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DHC-2 USA 3

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The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a STOL utility aircraft that first went in to service in 1948.  It has a crew of one and can carry six passengers.

The DHC-2 was widely used by armies and air forces around the world except in it’s native Canada where the DHC-3 Otter was preferred.

The Beaver has seen action with the British Army on the Irish border in 1979, and with the Armée de l’air in Vietnam.

This example is a U-6A of the US Navy 1974.
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Very nice rendering of an extraordinary aircraft.
My Dad's squadron (VX-6) had one of these in the mix of their equipment on Antarctica during the mid-sixties.
Done up in high visibility orange with a smattering of polished aluminum. 
Had tethered skis on the undercarriage for operating in deeper snow.

Google: Koloc Point, USAARP, Operation Deep Freeze, VX-6
Also see the license plate I posted in the 'scraps' section of my gallery.

Thank you so much for sharing your very thorough and beautifully detailed work.

Happy & Healthy 2018
DD Koloc