DHC-6 TWIN OTTER # 347

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LN-FKB (photo: Steinar Saevdal)

LN-FKB
Norsk Forurensingskontroll
Bodø Airport (ENBO)
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 300
Customer's Model: n/a
Type Certificate No: Canadian DOT Type Approval No: A-82
FAA Approved Type Certificate No: A9EA
MFG Serial Number: 347
Customer's Serial Number: n/a
Manufacturing Date: 1972-09-??
Engines: 2 x Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 (620 shp)
Remarks:  
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
VP-FAQ
(*)		 1972-04-25 Ordered new from DHC by NERC for British Antarctic Survery (BAS).
1972-08-21 Application for registration on Falkland Island Register.
1972-08-22 C of R issued.
1972-09-14 First flight.
1972-09-15 Test flight.
1972-09-27 Test flight.
1972-09-28 Test flight.
1972-10-02 Officially delivered from de Havilland Canada to British Antarctic Survey.
1972-10-13 Departed Downsview, Ontario, for ferry flight to Antarctic.
1972-10-18 Miami, Florida, USA.
1972-10-26 Arrived Punta Arenas, Chile.
1972-10-29 Punta Arenas - Adelaide Station, Adelaide Islands (UK).
Used mainly in support of Fossil Bluff Station, Alexander Island.
1973-02-25 Adelaide Station - Punta Arenas, Chile, for Downsview (DHC).
1973-03-04 West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
1973-03-05 Downsview, Ontario, Canada for servicing and storage at DHC.
Leased by DHC from BAS for a sales demonstration tour based at Kinshasa, Zaïre.  BAS titles removed and Canadian flag added to tail.
1973-05-31 Test flight from Downsview.
1973-06-01 Downsview - St. John (Newfoundland).
1973-06-02 St. John - Santa Maria (Azores)
1973-06-03 Santa Maria - Las Palmas (Canary Islands) - Dakar (Senegal).
1973-06-04 Dakar - Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
1973-06-05 Abidjan - Libreville (Gabon).
1973-06-07 Libreville - Kinshasa (Zaïre).
Demonstration flights in the area.
1973-06-17 Kinshasa - Abidjan.
1973-06-18 Abidjan - Dakar.
1973-06-19 Dakar - Casablanca (Marokko) - Biarritz (France).
1973-06-20 Biarritz - Luton (England).
1973-06-21 Luton - Prestwick - Reykjavik (Iceland).
1973-06-22 Reykjavik - Narsarssuak (Greenland) - September Isles (Québec).
1973-06-23 September Isles - Downsview (DHC).
1973-07-09 Downsview - Wabush (Newfoundland) - Frobisher Bay.
1973-07-10 Frobisher Bay - Söndre Strömfjord (Greenland).
1973-07-?? LRNS removed.  Operated from Söndre Strömfjord for local survey work.
1973-07-15 LRNS re-installed.  Söndre Strömfjord - Frobisher Bay.
1973-07-16 Frobisher Bay - Walbush - North Bay (Ontario) - Toronto Intl. Apt.
1973-07-17 Toronto - Downsview (DHC).
1973-10-04 Test flight from Downsview.
1973-10-06 Departed Downsview for Punta Arenas.
1973-10-13 Arrived Punta Arenas.
1973-10-16 Punta Arenas - Adelaide Station (Antarctic).
Operated in support of BAS operations in the Antarctic.
1974-02-28 Adelaide Station - Punta Arenas for Downsview (DHC).
1974-03-10 Arrived Downsview (DHC) for service and storage.
1974-10-05 Downsview - New Orleans (USA).
1974-10-12 Arrived Punta Arenas.
1974-10-17 Punta Arenas - Stonington Island, Graham Land.
1974-10-18 Stonington Island - Adelaide Station.
Operated in support of BAS operations in the Antarctic.
1975-03-05 Adelaide Station - Punta Arenas for Downsview.
1975-03-13 Via West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
1975-03-14 Arrived Downsview (DHC) for service and storage.
1975-05-?? Leased to the University of Nebraska for a five-week ice-sheet survey in Greenland on behalf of the US National Science Foundation.
1975-05-16 Downsview - Toronto (Malton).
1975-05-17 Toronto - Goose Bay (Newfoundland) - Søndre Strømfjord.
Operated from Söndre Strömfjord in support of UON surrveys.
