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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:41-8746 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-2305
    Last Civil Registration:N555BF
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-8746.

    By 1963

    To John Crofford, Huntsville, AL with new c/r N55132.

    By 1971

    To Joel E. Williams, Guntersville, AL, keeping c/r N55132.

    By 1978

    To Robert Fox, Arab, AL keeping c/r N55132.

    3 August 1979

    Certificate of airworthiness for N555BF (A75N1(PT17), 75-2305) issued.

    8 September 1979


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    21 May 1996

    Based at Museum of Flying, Santa Monica Municipal Airport (south-West side), Los Angeles, CA.
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    21 May 1996

    To Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, CA with new c/r N555BF.

    Markings Applied: 555

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N555BF (A75N1(PT17), 75-2305) issued.

    15 March 2012

    To Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, CA keeping c/r N555BF.

    12 March 2013

    To Sherman Randolph, Los Angeles, CA keeping c/r N555BF.

    23 August 2014


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At the Camarillo Airshow, California

    13 October 2018

    To Sherman Randolph, Los Angeles, CA keeping c/r N555BF.

    February 2024

    Based with Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA.

    28 February 2024


    Photographer: Adam Estes


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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Adam Estes
    Terry Fletcher

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