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Twin Otter and other heritage types to be reborn as Viking buys de Havilland Canada type certificates

Canada’s Viking Air has acquired the type certificates for seven de Havilland Canada (DCH) heritage aircraft from Bombardier, including the DHC-2 Beaver and the DHC-6 Twin Otter, and is evaluating the ...
Aviation Week

FAA Issues Emergency AD For de Havilland DHC-3 Otters

Following the September fatal crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter floatplane in Washington State, the FAA has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive calling for the immediate visual ...
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NTSB urges steps to prevent DHC-3 Otter stabiliser failures

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging aviation regulators to require De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters be equipped with secondary devices to prevent horizontal stabiliser actuators ...
KREM

Plane that crashed near Whidbey Island has long history in the skies over Washington

SEATTLE — The floatplane that crashed into Puget Sound on Sept. 4 has a long history in the skies over western Washington, and so does the Renton company that owns it. The de Havilland DHC-3 Otter ...
Flying

de Havilland

Cara Siciliano didn’t have TikTok on her phone until just before she went on a floatplane tour—in a de Havilland DHC-3 Turbine Otter—from Homer, Alaska, to Brooks Camp at Katmai National Park in King ...