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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:41-7880 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-1439
    Last Civil Registration:VH-ZYZ
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 41-7880 USAAF cn 75...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aerotec Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-7880.

    Circa 1946

    To C. H. McLendon, Miami, FL with new c/r N55583 (A75N1, 751439).

    21 August 1953

    To Hall Aviation Corp, Homestead, FL keeping c/r N55583.

    22 December 1955

    Civil registration, N55583, cancelled.

    28 August 2001

    To Lynette Dorothy Zuccoli, Toowoomba, QLD with new c/r VH-ZYZ.

    Based at Zuccoli Collection, Toowoomba, Queensland.
    Operated with markings: 880
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    2016


    Photographer: Matt Handley / Facebook

    16 May 2021


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Boeing PT-17 Stearman VH-ZYZ on static display at David Hack Classic 2021 fly-in event.Toowoomba City Aerodrome, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

    16 May 2021


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Boeing PT-17 Stearman VH-ZYZ on static display at David Hack Classic 2021 fly-in event.Toowoomba City Aerodrome, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

    16 May 2021


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Boeing PT-17 Stearman VH-ZYZ Der RattenfAnnger von Hameln (The Pied Piper) nose art on static display at David Hack Classic 2021 fly-in event.Toowoomba City Aerodrome, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

    To Aerotec Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
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