1975-06-14 Søndre Strømfjord - Frobisher Bay.
1975-06-15 Frobisher Bay - Fort Chimo - Schefferville (Québec).
1975-06-16 Schefferville - Downsview (DHC).
1975-10-07 Departed Downsview for the Antarctic.  Via West Palm Beach 1975-10-07.
1975-10-15 Arrived Punta Arenas.
1975-11-04 Punta Arenas - Adelaide Station.
Operated in support of BAS operations in the Antarctic.  Also used to transport men and materials to a new air facility being constructed at Rothera Station (Adelaide Island) to replace the airstrip at Adelaide Station.
1976-02-29 Rothera Station - Punta Arenas for Downsview (DHC).
1976-03-07 Via West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
1976-03-08 Arrived Downsview (DHC) for service and chartering by Taylor Woodrow (International) Ltd. for three months work (including May) in Oman.
1976-05-?? Arrived Downsview (DHC) for maintenance.
1976-10-31 Departed Downsview for the Antarctic.
1976-11-05 Via Mendoza, Argentina.
1976-11-06 Arrived Punta Arenas.
1976-11-07 Punta Arenas - Rothera Station.
Leased out for 10 weeks to the US Ross Ice Shelf Project, but recalled to rescue the pilot and crew of BAS Twin Otter VP-FAP (s/n 333) that crashed on landing at Gomez Nunatak on 1977-01-21.  All people were uninjured and were flow to Rothera Station.
1977-03-01 Rothera Station - Punta Arena for Downsview (DHC).
1977-03-08 Via Miami, Florida, USA.
1977-03-09 Arrived Downsview (DHC) for service and storage.
1977-10-07 Departed Downsview for the Antarctic.
1977-10-17 Arrived Punta Arenas.
1977-10-18 Punta Arenas - Rothera Station.
1978-03-01 The nose-wheel leg and airframe were damaged beyond repair when the pilot tried to take off with full load from a very rough surface at Rothera Station.  Nobody was injured, but the aircraft had to be dismantled and loaded onboard the ship "Bransfield" which departed for the UK (via Falkland Islands) on 1978-03-24.
1978-05-23 "Bransfield" arrived Southampton, UK.  VP-FAQ off-loaded and transported to Mann Aviation Ltd. (MAL), Fairoaks, for repairs.
1978-09-25 Flight tests from Fairoaks after rebuild.
1978-10-04 Fairoaks - Biggin Hill.
1978-10-05 Departed Biggin Hill, UK, for the Antarctic.
1978-11-11 Arrived Punta Arenas.
1978-11-14 Punta Arenas - Rothera Station.
1979-03-01 Rothera Station - Punta Arena for Field Aviation Co. Ltd.; Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1979-03-13 Arrived Field Aviation for maintenance prior to leasing (as of 1979-03-29) to the Glasgow-based airline Loganair.
1979-04-15 After a series of test flights, aircraft departed Downsview for Scotland.
Downview - Goose Bay - Narsarssuak.
1979-04-16 Narsarssuak - Reykjavik (Iceland).
1979-04-17 Reykjavik - Glasgow (Scotland).
1979-04-22 Glasgow - Aberdeen for operational commencement of the lease.
1979-08-30 Final Loganair flight.
1979-08-31 Returned to Glasgow.
1979-09-04 Glasgow - Cambridge
1979-09-06 Cambridge - Oxford (Kidlington) - Fairoaks for maintenance at Mann Aviation Ltd.
1979-09-11 Fairoaks - Biggin Hill.
1979-09-12 Biggin Hill - Prestwick - Reykjavik.
1979-09-13 Reykjavik - Goose Bay - Ottawa (Ontario).
1979-09-14 Ottawa - Downsview (DHC) for maintenance and modifications prior to the Antarctic season.
1979-11-12 Departed Downsview for the Antarctic.
1979-11-21 Via Cordoba, Argentina.
1979-11-22 Via Trelew, Argentina.
1979-11-22 Arrived Punta Arenas.
1979-11-27 Punta Arenas - Rothera Station.
1980-02-26 Rothera Station - Punta Arenas for Field Aviation Co. Ltd.; Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1980-03-08 Arrived Field Aviation for maintenance prior to leasing (as of 1980-03-27) to the Glasgow-based airline Loganair.  BAS titles removed.
1980-03-27 Calgary - Churchill (Manitoba) - Frobisher Bay.
1980-03-28 Frobisher Bay - Reykjavik.
