Sunday, November 09, 2008
Steve's "Otter Of The Week"! .....by Karl E. Hayes
There are many "events" and "moments in time" that an Otter experiences as it builds it's own personal "history", some of which we can "imagine" in our minds, although the accuracy could be "suspect". I am just thankful that the pilots who flew (and fly) the Otters, and others, decided to capture many images in photos of the "grand old girl" as her "legend" grew. Check out the next Otter and photo, "mesmerizing".
All information is from Karl Hayes' "masterful" CD entitled:
De Havilland Canada
DHC-3 OTTER
A HISTORY
CONTACT KARL, CD PRICING and ORDERING INFO - De Havilland DHC-3 OTTER - A HISTORY by Karl E. Hayes
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Otter 259
Otter 259 was delivered to the United States Army on 1st May 1958 with serial 57-6123 (tail number 76123). It was one of sixteen Army Otters delivered from Downsview to Addison, Texas for work to be done on them by Collins Radio Corporation. Most of these Otters were then delivered to Europe and by 1959 76123 was attached to the 572nd Engineer Platoon (Topographic Aviation) based at Wheelus Air Base, Tripoli, Libya. By January 1962 it was serving with the Corps of Engineers in Iran. It continued with this unit until April 1967 when it was damaged in an accident. It remained on charge until it was deleted from the inventory in April 1968, having been scrapped.
- by Karl E. Hayes
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Not a "lengthy history", but check out this "moment in time" and accompanying description sent to me be Karl Hayes.
- photo provided by Don Bailey
Subject: Don Bailey getting a shave & haircut from local barber. (Gravity spike camp- Chah-Bahar, Iran) "Redwood" (Otter- 76123) in background. 1967.
FYI:
A local barber would walk about 1 mile (from Chah-Bahar village to the local airport) to give our Gravity spike camp crew (5) a haircut and a shave ...for just a few rials (15-20 cents U.S.). The barber's chair was an empty 20 litre AVGAS can. The barber carried his barber tools and a bottle of water to prepare shaving cream in a small, black satchel similar to one used by a doctor in the U.S.
DB
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Like I said, an "unbelievable moment in time".......
CONTACT KARL, CD PRICING and ORDERING INFO - De Havilland DHC-3 OTTER - A HISTORY by Karl E. Hayes
All information is from Karl Hayes' "masterful" CD entitled:
De Havilland Canada
DHC-3 OTTER
A HISTORY
CONTACT KARL, CD PRICING and ORDERING INFO - De Havilland DHC-3 OTTER - A HISTORY by Karl E. Hayes
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Otter 259
Otter 259 was delivered to the United States Army on 1st May 1958 with serial 57-6123 (tail number 76123). It was one of sixteen Army Otters delivered from Downsview to Addison, Texas for work to be done on them by Collins Radio Corporation. Most of these Otters were then delivered to Europe and by 1959 76123 was attached to the 572nd Engineer Platoon (Topographic Aviation) based at Wheelus Air Base, Tripoli, Libya. By January 1962 it was serving with the Corps of Engineers in Iran. It continued with this unit until April 1967 when it was damaged in an accident. It remained on charge until it was deleted from the inventory in April 1968, having been scrapped.
- by Karl E. Hayes
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Not a "lengthy history", but check out this "moment in time" and accompanying description sent to me be Karl Hayes.
- photo provided by Don Bailey
Subject: Don Bailey getting a shave & haircut from local barber. (Gravity spike camp- Chah-Bahar, Iran) "Redwood" (Otter- 76123) in background. 1967.
FYI:
A local barber would walk about 1 mile (from Chah-Bahar village to the local airport) to give our Gravity spike camp crew (5) a haircut and a shave ...for just a few rials (15-20 cents U.S.). The barber's chair was an empty 20 litre AVGAS can. The barber carried his barber tools and a bottle of water to prepare shaving cream in a small, black satchel similar to one used by a doctor in the U.S.
DB
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Like I said, an "unbelievable moment in time".......
CONTACT KARL, CD PRICING and ORDERING INFO - De Havilland DHC-3 OTTER - A HISTORY by Karl E. Hayes
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Hey Steve,
please pick C-GYKO (River Air's Otter) as your "Otter of the Week". I'd love to know about her history.
Bruce
Mtka. MN
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please pick C-GYKO (River Air's Otter) as your "Otter of the Week". I'd love to know about her history.
Bruce
Mtka. MN
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