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Sean Rossiter. The Immortal Beaver
The Immortal Beaver
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface Beavers return to Dick Hiscock’s watery backyard
Chapter One The Beaver takes off
Chapter Two First to fight: Jaki Jakimiuk and the PZL fighters
Chapter Three Downsview goes to war
Chapter Four One thousand mosquitoes
Chapter Five Fred Buller joins DHC
Chapter Six DHC-X: Halfway to greatness
Chapter Seven Phil Garratt’s half-ton flying pickup truck becomes the Beaver
Chapter Eight But will it fly? Testing the Beaver
Chapter Nine Russ Bannock takes the brass fishing
Chapter Ten Fort Rucker, Alabama, to Wanganui, new Zealand
Chapter Eleven The Turbo Beaver
Chapter Twelve Adventure stories from the moody Pacific Coast
Chapter Thirteen Beavers better than new
Chapter Fourteen Under the weather
Chapter Fifteen FHB’s last flight
Appendix
Beaver specifications
Endnotes. Chapter 1: The Beaver takes off
Chapter 2: First to fight: Jaki Jakimiuk and the PZL fighters
Chapter 3: Downsview goes to war
Chapter 4: One thousand Mosquitoes
Chapter 5: Fred Buller joins DHC
Chapter 6: Halfway to greatness
Chapter 7: Phil Garratt’s half-ton flying pickup truck becomes the Beaver
Chapter 8: But will it fly? Testing the Beaver
Chapter 9: Russ Bannock takes the brass fishing
Chapter 10: Fort Rucker, Alabama, to Wanganui, New Zealand
Chapter 11: The Turbo Beaver
Chapter 12: Adventure stories from the moody Pacific Coast
Chapter 13: Beavers better than new
Chapter 14: Under the weather
Bibliography. On the DHC-2 Beaver and de Havilland Canada
On the English de Havilland Company, Hatfield
On the Ontario Provincial Air Service (Beaver launch customer) and its aircraft
On Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada
On W/C Russ Bannock’s RCAF career
On Beavers in Australia and New Zealand
On the Noorduyn Norseman
On the PZL P- II series fighters
Other useful sources
Articles on the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
Speeches and addresses
Index
