Otter completes journey to Hickory

Former United States Navy de Havilland Canada NU-1B Otter BuNo 144672 arrived at its new home, North Carolina’s Hickory Air Museum, on January 12. It had previously been at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.Originally procured as a UC-1A STOL utility transport in 1956, the aircraft was assigned to Air Development Squadron 6 (VX-6) at Rhode Island’s Naval Air Station Quonset Point and used in support of Operation Deep Freeze – the US Antarctic mission. Later redesignated a