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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:E18S
    Construction Number:BA-117
    Last Civil Registration:N42D
    Compressed ID:Beech E18S cn BA-117 cr N42D
    Latest Owner or Location:Michael A. Majerle, Big Lake, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1955

    Constructed as an E18S.

    27 December 1955

    To Southern Airways Co with new c/r N42D.

    22 March 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N42D (E18S, BA-117) issued.

    29 June 1956

    To Southern Aircraft Co keeping c/r N42D.

    19 April 1957

    To Watkins Motor Lines Inc, Miami FL keeping c/r N42D.

    November 1965

    To Flowers Baking Co, Thomasville GA keeping c/r N42D.

    30 June 1969

    To Allied Helicopter Service, Tulsa OK keeping c/r N42D.

    22 June 1973

    To S. S. Airways, Kansas City KS keeping c/r N42D.

    20 July 1981

    To Methow Aviation Inc, Everett, WA keeping c/r N42D.

    25 September 1998

    To Comanche Air, Winthrop WA keeping c/r N42D.

    From 2000 to 2006

    Operated by Methow Aviation Inc, Everett, WA.

    19 September 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r N42D.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Issaquah, WA.

    22 November 2006

    To Emerald Aircraft Llc, Issaquah, WA keeping c/r N42D.

    12 January 2012

    To Northern Aviation Llc, Palmer, AK keeping c/r N42D.

    11 May 2015


    Photographer: Wally H
    Notes: At Palmer, Alaska

    8 June 2018

    Civil registration, N42D, cancelled.

    11 March 2019

    To Michael A. Majerle, Big Lake, AK with new c/r N42D.

    January 2020


    Photographer: JoeJoe Prince
    Notes: At Big Lake, Alaska
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Beech 18: A Civil and Military History by R. K. Parmerter
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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