de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver

STOL Utility Aircraft

Photo ©: Karsten Palt

The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engine eight-seat light STOL utility aircraft produced by the Canadian manufacturer de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd..

The Beaver was also produced with a turboprop engine as DHC-2T Turbo-Beaver III. Viking Air Ltd. of Canada has put the Turbo-Beaver again into production.

Crew	1
Passengers	7

Propulsion	1 Radial Engine
Engine Model	Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B Wasp Junior
Engine Power	336 kW	450 hp

Speed	261 km/h	141 kts 162 mph
Service Ceiling	5.486 m	18.000 ft
Range	1.180 km	637 NM 733 mi.

Empty Weight	1.293 kg	2.851 lbs
max. Takeoff Weight	2.313 kg	5.099 lbs

Wing Span	14,63 m	47 ft 12 in
Wing Area	23,2 m²	250 ft²
Length	9,22 m	30 ft 3 in
Height	2,47 m	8 ft 1 in

First Flight	16.08.1947
Production Status	in production
Total Production	1657

ICAO Code	DH2T DHC2
IATA Code	DHB DHP DHR
Data for (Version)	de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver I
Variants	DHC-2T Turbo-Beaver III

[Photo-ID: 678] © Karsten Palt 2007-09-15
	De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Clipper Aviation Reg.: D-FLEN c/n: 1056
Airport-Days 2007 [Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel (EDDH / HAM)]

[Photo-ID: 906] © Karsten Palt 2008-06-20
	De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (U-6A) Koninklijke Luchtmacht Historische Vlucht Reg.: PH-DHC c/n: 965
Open Dagen Koninklijke Luchtmacht 2008 [Leeuwarden (EHLW / LHW)]

[Photo-ID: 907] © Karsten Palt 2008-06-20
	De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (U-6A) Koninklijke Luchtmacht Historische Vlucht Reg.: PH-DHC c/n: 965
Open Dagen Koninklijke Luchtmacht 2008 [Leeuwarden (EHLW / LHW)]

[Photo-ID: 1008] © Karsten Palt 2008-07-07
	De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver AL.1 Royal Army Air Corps Reg.: XP821 c/n: 1484
Museum of Army Flying [Middle Wallop, Hampshire]

[Photo-ID: 1009] © Karsten Palt 2008-07-07
	De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver AL.1 Royal Army Air Corps Reg.: XP822 c/n: 1486
Museum of Army Flying [Middle Wallop, Hampshire]

[Photo-ID: 5513] © Karsten Palt 2012-01-11
	De Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver United States Air Force (USAF) Reg.: 51-16501 c/n: 277/1091
National Museum of the United States Air Force [Dayton, Ohio / USA (Wright-Patterson AFB)]

[Photo-ID: 13220] © Karsten Palt 2016-10-10
	De Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver (DHC-2) United States Air Force (USAF) Reg.: 54-1707 c/n: 853
Castle Air Museum [Atwater, CA]

[Photo-ID: 6892] © Karsten Palt 2013-05-17
	De Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver (DHC-2) United States Army Reg.: 58-2062 c/n: 1394
Midland Air Museum [Coventry]

[Photo-ID: 6893] © Karsten Palt 2013-05-17
	De Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver (DHC-2) United States Army Reg.: 58-2062 c/n: 1394
Midland Air Museum [Coventry]

[Photo-ID: 5765] © Karsten Palt 2012-04-29
	De Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver (DHC-2) Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Reg.: 11-6837 c/n: 386
The War Memorial of Korea [Seoul]

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