De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter

The DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven short take-off and landing aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada as a larger, more powerful companion to its Beaver. Conceived in January 1951 and nicknamed the King Beaver during design, it was meant to be the one-ton truck to the Beaver's half-ton. It kept the Beaver's layout but added a longer fuselage, a wing of greater span and a cruciform tail, and its cabin seated ten or eleven instead of six. A Pratt & Whitney R-1340 geared radial of 600 horsepower drove it. The Otter was certified in Canada in November 1952 and entered production soon afterward, and 466 were built. Like the Beaver it can be fitted with skis or floats, and it served as the basis for the twin-engined Twin Otter.