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Serial Number |
14 |
Registration |
C-FODJ |
Model |
DHC-3 |
Year of Manufacture |
1953 |
Engine |
Piston |
Location |
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Owner |
Green Airways Ltd |
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Otter number
14 was the first Otter delivered to the Ontario Provincial Air Service, as
CF-ODJ on 8th May 1953, registered to the Department of Lands & Forests. It
gave the Service its first experience of changing an engine in the field. In
July of that year, an unserviceable engine had to be changed when ODJ was
working from a remote stretch of the Albany River. Poles had to be flown to
the site to create an 'A' frame pulley hoist to change the engine. Despite
this early difficulty, for an incredible 32 years it went on to faithfully
service the Province of Ontario without incident, the registration being
changed to C-FODJ when it was re-registered to the Province of Ontario,
Ministry of Natural Resources in September '72. History courtesy of Karl E Hayes from DHC-3 Otter: A History (2005) |