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    Airframe Family: Bell 12/13/15/23/26/24/33/43 / P-39 Airacobra / P-63 Kingcobra
    Latest Model:P-63E-1-BE Kingcobra
    Last Military Serial:43-11725 USAAF
    Last Civil Registration:N69702
    Compressed ID:Bell P-63E-1-BE sn 43-11725 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wilson Newhall

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-63E-1-BE.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-11725.

    From By 30 August 1946 to 1948

    To Wilson Newhall with new c/r N69702.

    From 30 August 1946 to 2 September 1946

    Raced as #65.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the SOHIO class. The primary pilot was Wilson V Newhall. Qualified in 15th place with an average speed of 314.869 mph. Raced in the B Feature race. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 310.545 mph.

    30 August 1946


    Photographer: Leo J Kohn Collection via the Charles A. Koch Collection
    Notes: Photographed at the National Air Races in Cleveland, OH.

    30 August 1946


    Photographer: Martin and Kelman Aviation Photographers
    Notes: Photographed at Palm Springs, CA.

    Circa 30 August 1946


    Photographer: Charles A. Koch
    Notes: Photographed at the National Air Races at Cleveland, OH.

    From 30 August 1947 to 1 September 1947

    Raced as #65.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the SOHIO class. The primary pilot was Wilson V Newhall. Qualified in 24th place with an average speed of 318.212 mph.

    From 4 September 1948 to 6 September 1948

    Raced as #65.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the SOHIO class. The primary pilot was Wilson V Newhall. Raced in the B Feature race. Finished in 8th place with an average speed of 302.962 mph.

    From 4 September 1948 to 6 September 1948

    Raced as #65.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the Tinnerman Trophy race. The primary pilot was Wilson V Newhall. Raced in the B Feature race. Finished in 3rd place with an average speed of 314.123 mph.

    1948


    Photographer: Donia Lee Robinson
    Notes: Major General Wilson Newhall

    Circa 1948


    Photographer: Donia Lee Robinson

    From 4 September 1948 to 6 September 1948

    Raced as #65.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the Thompson Trophy race. The primary pilot was Wilson V Newhall. Qualified in 10th place with an average speed of 355.980 mph. Raced in the One Mile Course race. Finished in 3rd place with an average speed of 313.567 mph.

    Circa 3 September 1949


    Photographer: The Olmsted Collection
    Notes: Photographed at the National Air Races in Cleveland, OH.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Air Racing Results by Gary Williams
    Racing Planes and Air Races A Complete History, Series 1, Volume 4, 1946-Present by Reed Kinert
    Unlimited Air Racers (1992 Motorbooks International) by Don Berliner
    World Wide Directory of Racing Airplanes Volume 1, (c) 1997 Aviation Publishing Inc. by Don Berliner
    Internet Sources
     Society of Air Racing Historians
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