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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:30010 USN
    Construction Number:75-3441
    Last Civil Registration:G-BTFG
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 30010 USN cn 75-344...
    Latest Owner or Location:TG Aviation Ltd, Manston Airport, Manston, Ramsgate

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 30010.

    1957

    Enter civil service.

    January 1964

    To Staton Aerial Service Inc, Rochelle, IL with new c/r N4467N.

    From Circa September 1966 to Circa March 1967

    Withdrawn from civil service.

    From By July 1971 to After July 1978

    To Staton Aerial Service Inc, Steward, IL keeping c/r N4467N.
    Rebuilt as a crop duster.


    Photographer: Harold C. Tacker

    1986

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 699
    Again rebuilt, assumed configured as a stock Kaydet.

    To Weldon W. Sellers, Griffin, GA keeping c/r N4467N.

    18 September 1990

    To Weldon W. Sellers, Griffin, GA keeping c/r N4467N.

    January 1991

    Transported by ship.
    Moved to the UK.

    19 February 1991

    Civil registration, N4467N, cancelled.

    19 February 1991

    To TG Aviation, Manston, Kent with new c/r G-BTFG.
    Operated with markings: 441
    Placed in service with TG and used for training and trial flights.

    From 20 February 1991 to 12 December 1996

    To Stewart James Ellis keeping c/r G-BTFG.

    From 12 December 1996 to 27 July 2000

    To Douglas William Neil Johnson keeping c/r G-BTFG.

    By 1999


    Photographer: Bob Sage (with written permission of Old Buck Shots)
    Notes: At Old Buckenham

    From 27 July 2000 to 26 June 2002

    To Donald Stewart Milne keeping c/r G-BTFG.

    26 June 2002

    To TG Aviation Ltd, Manston Airport, Manston, Ramsgate keeping c/r G-BTFG.

    11 July 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Photographed at Kent International Airport (Manston).
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Terry Fletcher
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