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The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada in the mid-1960s and still in production today. Built by De Havilland Canada from 1965 to 1988, Viking Air purchased the type certificate and restarted production in 2008, before re-adopting the DHC name in 2022.
The Twin Otter was and is used by dozens of airlines and militaries around the world, and was produced in three main series (100, 200, 300) until 1988. As of 2006, over 40 years after design and manufacturing work on the original DHC-6 began, more than 500 of this aircraft were still flying.
The airline was established in 1966 as Vic Turner Ltd [7] which operated a single de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter providing air support for oil exploration activities in the Canadian Arctic. Renamed Kenn Borek Air after being purchased by Borek Construction in 1971, the company acquired the Aklavik Flying Services which was founded in ...
The type's first flight on 20 May 1965. After receiving certification in mid-1966, the first Twin Otter variant, the Series 100, entered service with the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. The Series 200, introduced in April 1968, had an extended nose and reconfigured rear cabin storage compartment, greatly increasing cargo space.
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
List of de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operators This page was last edited on 20 December 2020, at 06:15 (UTC). Text ...
DHC-6 Twin Otter: Canada: police air support Guardian 400 One on order for the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU) to replace the Britten-Norman Defender. [4] [5] Pilatus PC-12: Switzerland: surveillance PC-12NG 4 [6] [1] Three 'SPECTRE' surveillance variants [7], and one utility variant [8] Transport; CASA C-295: Spain: transport One on order [9] [1 ...
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