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How did I miss this? Excellent photos.

The Greatest and Best Bush Aircraft ever built Medevac71 the DHC-3 "Otter".

There is not an aircraft out there to-day that can do what it can.

Sure hope you get some shots of the Radial Engined Otter (PW-R-1340) same powerplant that was on the old Harvards.

Thanks for posting those pictures

Oh and by the way...the Beaver "DHC-2" was the first aircraft to win Battle Honours from the United States Army.  It won them during the Korean War.
Both the DeHavilland of Canada "DHC" Otter and Beaver served during the Vietnam War with Armed Forces of the United States.

I could go on and on Medevac about the "Otter" but I won't bore you to tears LOL, but there is something about the sound of that PW-R-1340, the smell of a DeHavilland Aircraft is also unique, not like the spam cans to-day.
If you watch an "Otter" climb she will climb with the nose down...just like an egg beater, whirlybird (I guess they are called Helicopters now ) oh dam I am rambling on

Thanks Medevac71!

Cheers....Happy Landings...Doug

Nice shots of these familiar birds of Harbour Air.....I see them occasionally up island where I live......

.....and oh Doug, I know of what you speak.....my one and only trip in an Otter was from Trenton, way back in 66 I think it was, ......from the runway, on amphib floats.....still remember the increase in speed as the prop pitch was turned up to cruise......shudder, shudder !