↳ Forum de discussion sur l'aviation en Français.↳ Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft.Now I'm going to try to track down that movie-thanks for the tip. It is currently available for inspection at Cape Girardeau, Missouri (KCGI). It has a total aircraft time of 8427 hrs with 524 hours since the complete frame up restoration and overhaul. It has just finished an annual inspection, including the five year prop AD in August 2006. For the past six years, N323RS has been part of the private collection of Legend Airways of Colorado. It remains the Beaver example photo on the AOPA web site in the photo gallery area.Īs such, N323RS represents one of the finest, award winning examples of the DHC-2 Beaver in restored condition and has been entirely a recreational plane for those few pilots who wanted the very best Beaver in the world. This aircraft was featured in the August 2002 issue of AOPA Pilot Magazine and was the July photo aircraft in the 2004 AOPA Calendar. With a little over 500 hours since this total frame up restoration, N323RS has been lovingly cared for without a night outside of the hangar and remains in the pristine condition it was in when winning the EAA Sun'n'Fun award in 2000 at Lakeland Florida.
The aircraft was transferred to the United States registry in 1995 and had all new avionics installed in San Diego. We've flown this aircraft well under 40 knots without stalling it. This modification, encompassing new wing struts, a leading edge cuff, drooped wing tips, and wing fences, remarkably improves the slow flight handling, takeoff and landing characteristics of this already legendary airframe. Subsequently, the aircraft was totally rebuilt from the frame up and received a key modification in the process - the Baron STOL (short take off and landing) kit. The crash was sufficiently spectacular that the film was revised to write the crash into the story line. While filming on location in northern British Columbia, this aircraft was crashed on landing on floats in a north country lake with the cameras rolling. A 1952 model built for the Canadian military, it was featured in the film MOTHER LODE starring Charlton Heston and Kim Bassinger. N323RS represents one of the finest remaining examples of the deHavilland DHC-2 Beaver. It's all metal construction and legendary Pratt & Whitney 985-14B radial engine make it the aerial pickup truck of the north and truly one of the great working planes every built. Capable of work in and out of extremely short rough airstrips, or commonly on floats in remote water estuaries, the Beaver can carry extraordinary loads into and out of the roughest most remote areas of the earth. It is the workplane of choice in Alaska and Canada as it can take off and land in less than 650 feet of rough track. Today, the Beaver remains the workhorse of Alaska and the Canadian north with some 800 aircraft surviving of the original 1657 built. Produced by the deHavilland Aircraft Corp of Canada between 19, the Beaver was originally designed as a military utility aircraft for the harsh operations of the Canadian Air Force in the north country of Canada. Beaver represents one of the most beloved airplanes ever designed.
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