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    Airframe Family: Bucker Bu-181 Bestmann
    Latest Model:Z-381
    Construction Number:145
    Last Civil Registration:OK-BSA
    Compressed ID:Zlin Z-381 cn 145 cr OK-BSA
    Latest Owner or Location:LOM Praha SP, Pardubice

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1949

    Constructed as a Z-381 by Zlin at Czechoslovakia.

    1949

    To unknown owner with c/r OK-ZFZ.

    25 May 1957

    To Josef Auer, Augsburg with new c/r D-EHUB.

    7 July 1969

    Civil registration, D-EHUB, cancelled.
    Withdrawn from use.

    5 April 1971

    To Karl Wittig and H. A. Oeggl, Ganderkesee with new c/r D-EHUB.

    September 1981

    Civil registration, D-EHUB, cancelled.
    Exported to the USA.

    21 October 1981

    To Maurice J. Moriarty, Glendale, AZ with new c/r N94245.

    11 April 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N94245 (BUCKER BU-181, 25145) issued.

    5 October 2006

    To Richard W. Epton, Brooks, GA keeping c/r N94245.

    13 October 2007


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Wings Over Dixie Airshow, Peachtree City GA

    26 July 2010


    Photographer: Massey Aerodrome FlickR
    Notes: At Oshkosh in 2010

    4 March 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX94245 (BUCKER BU-181, 25145) issued.

    20 October 2011

    To Ryan J. Wubben, Middleton, WI keeping c/r N94245.

    27 October 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX94245 (BUCKER BU-181, 25145) issued.

    31 August 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX94245 (Z-381, 145) issued.

    23 October 2012

    Civil registration, N94245, cancelled.

    15 November 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r OK-BSA.

    By 2013

    To Martin Nepovaam keeping c/r OK-BSA.

    By 2024

    To LOM Praha SP, Pardubice keeping c/r OK-BSA.
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