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      Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
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            Havilland Canada began the design of the DHC-2 directly after
            World War II in response for a requirement of the Ontario Department
            of Lands and Forests.  The result was an excellent STOL
            aircraft.
             The prototype first flew in 1947 and production
            continued into the 1960s.  The Beaver could carry seven
            passengers or an equivalent amount of cargo.  Of 1,657 Beaver
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                | DHC-2: Company model number |  
                | L-20: U.S. Army/Air Force Liaison
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                | U-6: U.S. Military Utility (after 1962) |  
             
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