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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:D18S
    Construction Number:A-0420
    Last Civil Registration:N90552
    Compressed ID:Beech D18S cn A-0420 cr N90552
    Latest Owner or Location:Aeropacific Corp, Idaho Falls, ID

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a D18S.

    To G. E., PA with new c/r NC90552.

    To Ford Bacon amp; Davis Contruction Corp., Monroe, LA with new c/r N90552.

    10 November 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N90552 (D18S, A-420) issued.

    By June 1970

    Markings Applied: Ford, Bacon and Davis Construction Corporation

    From 9 October 1971 to 1975

    To James Doyle Enterprises/Mecco Unlimited keeping c/r N90552.

    5 March 1975

    To George Gund keeping c/r N90552.

    From 11 December 1975 to 1976

    To Western Reserve Historical Society keeping c/r N90552.
    Donated to the society.

    8 July 1976

    To Walter R. Wright keeping c/r N90552.

    From 28 September 1976 to 1979

    To Ag-One Inc, Boise, ID keeping c/r N90552.

    27 September 1979

    To Don H. Novas, Blackfoot, ID keeping c/r N90552.

    1983

    Withdrawn from use.
    Retired at Blackfoot, ID.

    From 1983 to 1989

    Placed in storage.

    1989


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Blackfoot, Idaho airport.

    24 May 1998

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered from Blackfoot, ID, to Idaho Falls, ID. Was made ferriable by Bob Hoffs partner, John Muszala, after being parked for 15 years.

    From 27 May 1998 to 2001

    To Aero Mark Inc/Bob Hoff, Idaho Falls, ID with new c/r N90552.

    27 May 1998

    To Aero Mark Inc, Idaho Falls, ID keeping c/r N90552.

    11 April 2001

    To Aeropacific Corp, Idaho Falls, ID keeping c/r N90552.

    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N90552 (D18S, A-420) issued.

    12 September 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    12 September 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.


    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

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