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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:D18S
    Construction Number:A-0548
    Last Civil Registration:N73548
    Compressed ID:Beech D18S cn A-0548 cr N73548
    Latest Owner or Location:Smith Salvage and Restoration Services Llc, New Berlin, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1950

    Constructed as a D18S.

    16 December 1950

    To US Atomic Energy Commission, Hanford Atomic Bomb Plant, Richland WA with new c/r N8618A.

    18 January 1972

    Certificate of airworthiness for N73548 (D18S, A-548) issued.

    18 September 1972

    To Aircraft Specialties Inc, Mesa AZ: with new c/r N73548.

    17 November 1983

    To Lawrence E. Hill/A. E. R. O keeping c/r N73548.

    3 June 1988

    To Richard A. Horn, Buckeye AZ keeping c/r N73548.

    20 July 1989

    To Aerostar Transport Corp, Headland AL keeping c/r N73548.

    25 July 1990

    To Harold E. Miller, Sandwich IL keeping c/r N73548.

    3 August 1990


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Leland, Florida

    14 January 1997

    To Raymond W. Kinney, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N73548.

    21 July 2000

    To Tim S. Thompson, Plano TX keeping c/r N73548.

    27 January 2004

    To Everill N Rooke, Celina, TX keeping c/r N73548.

    1 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for N73548 (D18S, A-548) issued.

    25 November 2018

    To Everill N Rooke, Celina, TX keeping c/r N73548.

    April 2021


    Photographer: Trevor Smith

    10 August 2021

    To unknown owner with c/r N73548.
    Registration pending to a new owner in La Vernia, TX.

    1 April 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N73548.
    Registration pending to a new owner in La Vernia, TX.

    10 June 2024

    To Smith Salvage and Restoration Services Llc, New Berlin, TX keeping c/r N73548.
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