DHC Twin Otter makes aviation history

VIKING, which can now call itself an aircraft manufacturer, made aviation history last week with the first flight of new-production DHC-6 Series 400 Twin Otter, at Calgary, Alberta.  It is 22 years since the last Twin Otter was assembled by the then de Havilland Canada division of Boeing in Toronto, probably a record aircraft production break.  Viking, hitherto an aviation support company, announced the production re-launch of a modernized Twin Otter in March 2007 featuring over 400 modifications and improvements centred around a completely updated flight deck and added safety systems while retaining the legacy aircraft’s famous robust airframe design.  The order book currently stands at around 40 aircraft with first customer deliveries to start shortly. www.vikingair.com

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