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msn 369
DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
PJ-DVE
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msn 369

Series 300

CF-GON

PJ-DVE

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

CF-GON de Havilland Canada Inc.,  Downsview, ON. Rolled out -1973. First flight 06-Oct-1973.

CF-GON Delivered to NorOntair (opb White River Air Service), 11-Oct-1973.

CF-GON NorOntair (operated by Austin Airways, Timmins, ON), North Bay, ON., Jun-1978.

CF-GON NorOntair (operated by Air Dale), North Bay, ON., Mar-1979.

C-FGON NorOntair (operated by Austin Airways, Timmins, ON), North Bay, ON., Dec-1981 Canx 27-May-1982.

C-FGON NorOntair (operated by Air Dale), North Bay, ON., Dec-1982. Canx 05-Nov-1984.

C-FGON Sold to Labrador Airways, Goose Bay, NL. Regd 07-Dec-1984 & 13-Jul-2001 & 31-Jan-2005. Canx 08-Nov-2011.

Flew 29-Sep-2012  Goose Bay, NL - Baie Comeau, QC - North Bay, ON - Thunder Bay, ON - Winnipeg, MB - Regina, SK arriving there on 30-Sep-2012.

C-FGON Air Labrador Ltd., Goose Bay, NL. Regd 08-Nov-2010. Canx 06-Nov-2016.

Accident: Daniels River, NL 24-Sep-2015 Sustained damage to lower fuselage when nose gear sank into soft sand, causing the shock strut to fail. The aircraft was taxiing on a beach at Daniels River, NL at the time. Repairable.

Total time Nov-2016 62,101 hours.

C-FGON Planes & Parts Ltd., Turner Valley, AB. Based Calgary, AB. Regd 19-Apr-2017. Canx 18-Dec-2017.

Test flown at Gander, NL 06-Jun-2016.

Ferried The aircraft flew Gander, NL - Iles de la Madeleine - Riviere-du-Loup, QC on -12-Jun-2017. Riviere-du-Loup, QC - Rouyn/Noranda, QC - Geraldton, ON 13-Jun-2017. Geraldton, ON – Gimli, MB – Yorkton, DK – Calgary, Int. AB 14-Jun-2017 on delivery from Gander, NL.

Moved to Kenn Borek for preparation before delivery to Divi Divi Air. 11 Jul-2017.

PJ-DVE Divi Divi Air, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Regd 18-Dec-2017.

Current

CF-GON at Toronto - CYYZ, Ontario.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 08 November 1973 - Michael J. Ody Collection
CF-GON in the very distinctive colour scheme of norOntair at Sudbury - CYSB.
Photo: P. McRae © September 1974 - Michael J. Ody Collection
Photo: Peter Marshall © October 1974 - Gary Vincent Collection - Aird Archives
CF-GON awaits her customers at Sudbury - CYSB.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 16 August 1978 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FGON after undergoing a colour scheme change.
Photo: Unknown photographer © April 1984 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FGON still with norOntair.
Photo: John Stewart © May 1984 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FGON at Goose Bay - CYYR, Labrador.
Photo: Douglas Sprott © 2007
C-FGON at Calgary / Springbank - CYBW, Alberta.
Photo: Mike MacKinnon © 06 October 2012
C-FGON at Gander - CYQX, Newfoundland.
Photo: Garry Donovan © 22 November 2016
C-FGON at Great Falls - KGTF, Montana.
Photo: Unknown photographer © 29 November 2017