2A100 - DHC-3 Otter

RAAF A100 De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter

RAAF.Serial.	Const/No.	Aircraft History
A100-390	390	Assembled in Bankstown, Australia by de Havilland and powered by left surplus R-1340 Wirraway engines. Served with 1 ATU (Air Trials Unit) from 1961 to 1967. They operated briefly with the Weapons Research Establishment at Woomera, South Australia until sold to Short Bros, Registered VH-UPL 29/09/67 to 25/08/80. Used at Woomera until 1980. Boxed up at Bankstown NSW and exported to Canada 04/1981 registered as C-GSYR. 23/06/1981 Waddy Lake, Saskatchewan. Aborted takeoff, landed on water but ended up 50 foot up into bush. Pilot and passenger escaped unharmed, Aircraft was destroyed by fire. 14/07/1982 cancelled from Canadian Register. Click here for full post RAAF details
A100-392	392	Assembled in Bankstown, Australia by de Havilland and powered by surplus R-1340 Wirraway engines. Served with 1 ATU from 1961 to 1967. They operated briefly with the Weapons Research Establishment at Woomera, South Australia until sold to Short Bros, Registered VH-UPM 16/10/67 to 25/08/80. Used at Woomera until 1980. Boxed up at Bankstown NSW and Exported to Canada and registered as C-GSYX. 25/05/1981 photographed registered CF-QOR to Buffalo Airways 02/06/1982 Removed from Canadian Register. Exported to USA. 23/03/1984 Airworthy. 12/04/1984 Registered N1018B. 06/1984 noted on wheeled undercarriage 06/1984 noted on floats During 2011 fitted with Garret TPE-331 turbo-prop engine and four bladed propeller on an extended nose 23/03/2013 Registered to Summit leasing LLC, Kenai, AK, USA. Click here for full post RAAF details

The Author of this page is Darren Crick updated by Brendan Cowan and Martin Edwards

Source: http://airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum, Aircraft Status Card, National Archives, CASA Aircraft Records. The DHC-3 Otter Archive

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Converted to CMS 14th November 2025

Updated 12th June 2019