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    Airframe Family: Ryan ST / PT-16 / PT-20 / PT-21 / PT-22 Recruit / PT-23 / PT-25
    Latest Model:ST-3KR
    Last Military Serial:41-1940 USAAC
    Construction Number:1062
    Last Civil Registration:N1616
    Compressed ID:Ryan ST-3KR sn 41-1940 USAAC cn 106...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lewis Fighter Fleet Llc, San Antonio, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-21.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 41-1940.

    Redesignated as ST-3KR.

    To unknown owner with c/r N48104 {2}.

    19 June 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1616 (ST3KR, 1062) issued.

    18 March 1999

    To Wesselman James, Medical Lake, WA with new c/r N1616.

    28 August 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r N1616.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Las Cruces, NM.

    7 September 2007

    To Lewis Aeronautical Llc, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N1616.

    Circa 2009


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Felts Field, Spokane

    8 November 2010

    To Lewis Fighter Fleet Llc, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N1616.

    To Lewis Air Legends/Rod Lewis, Lewis Ranch Airport, San Antonio, TX.
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    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1616 (ST3KR, 1062) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2019

    To Picacho Aviation Llc, Las Cruces, NM keeping c/r N1616.

    18 July 2019

    To Lewis Fighter Fleet Llc, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N1616.
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