de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
E463821
The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a rugged single-engine STOL utility aircraft renowned for its versatility in bush flying, passenger transport, and cargo operations in remote regions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter canonical | 4 |
| De Havilland Otter | 1 |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (early versions / some variants) | 1 |
| de Havilland Canada DHC‑3 Otter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4623664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter Context triple: [Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, hasNotableAircraft, de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter]
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A.
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a renowned Canadian single-engine STOL utility aircraft widely used for bush flying, cargo transport, and rugged remote operations since the late 1940s.
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B.
Twin Otter
The Twin Otter is a rugged, twin‑engine turboprop utility aircraft renowned for its short takeoff and landing capabilities and use on regional and remote routes.
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C.
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a post–World War II tandem-seat trainer aircraft widely used by air forces and flying clubs for pilot instruction and aerobatics.
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D.
Allison T56 turboprop
The Allison T56 is a widely used American turboprop aircraft engine known for powering military and maritime patrol aircraft such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and P-3 Orion.
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E.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter Target entity description: The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a rugged single-engine STOL utility aircraft renowned for its versatility in bush flying, passenger transport, and cargo operations in remote regions.
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A.
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a renowned Canadian single-engine STOL utility aircraft widely used for bush flying, cargo transport, and rugged remote operations since the late 1940s.
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B.
Twin Otter
The Twin Otter is a rugged, twin‑engine turboprop utility aircraft renowned for its short takeoff and landing capabilities and use on regional and remote routes.
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C.
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a post–World War II tandem-seat trainer aircraft widely used by air forces and flying clubs for pilot instruction and aerobatics.
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D.
Allison T56 turboprop
The Allison T56 is a widely used American turboprop aircraft engine known for powering military and maritime patrol aircraft such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and P-3 Orion.
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E.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
STOL utility aircraft
ⓘ
bush plane ⓘ single‑engine aircraft ⓘ |
| canBeFittedWith |
amphibious floats
ⓘ
floats ⓘ skis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 160 mph ⓘ |
| designedFor | short takeoff and landing operations ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | single-engine ⓘ |
| engineType | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1951-12-12 ⓘ |
| followedBy | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
DHC-3T turbine conversion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas Turbine Otter NERFINISHED ⓘ Vazar turbine Otter ⓘ |
| height | 4.06 m ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| landingGearType |
conventional landing gear
ⓘ
fixed landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 12.88 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | de Havilland Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumPassengerCapacity | 11 ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 3856 kg ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
high-lift wing with full-span flaps
ⓘ
large cargo door ⓘ rugged construction ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 466 ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
bush flying
ⓘ
utility transport ⓘ |
| productionEndYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| productionStartYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| propulsion | propeller-driven ⓘ |
| range | 820 mi ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 18000 ft ⓘ |
| successorTo | de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 10 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Canadian Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Norwegian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cargo transport
ⓘ
medevac operations ⓘ parachute operations ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Alaska
NERFINISHED
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Canadian North NERFINISHED ⓘ remote areas worldwide ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | 17.69 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter Description of subject: The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a rugged single-engine STOL utility aircraft renowned for its versatility in bush flying, passenger transport, and cargo operations in remote regions.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
de Havilland Canada DHC‑3 Otter
this entity surface form:
De Havilland Otter
this entity surface form:
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (early versions / some variants)