That might be because when you look up 'bush plane' in the dictionary you will find a picture of the DHC-2 Beaver. Of all the 20 something models that krzysk has introduced to AFS2 the one seems to have to most potential for world-wide acceptance. These minor items certainly does keep one from flying it and getting familiar with some of the details. The propeller level needs some fine tuning and the water rudder and landing gear has a noticeable shimmy at certain speeds. The Beaver is very flyable as it arrived, however, practically none of the switch or knobs are active yet. I would expect as a minimum a standard wheeled version, possibly a tundra wheel version and maybe even a pure float version. See pic below.Īt this early stage it is unknown if and when additional version or editions will be added. The Army livery has the olive green panel color to match, all the others have the bright white. Four liveries came with the package: Default same as Trans-Provcincial Airlines markings with orange tail except with a blue-gray tail, Norcanair, white with blue-gray trim with white wing bars, and a Canadian Army drab green camo. For now, it only comes in the Amphibian version (floats with retractable landing gear) which is the most versatile version for a sea plane. This is only the Alpha version today but, it will not take much to move to beta.
Due to this success, the Royal Canadian Mint commemorated the Beaver on a special edition Canadian quarter in November 1999. The Beaver is the most famous bush plane in the world, and the most-produced all-Canadian aircraft. Over 1,600 Beavers were produced until 1967 when the original line shut down, and today the aircraft is in such demand that there is a steady market for finding surplus examples in air museums and rebuilding them.
A Royal New Zealand Air Force Beaver supported Sir Edmund Hillary's expedition to the South Pole. Army Air Corps purchased several hundred and nine DHC-2s are still in service with the US Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol) for search and rescue. It is used for cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application (crop dusting and aerial topdressing), and has been widely adopted by armed forces as a utility aircraft. The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engine, high wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, primarily known as a bush plane.
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