de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Wallpapers

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Aircraft - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org  : The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is one of the most famous bush planes in the world. After World War II, de Havilland Canada was looking to produce a plane suited to operations in the extremes of the Canadian north. The Beaver has become a symbol of the Canadian north, and has since [br]found use as a bush plane all over the world; the international ICAO designation for flight plans is DHC2. The type is used for aerial application; (crop dusting and aerial topdressing), and has been widely used by armed forces as a utility aircraft; the U.S. Army Air Corps purchased several hundred. Nine DHC-2s are still in service with the US Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol) for search and rescue. A Royal New Zealand Air Force Beaver supported Sir Edmund Hillary's expedition to the South Pole. Over 1,600 Beavers were produced. After extensive consultation with bush pilots, they began production of the Beaver —a reliable, single-engine monoplane that could be easily fitted with wheels, skis, or floats. [br]The Beaver was designed for flight in rugged and remote areas of the [br]world. Because it often flies to remote locations (that often are in [br]cold climates) its oil reservoir filling spout is located in the [br]cockpit itself and the oil can be refilled while the aircraft is in [br]flight. The first flight of the DHC Beaver was 16 August 1947, with the first production aircraft being delivered in April 1948. The plane was an immediate success within the Canadian aviation community. de Havilland hired veteran bush pilot Punch Dickins as their Director of Sales and when production finally ceased in 1967, 1,657 DHC-2 Beavers had been built.Country of origin: Canada [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Engines: one 450ph Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Wingspan: 14.62 m (47ft 9in) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Lenght: 9.24 m (30ft 3in) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Height: 2.74 m (8ft 9in) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Weight loaded: 2313 kg (5100lb) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Cruising speed: 230 km/h (145mph) at 1525 m (5000ft) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Service celling: 5485 m (18,000ft) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Range: 1252 km (780 miles) [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________ [br]Passengers + crew: 7 + 1 [br]_________________________________________________________________________________________________

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