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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-44/J4F/OA-14 Widgeon
    Latest Model:G-44A Widgeon
    Construction Number:1454
    Last Civil Registration:N44CH
    Compressed ID:Grumman G-44A cn 1454 cr N44CH
    Latest Owner or Location:Runyon Aviation Llc, Fort Worth, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1946

    Constructed as a G-44A.

    1 July 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44CH (G-44A, 1454) issued.

    1 May 1989

    To Charlie R. Hillard, Fort Worth, TX with new c/r N44CH.

    30 July 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at Oshkosh, WI

    8 August 1992


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    17 June 1998

    To Charlie R. Hillard, Fort Worth, TX keeping c/r N44CH.

    1 January 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44CH (G-44A, 1454) issued.

    July 2005


    Photographer: David Miller
    Notes: At 2005 AirVenture at Oshkosh - painted to represent a British Gosling I, FP469

    7 January 2013

    To Royal Baby Duck Llc, Weatherford, TX keeping c/r N44CH.

    23 October 2015

    To Royal Baby Duck Llc, Granbury, TX keeping c/r N44CH.

    14 February 2023

    To Runyon Aviation Llc, Fort Worth, TX keeping c/r N44CH.

    26 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Worth - Meacham Field, TX, USA

    27 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Worth - Meacham Field, TX USA
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