junior radial engines. It can accommodate up to seven passengers.

The maiden flight took place on 16 August, 1947 and the first production model was delivered in April 1948.

During the 1960s, de Havilland developed the Mk.III Turbo Beaver, which was equipped with a 680 shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 turboprop engine. It can seat a maximum of 11 people and comes in tundra, float or ski variants.

Production ceased in 1967 and the tooling and type certificate for the Beaver have since been acquired by Canada-based Viking Air.

Specifications
  • Typical passenger capacity:   7
  • Range:   420nm
  • Cruise speed:   124 kts
  • Cabin height:   4.25 ft
  • Cabin width:   4 ft
  • Cabin length:   9 ft
  • Cabin volume:   134 cu ft
  • Active fleet worldwide:   72
  • Available for charter worldwide:   13
  • Typical price:   $1,850,000 to $1,850,000 pre-owned.
  • Production dates:   1948 - 1967
Charter operators
Canada Alkan Air , Atleo River Air Service , Hearst Air Service , Seair Seaplanes , Superior Airways , Tintina Air , True North Airways
U.S.A. Bay Air , Fly Denali , Kenmore Air , Rust's Flying Service , Ward Air , Wrangell Mountain Air
Maintenance centres
Canada Aero Aviation , Aéro-Entretien Q-60 , FlinFlon Aircraft Maintenance , Flying Colours Corp. , Harbour Air Aerospace Services , Lakeland Aviation , Macizzle Aero , Orillia Aviation , Pacific Rim Aviation Academy , Recon Air Corporation , RiseAir , Riverside Aircraft Maintenance , Sealand Aviation , Sky Wrench Aviation , Springer Aerospace , Stolairus Aviation , Thunder Bay Aviation
U.S.A. Kenmore Air Harbor , Mukenschnabl
Completions centres
Canada New United Goderich
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News from Business Air News
Valdor brings Beaver back to life
November 17, 2023
Valdor Aircraft has selected the PT6A-34 engine for its conversion programme of the single engine BX Turbo Beaver under a new STC from Transport Canada.
Harbour Air performs first all-electric point to point flight
August 29, 2022
A De Havilland Beaver that was completely retrofitted in 2019 to operate using all electricity flew 45 miles in 24 minutes from Fraser River to Pat Bay in British Columbia.
Three leading companies put heads together for eBeaver
April 25, 2021
After the first flight of the Harbour Air eBeaver powered by magniX in December 2019 and the ongoing flight tests since then, the companies have teamed up with H55 to bring their shared vision to life by 2022.
April 11, 2021magniX shares positive eBeaver noise pollution findings
August 4, 2020Viking Turbo Beaver to take advantage of MTV-16
March 12, 2020magniX earmarked as innovation leader by Fast Company
February 5, 2020'Bush operator' Beluga delivers grizzly bear flights
December 13, 2019Harbour and magniX look to usher in electric revolution
June 18, 2019Viking endorses SAJF for all its turboprops
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