DHC-6 TWIN OTTER # 184

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"184" (Photo: Steinar Saevdal 1987)

"184"
RNoAF - 719 Squadron
Bodø, Norway 1987
Photo: © Steinar Saevdal

AIRCRAFT DATA

Manufacturer: The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.; Garrett Boulevard, Downsview, Ontario M3K 1Y5, Canada.
Manufacturer's Model: DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200
Customer's Model: n/a
Type Certificate No: Canadian DOT Type Approval No: A-82
FAA Approved Type Certificate No: A9EA
MFG Serial Number: 184
Customer's Serial Number: 68-184
Manufacturing Date: 1968-12-14
Engines: 2 x Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 (579 shp)
Remarks:  
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
N1455T 1968-12-14 Manufacturing date
1968-12-14 First flight by test pilot Robert William.
1968-12-20 Delivered to Sea Airmotive, Inc.; PO Box 6003, Anchorage, Alaska 99502, USA.

TOT 3:00

1968-12-20 Downsview - Lake Head (3:46)
Lake Head - Winnepeg (2:20)
Winnepeg - Edmonton (4:30)
1968-12-21 Edmonton - Fort Wilson (3:10)
Fort Wilson - Whitehorse (2:37)
Whitehorse - Anchorage (2:56)
   
1971-??-??

Anchorage - Downsview for maintenance at DHC.

1971-11-17 Test flight from Downsview by George A. Neal at TOT 3099:30.
1971-11-19 Test flight from Downsview by George A. Neal at TOT 3099:55.
   
   
1973-11-30 Test flight from Downsview by George A. Neal at TOT 4695:25.
1973-12-01 Test flight from Downsview by George A. Neal at TOT 4696:40.
1973-12-04 IRAN completed by DHC at TOT 4694:30 h at Downsview, Ontario, Canada.
   
1973-12-08 Cancelled from US CAR.
184 1973-12-08 Test flight from Downsview by George A. Neal at TOT 4697:00 and approved.  Registration N1455T removed from aircraft and replaced by RNoAF Code "184".

Aircraft officially Taken on Charge by Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF).

1973-12-15 Ferry flight started from Downsview by ferry pilots Paterson and Shaw.

Downsview - Goose Bay

1973-12-17 Goose Bay - Reykjavik, Iceland.
1973-12-19 Reykjavik - Gardermoen AFB, Norway.
1973-12-20 Gardermoen AFB - Kjeller AFB.

RNoAF Material Air Command (LFK), Kjeller AFB. TOT 4718:25.

1974-03-29 719 Squadron, Bodø AFB.
1975-05-05 RNoAF Material Air Command (LFK); Kjeller AFB. TOT 5383:45.
1975-11-24 719 Squadron; Bodø AFB.
1976-11-01 RNoAF Material Air Command (LFK); Kjeller AFB. TOT 5909:15.
1976-11-08 719 Squadron; Bodø AFB.
1988-06-16 Fred. Olsens Flyveselskap AS; Fornebu Airport, for IRAN at TOT 12,207.3 h according to contract LFK # 710186.  New camouflage paint scheme.
1988-11-04 719 Squadron, Bodø AFB.
2002-??-?? Struck off Charge by RNoAF.
N184KM 2002-03-08 Kevin McCole; 1 Morse Road, Dunbarton, New Hampshire 03046-4319, USA.

Tel: (603) 490-0367

2002-03-08 Temporary A/W Certificate No: T021528 issued. Expiration Date: 2002-04-07.
2002-03-22 Ferry flight started from Bodø AFB at local time 13:10.  Ferry pilot Tom Sørensen.
2002-04-26 A/W Date.
2002-??-?? Operated by Jumptown, the home of the Massachusetts Sport Parachute Club (MSPC); 80 Airport Road, Ste 10, Orange, MA 01364, USA.

Jumptown started as the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) skydiving club in 1959 and was located in Turners Falls, MA until 1995 when they moved to larger facilities in Orange, MA.

Jumptown operated two Cessna 182s and Twin Otters including N184KM.

2005-??-?? For sale or lease by Loon Air Leasing

Total Time: 
28,426.7 Hours

Total Cycles: 
53,195

Engines:
Left- 4647 Hours SOH/335.9 SHSI
Right- 4184.4 Hours SOH/ 335.9 SHSI

Propellers:
Left - 2396.8 SPOH
Right - 3031.2 SPOH

Avionics:
Full King Gold Crown- Digital
2 x KTR908 Coms
2 x KNR634 Navs
2 x KDF 806 ADF
2 x HSI
4 x RMI
1 x Transponder
1 x TACAN, DF, IFF

Options:
Full De-ice
Heated windshield
Ski Fittings
Utility Seats
Cleveland Wheels and Brakes
Oxygen
High Mod status
Electric Standby Attitude Indicator

Paint:
Paint - Camouflage 10/10

2006-01-?? Sold to Hoppfly AS; Tønsberg, Norway
2006-04-10 Cancelled from US CAR on sale to Norway.
LN-JMP 2006-02-01 Registration reserved by Hoppfly AS; Tønsberg, Norway.

Hoppfly AS
P.O. Box 353
NO-3101 Tønsberg
Phone: +47 91 37 61 90
Fax: +47 33 00 33 01

www.hoppfly.no

2006-04-05 New registration mark painted on aircraft, after Norwegian C of A was issued.
2006-04-14 Luisburg, NC - Bangor, MA; (4:43 / 780 NM).
2006-04-16 Bangor, MA - Goose Bay, Canada; (4:50 / 620 NM).
2006-04-16 Goose Bay, Canada - Keflavik, Iceland; (7:57 / 1326 NM).
2006-04-17 Keflavik, Iceland - Torp Airport, Norway; (6:10 / 1037 NM)
2015/2016 Modified to PT6A-34 engines, new instrumentation, total refurbishment of interior, new paint scheme etc. at Zimex.
  Sources: 719 skvadron
FAA Registry
Agnar Stene

"184" (Photo: Steinar Saevdal 1987)

RNoAF "184" - 719 Squadron
Bodø, Norway 1987
Photo: © Steinar Saevdal

"184" (Photo: Steinar Saevdal 1987)

RNoAF "184" - 719 Squadron
Bodø, Norway
May 1987
Photo: © Steinar Saevdal

N184KM (Photo: Jumptown)

N184KM
Orange, MA, USA
Photo: © Jumptown

N184KM (Photo: Jumptown)

N184KM
Orange, MA, USA
Photo: © Jumptown

N184KM
Orange, MA, USA
Photo: © Jumptown

LN-JMP (Photo: Øivind Godager 2006)

LN-JMP - Instrument Panel
USA
05 April 2006
Photo: © Øivind Godager via Renate Grantsdottir

LN-JMP (Photo: Øivind Godager 2006)

LN-JMP
USA
04 April 2006
Photo: © Øivind Godager via Renate Grantsdottir

LN-JMP (Photo: Øivind Godager 2006)

LN-JMP
USA
07 April 2006
Photo: © Øivind Godager via Renate Grantsdottir

LN-JMP (Photo: Øivind Godager 2006)

LN-JMP
USA
10 April 2006
Photo: © Øivind Godager

LN-JMP
Torp Airport, Norway
17 April 2006
Photo: © courtesy Tom Arne Paulsen

LN-JMP (Photo: Tom Arne Paulsen 2007)

LN-JMP
Jarlsberg Airfield, Norway
02 September 2007
Photo: © Pål Christensen

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