Twin Otter News

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291 - DHC-6-300 N291AL Alberta Aircraft Leasing Inc., Las Vegas, NV [Rocky Mountain Aircraft]

Updating entry for 01-Feb-2019; air tests completed at Springbank, AB 01-Feb-2019 and departed 02-Feb-2019 Springbank, AB - Fort St. John, BC once again. In the aborted attempt of 31-Jan-2019 it had filed to continue to Watson Lake, YT - so quite possibly the same routing expected today.

Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper - copyright © Karl L. Swartz

350 - DHC-6-300 N258SA Twin Otter International Inc., Las Vegas, NV

The registration N258AR has been reserved as of 30-Jan-2019.

365 - DHC-6-300 N97AR Twin Otter International Inc., Las Vegas, NV

The registration N365AR has been reserved as of 30-Jan-2019.

748 - DHC-6-300 VP-FAZ British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge

As seen in the photo below, the aircraft carries the name “Ice Cold Katy” - which had not previously been identified in the aircraft’s history.

MSN 748 - DHC-6-300 VP-FAZ British Antarctic Survey

Mark Anthony Thomas Photo ©

826 - DHC-6-300 N826X Drummond Company Inc., Cartagena [Transport Services LLC]

Flew Cartagena - Montego Bay-Sangster - Fort Lauderdale-Int’l 02-Feb-2019, presumably continuing north from there for maintenance.

U.K. based enthusiast tour operator Aeroprints, and David Osborn in particular have a great selection of images from their many trips to exotic locations. David’s photographs can be found at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/aeroprints

Below are a few Twin Otter shots from their recent South American trip.

MSN 891 seen in the photos below had been damaged in a runway excursion on landing at Iquitos back on 15-Aug-2017.