1980-03-29 Reykjavik - Aberdeen for commencement of the lease.
1980-08-29 Final Loganair flight.
1980-09-01 Aberdeen - Oxford (Kidlington).
1980-09-02 Oxford (Kidlington) - Biggin Hill.
1980-09-05 Biggin Hill - Prestwick - Reykjavik.
1980-09-06 Reykjavik - Frobisher Bay.
1980-09-07 Frobisher Bay - Churchill - Calgary for maintenance and modifications at Field Aviation prior to the Antarctic season.
1980-11-05 Departed Calgary for the Antarctic.
1980-11-20 Arrived Punta Arenas.
1980-11-23 Punta Arenas - Rothera Station.
1981-03-03 Rothera Station - Punta Arenas for Downsview (DHC).
1981-03-?? Arrived Downsview for maintenance at DHC prior to leasing to Jersey European Airlines (JEA).
1981-04-14 Downsview - Goose Bay.
1981-04-15 Goose Bay - Reykjavik - Glasgow.
1981-04-16 Glasgow - Cambridge - Biggin Hill - Jersey to commence lease with JEA.
1982-04-?? Cancelled from VP- Register.
  (*) Data from Douglas A. Rough article in  "Air-Britain Archive" Spring 2006 Issue.
G-BKBC 1982-04-24 Jersey European Airways.
1982-04-27 C of R 3328 issued.  Registered on UK CAR to Jersey European Airways Ltd.; European House, States Airport, Jersey, Channel Islands.
1982-09-09 Utilized by Spacegrand.
1982-11-13 To Weston-on-the-Green for parachuting duties.
1986-01-25 Noted at Hurn where it was repainted as LN-FKB.
1986-02-12 Hurn - Jersey.
1986-02-19 Jersey - Spitzbergen.
1986-02-19 Cancelled from UK CAR on export to Norway.
LN-FKB 1986-02-19 Registered on Norwegian CAR to; Norsk Forurensningskontroll AS; Bodø, Norway.
1987-11-04 Sparebanken Nord; Tromsø, Norway after bankruptcy of NFK.
1988-02-03 Cancelled from Norwegian CAR on export to the USA.
N899AS 1988-02-09 Formal sale from Sparebanken Nord to Air Serv International, Redlands, California, USA.
1988-02-10 Registered on US CAR to; Air Serv International; 410 Rosedale Court STE 190, Warrenton, Virginia 20186-4329, USA. http://www.airserv.org/ 
1988-03-05 A/W date.
1995-02-20 Noted at Carlsbad, California, with UN-UNICEF titles.
1995-03-10 Ferried Maastricht - Aberdeen - Reykjavik
1995-03-12 Departed Reykjavik.
1996-09-22 Noted with "World Food Programme" titles at Melspruit, South Africa.
????-??-?? Damaged by gunfire at Monrovia, Liberia, and sent to Melspruit for repair.
1998-09-11 Noted at Melspruit, South Africa.
1998-10-?? Noted at Entebbe in UN markings.
2004-11-25 Noted at Pweto FZQA, Congo (Kinshasa).
2005-03-19 Boted at Bagay, Chad.
2005-03-20 Noted at Goz Beida FTTE, Chad.
2005-03-21 Noted at Bahay, Chad, near the Sudanese border.
2005-03-22 Noted at Koukou and Bahay and Goz Beida, Chad.
2005-03-23 Noted at Bahay and Koukou, Chad.
2005-03-24 Noted at Goz Beida FTTE and Gereda, Chad.
2005-03-25 Noted at Abeche FTTC, Chad, preparing for flight to N'djamena.
2005-05-01 Noted at Koukou Airstrip, Chad.
2006-01-14 Noted at Iriba, Chad. The Sahel desert. Flying between Abeche and the refugee camps. High floatation nose wheel.
2006-01-16 Noted at Bahai Airport, Chad, in the middle of the Sahel desert.
2006-05-?? Operated from Chad, Africa for UN relief operations in Darfuri, Sudan, region.  Operated by Air Serv Africa Regional Chief Pilot Willam Kelsey.
   
     

VP-FAQ (Photo: Michel Ramel 1981)

VP-FAQ
British Antarctic Survey
Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France
May 1981
Photo: © Michel Ramel courtesy of Ruben Husberg Collection

VP-FAQ (Photo: Ruben Husberg Collection 1981)

VP-FAQ
Jersey European
September 1981
Photo: © courtesy of Ruben Husberg Collection

G-BKBC (Photo; Ruben Husberg Collection 1985)

G-BKBC
Jersey European
June 1985
Photo: © courtesy of Ruben Husberg Collection

LN-FKB (photo: Steinar Saevdal)
LN-FKB
Norsk Forurensingskontroll
Bodø Airport (ENBO)
1987
Photo: © Steinar Saevdal

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