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    Airframe Family: Beech 17 Staggerwing / C-43/GB Traveler
    Latest Model:GB-2 Traveler
    Last Military Serial:32908 USN
    Construction Number:6892
    Last Civil Registration:N1174V
    Compressed ID:Beech GB-2 sn 32908 USN cn 6892 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Black Cat Aviation Llc, Indianapolis, IN

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1944

    Constructed as an UC-43B.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-67786.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n FT522 as a Traveler I.

    From 1944 to July 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 32908 as a GB-2.

    12 September 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1174V (D17S, 6892) issued.

    12 September 1956

    To R. Sohn with new c/r N1174V.

    1963

    To C. Gresham, Covina, CA keeping c/r N1174V.

    Circa 1973

    To John Mihalka, Carmen, ID keeping c/r N1174V.

    18 January 2005

    To John Mihalka, Carmen, ID keeping c/r N1174V.

    20 May 2009

    To Pelco #3 Llc, Pinetop, AZ keeping c/r N1174V.

    19 May 2011

    To Hanover Holding Co, Elkhart, IN keeping c/r N1174V.

    14 December 2015

    To Black Cat Aviation Llc, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N1174V.

    May 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Blakesburg, Iowa

    15 July 2021

    To Black Cat Aviation Llc, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N1174V.
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