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Circa 1946 |
Constructed as a D18S. |
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7 May 1946 |
To Allied Air Freight with new c/r NC48Y. |
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1953 |
To Clemson Brothers Inc, NY with new c/r N79948. |
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27 July 1953 |
To Aluminum Corp of America with new c/r N4545. |
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23 August 1956 |
To Harbison-Walker Refractories Co keeping c/r N4545. |
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9 September 1959 |
To Beldex Corp, Saint Louis-Lambert Field MO keeping c/r N4545. |
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May 1963 |
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3 March 1964 |
To Boeing Co, Seattle-Renton WA keeping c/r N4545. |
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Modified nose shape for cameras as chase aircraft for Boeing 707 flap design trials, ram-air power generator scoop mounted on roof. |
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16 March 1967 |
To Board of Regents University of Washington, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N4545. |
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24 February 1968 |
Crashed. |
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11 March 1994 |
Certificate of airworthiness for N868L (D18S, A-173) issued. |
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18 April 1994 |
To Bruce J. Leven, Renton, WA with new c/r N86BL. |
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5 May 2007 |
To Perrycook Flight Services Llc, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N868L. |
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1 January 2011 |
Certificate of airworthiness for N86BL (D18S, A-173) issued. |
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22 October 2014 |
To Plane Fun Inc TR Trustee, Snellville, GA keeping c/r N868L. |
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26 March 2015 |
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July 2015 |
To Thomas Schuttoff, Braunschweig, Germany keeping c/r N868L. |
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18 July 2015 |
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20 July 2022 |
To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Bergh Apton NFLK keeping c/r N868L. |
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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 National Transportation Safety Board Individual Contributors Terry Fletcher |
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