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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:D18S
    Construction Number:A-0478
    Last Civil Registration:N651B
    Compressed ID:Beech D18S cn A-0478 cr N651B
    Latest Owner or Location:Beaumont Hotel, Beaumont, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1949

    Constructed as a D18S.
    Beech D18S A-478

    12 March 1949

    To Longhorn Aircraft Corp with new c/r N651B.

    From 18 December 1951 to 1961

    To Serrick Corp keeping c/r N651B.

    From 29 April 1969 to 1977

    To Tricon International Airlines, Dallas-Love TX keeping c/r N651B.

    From 13 July 1979 to 1980

    To William J. Earle, La Ceiba/trading as: Bellanca Centro Americana, Baton Rouge LA with new c/r HR-AHH.

    From 5 May 1980 to 1987

    To Adler B. Seal with new c/r N651B.

    24 March 1981

    Certificate of airworthiness for N651B (D18S, A-478) issued.

    26 July 1990

    To McClung Aerial Spraying, Big Springs, NE keeping c/r N651B.

    14 March 2000

    To McClung Aerial Spraying Inc, Big Springs, NE keeping c/r N651B.

    6 December 2012

    To SJC Iv Llc, Lawrence, KS keeping c/r N651B.

    Based at Beaumont Hotel, Beaumont, KS.
    View the Location Dossier

    2019


    Photographer: Richard S. Rogers
    Notes: Preserved at the Beaumont Hotel, Beaumont, Kansas
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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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