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The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, primarily known as a bush plane. It is used for cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application (crop dusting and aerial topdressing), and has been widely adopted by armed forces as a utility aircraft. The United States Army purchased several hundred (desginated the U-6); nine DHC-2s are still in service with the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol) for search and rescue. A Royal New Zealand Air Force Beaver supported Sir Edmund Hillary's expedition to the South Pole. Over 1,600 Beavers were produced until 1967 when the original line shut down.
Below is a partial list of airframes that survived military service.
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51-6263 (D-15) 52-6087 (D-16) 53-2801 (A-13) 53-7888 (A-16) |
54-1677 (?-10) 55-0682 (?-16) 56-0367 (D-16) 57-6142 (?-16) |
58-2062 (D-16) 58-1997 (D-09) 60-3528 (?-16) |
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