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    Airframe Family: Piper PA-16 Clipper
    Latest Model:PA-16 Clipper
    Construction Number:16-393
    Last Civil Registration:N5780H
    Compressed ID:Piper PA-16 cn 16-393 cr N5780H
    Latest Owner or Location:Plane Fun Inc TR Trustee, Snellville, GA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PA-16.

    17 September 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5780H (PA-16, 16-393) issued.

    By 1963

    To Edward L. Moore, Mississippi, MI with new c/r N5780H.

    18 February 2003

    To Skywag Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N5780H.

    30 November 2005

    To Andrew J. Bowe Jr, Poplar Grove, IL keeping c/r N5780H.

    2 September 2011


    Photographer: David Miller
    Notes: Blakesburg 2011 - Antique Airplane Association Fly-In

    September 2015


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Brodhead, Wisconsin

    19 November 2015

    To Andrew J. Bowe Jr, Poplar Grove, IL keeping c/r N5780H.

    19 April 2016

    To Simply Living Llc, Fort Myers, FL keeping c/r N5780H.

    11 March 2019

    To Simply Living Llc, Fort Myers, FL keeping c/r N5780H.

    6 August 2019

    To Sonya M. Richter, Dusseldorf keeping c/r N5780H.

    3 February 2021

    To Plane Fun Inc TR Trustee, Snellville, GA keeping c/r N5780H.
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