de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

Built by De Havilland Canada from 1965 to 1988, Viking Air purchased the type certificate and restarted production in 2008, before re-adopting the DHC name in 2022.The availability of the 550 shaft horsepower (410 kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 turboprop in the early 1960s made the concept of a twin feasible.[7][8] After Series 300 production ended, the remaining tooling was purchased by Viking Air of Victoria, British Columbia, which manufactures replacement parts for out-of-production de Havilland Canada aircraft.On 2 April 2007, Viking announced that with 27 orders and options in hand, it was restarting production of the Twin Otter, equipped with more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 engines.[20] In June 2023 Viking, now operating as De Haviland Canada started production of new DHC-6 Classic 300-G.[8] Twin Otters could be delivered directly from the factory with floats, skis, or tricycle landing gear fittings, making them adaptable bush planes for remote and northern areas.Many Twin Otters still serve in the Arctic and subarctic, but they can also be found in Africa, Australia, Asia, Antarctica, and other regions where bush planes are the optimum means of travel.The Walt Disney World resort in Florida was also served with scheduled airline flights operated with Twin Otter aircraft.Another commuter airline in the United States, Rocky Mountain Airways, operated Twin Otters from the Lake County Airport in Leadville, Colorado.At an elevation of 3,026 m (9,927 ft) above mean sea level, this airport is the highest airfield in the United States ever to have received scheduled passenger airline service, thus demonstrating the wide-ranging flight capabilities of the Twin Otter.Rocky Mountain Airways went on to become the worldwide launch customer for the larger, four-engine de Havilland Canada Dash 7 STOL turboprop, but continued to operate the Twin Otter, as well.[23][24] In many cases, the excellent operating economics of the Twin Otter allowed airlines large and small to provide scheduled passenger flights to communities that most likely would otherwise never have received air service.[26][27][28][29] On 21–22 June 2016, Kenn Borek Air's Twin Otters performed the third winter evacuation flight to Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station to remove two people for medical reasons.The Twin Otter is also used for landing at Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, the world's shortest commercial runway, on the Caribbean island of Saba, Netherlands Antilles.[39][40] Two days later, the aircraft departed Victoria, British Columbia for a ferry flight to Orlando, Florida, site of the 2008 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Conference and exhibition.
DHC-6-200 cockpit
The floatplane version of the DHC-6 enables water landings
DHC-6-300 passenger cabin
First flight of the Series 400 technical demonstrator by Viking Air at Victoria Airport , 1 October 2008
Aerovías DAP DHC-6 Series 300 at Puerto Williams , Chile
A Twin Otter making a normal landing approach in Queensland , Australia
Maldivian DHC-6 Twin Otter water landing
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter on Beechey Island at the graves of seamen who were part of Franklin's lost expedition (Nunavut, Canada) circa 1997. Note the tundra tires .
Twin Otter daily scheduled service between Glasgow (Scotland) and Barra Airport 's sandy beach runway
Short-nosed DHC-6-100 Twin Otter at DeLand Municipal Airport
Air Seychelles de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter on Bird Island, Seychelles
A Seaborne Airlines DHC-6-300 fitted with floats makes a water landing at Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
DHC-6 Cockpit view landing at St Barths
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 3-view drawing
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