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msn 623
DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
J8-CRU
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623

Series 300

7P-LAB • 5N-ATN • S7-AAO • S7-AAF • C-GADH

J8-CRU

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

• 7P-LAB de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date 29-Apr-1979. First flight 11-May-1979.

• 7P-LAB Delivered to Lesotho Airways, "Maseru", 25-May-1979.

Ferried via Shoreham, UK 02/04-Jun-1979 on delivery to Africa.

Accident: Qacha's Nek, Lesotho 21-Sep-1981 Sustained structural damage in hard landing at; repairable & returned to Seriesvice

• 5N-ATN Sold to Aerocontractors of Nigeria, 21-Feb-1990.

• 5N-ATN Sold to World Jet Aircraft International, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., 31-Dec-1992.

• S7-AAO Sold to Air Seychelles, Mahé, Seychelles, 31-Dec-1992.

• S7-AAF Re regd to Air Seychelles, Mahé, Seychelles, "Isle of Praslin",18-Mar-1992.

• C-GADH Gravitas Aviation, Vancouver, BC. Imported 12-Jan-2017.

Ferried Mahe – Calgary 22-Dec-2016 -02-Jan-2017.

Flew Victoria-Seychelles Int'l - Nairobi-Wilson 22-Feb-2017 Nairobi-Wilson – Aswan 23-Feb-2017 Aswan – Split 24-Feb-2017 Split – Bern 26-Feb-2017 presumably for attention by RUAG, Bern - Wick – Keflavík 28-Feb-2017 and Keflavík - Iqaluit, NU - Thompson, MB - Calgary-Int'l, AB 01-Mar-2017. as it returns to Canada

• C-GADH Sold to Unity Group Ltd., Airdrie, AB., May-2017. Regd 08-Nov-2017.

Flew 07-11- Dec-2017. Williston, ND – Lincoln, NE – Bowling Green, KY – Tallahassee, FL – Fort Lauderdale Exec, FL – Providenciales on route to St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

• J8-CRU SVG Air, Saint Vincent. Regd 18-Dec-2017.

• Current •

7P-LAB of Lesotho Airways at Johannesburg, RSA.
Photo: Unknown photographer © April 1988 - Erik Johannesson Collection
S7-AAF of air seychelles at Mahe - FSIA, Seychelles.
Photo: Dan Roy Erikson © 17 July 2013
S7-AAF at Praslin - FSPP, Seychelles.
Photo: Markus Bischof © May 2015 - Erik Johannesson Collection
C-GADH about to leave the Seychelles.
Photo: Unknown photographer © 20 February 2017