Greg Hyde
25th May 2016, 01:25 PM
A Dying Breed
Recently, DeHavilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter numbers have been reduced to one (VH-ZKF) aircraft operating in Australia with Seair Pacific on the Gold Coast. The other two on the Australian register (VH-BVS & VH-XFM) are both operating overseas.
Of the fifty-five Twin Otters that have appeared on the Australian Register from 1966 to 2016, registrations peaked in 1997 with twenty-five of the type.
Operated by TAA and Ansett via MMA and Aeropelican the Twin Otter has been well known for Australian & PNG bush operations.
The first DHC-6 in Australia was delivered to TAA on July 7, 1966 was VH-TGR which was the sixth aircraft off the production line. Unfortunately VH-TGR was lost when it crashed at Kainatu PNG on April 28, 1970
Recently, DeHavilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter numbers have been reduced to one (VH-ZKF) aircraft operating in Australia with Seair Pacific on the Gold Coast. The other two on the Australian register (VH-BVS & VH-XFM) are both operating overseas.
Of the fifty-five Twin Otters that have appeared on the Australian Register from 1966 to 2016, registrations peaked in 1997 with twenty-five of the type.
Operated by TAA and Ansett via MMA and Aeropelican the Twin Otter has been well known for Australian & PNG bush operations.
The first DHC-6 in Australia was delivered to TAA on July 7, 1966 was VH-TGR which was the sixth aircraft off the production line. Unfortunately VH-TGR was lost when it crashed at Kainatu PNG on April 28, 1970