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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100
N73WD
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Series 100

FAP-390 • (CF-APH) • CF-PPD • C-FPPD • N73WD • C-FPPD

N73WD

• Registration • Activity and details of Owner/Operator and other historical information

• FAP-390 de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out 15-May-67. First flight 24-Oct-1967.

• FAP-390 Peruvian Air Force / Fuerza Aérea del Perú. Escuadron de Transporte 421. Also operated also as TANS Peru (Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de Selva) 01-Dec-1967. Sold in 1971.

Note: Returned to Canada at Toronto Island 22-Jul-1971 and noted at Downsview 15-Sep-1971 still marked as 390.

• (CF-APH) de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON Regd 06-Oct-1971 but ntu. Canx by Transport Canada 25-Oct-1971.

• CF-PPD Sold to Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, ON. Regd 18-Nov-1971.

Noted at Downsview 18-Nov-1971 now painted as CF-PPD.

• CF-PPD Sold to Pacific Petroleum, Calgary, AB. Regd 29-Nov-1971.

• C-FPPD Re regd to Pacific Petroleum, Calgary, AB. May-1979.

• C-FPPD Merged into Petro Canada Exploration, Calgary, AB. Regd Nov-1979. Regd 02-Dec-1991. Canx 18-Jul-2003.

• C-FPPD Sold to Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, Springbank, AB. (Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB),12-Jul-2003. Regd 18-Jul 2003. Canx on export to USA 18-Jul-2003.

• N73WD Alberta Aircraft Leasing, Las Vegas, NV. Regd 31-Jul-2003.

• C-FPPD Returned to Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, Springbank, AB. (Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB). Regd 14-Aug-2003 and 15-Aug-2003. Canx 19-Aug-2003. Del-from CCAR as exported to USA. 20-Aug-2003 .

• N73WD Alberta Aircraft Leasing, Las Vegas, NV. Regd 20-Aug-2003.

Airworthiness Cert: 04-Sep-2003.

• N73WD Leased to Flanagan Enterprises (Nevada) Inc., Zephyr Cove, NV. Regd 10-Aug-2004 & 27-Sep-2004.

Note: Operated by Parachute Centre, Lodi, CA.

Arrived Springbank, AB 10-Apr-2017 for maintenance with Rocky Mountain Aircraft, departing back to base at Lodi, CA 29-May-2017.

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390 at Toronto Island Airport.
Photo: Sheldon Benner © 04 November 1967 - Ody Collection
390 on a pre-delivery test flight with floats.
Photo: de Havilland Canada © November 1967 - Ody Collection
Back in Canada again as CF-PPD.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 13 December 1971 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FPPD at Fort St. John - CYXJ.
Photo: Unknown photographer © April 1980 - Kenneth I. Swartz Collection - Aird Archives
C-FPPD when serving with Petro Canada.
Photo: Michael J. Ody © 16 June 1986