Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre DHC-2 Beaver CF-OBS - CF-OBS is the oldest production beaver in flying condition and was also remarkably, the first production Beaver built in 1948 by de Havilland Canada. This plane can be seen today in the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, ON! *A portion of profits from every sale of this product to the general public is donated to the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in the form of YoDecal product donations to their giftshop.
Following the end of the Second World War, de Havilland Canada's management team decided to focus the company's energies upon the civilian aviation sector. Canadian pilots were asking for tremendous extra power and STOL performance, in a design that could be easily fitted with wheels, skis or floats. When de Havilland engineers noted this would result in poor cruise performance, one pilot replied, "You only have to be faster than a dog sled to be a winner". Other suggestions that were seemingly mundane, but important in the bush plane world, included the installation of full-sized doors on both sides of the aircraft, which meant that it could be readily loaded no matter which side of a dock it tied up on; the doors were also made wide enough to allow for a 44 Imperial gallon drum to be rolled up into the aircraft.
In line with the convention for aircraft produced by de Havilland Canada being named after animals, it was decided that the new bush plane would be named after the beaver, which was known for its hard-working nature. On 16 August 1947, the maiden flight of the DHC-2 Beaver was in Downsview, Ontario; it was flown by Second World War flying ace Russell Bannock. After completing its flight test program, the prototype received several adjustments and improvements in order for it to serve as a flying demonstration model ready for the sales circuit. The prototype was ultimately sold to Central British Columbia Airways, as a routine day-to-day working air-taxi airplane and continued to fly as such with various air-taxi operators until 1980, after which it was retired and preserved as CF-FHB at the Canadian Aviation & Space Museum in Ottawa, ON. In April 1948, the first production aircraft was delivered to the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, who had been a design partner. Today, the first production Beaver, CF-OBS still flies with the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre DHC-2 Beaver CF-OBS - Le CF-OBS est le plus ancien castor de production en état de vol et a également été remarquablement le premier castor de production construit en 1948 par de Havilland Canada. Cet avion peut être vu aujourd'hui au Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre à Sault Ste. Marie, ON! *Une partie des bénéfices de chaque vente de ce produit au grand public est reversée au Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre sous la forme de dons de produits YoDecal à leur boutique de cadeaux.
- Canadian Veteran-Owned company, orders are made and shipped from British Columbia, Canada. Entreprise canadienne appartenant à des vétérans, les commandes canadiennes et internationales sont effectuées et expédiées de la Colombie-Britannique, au Canada.
- All prices are in Canadian dollars. Tous les prix sont en dollars canadiens.
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