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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:41-8153 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-1712
    Last Civil Registration:N56878
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 41-8153 USAAF cn 75...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wingnuts Llc, Swisher, IA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-8153.

    1942

    Transferred to 4th AAF Glider Training Detachment, Tulare, CA.

    24 November 1942

    Damaged.
    Damaged when ground looped while landing Exeter Auxiliary Field, CA.

    5 December 1942

    Damaged.
    Damaged when ground looped while landing Exeter Auxiliary Field, CA.

    10 December 1942

    Damaged.
    Damaged when ground looped while landing Exeter Auxiliary Field, CA.

    1964

    To Montys Ag Aviation, Dos Palos with new c/r N56878.

    By January 1978

    To Aero Seeding and Fertilizer Company, Dos Palos, CA keeping c/r N56878.

    20 December 1989

    To Rodney T. Aukes, Aledo, IL keeping c/r N56878.

    28 March 1998

    Certificate of airworthiness for N56878 (A75N1(PT17), 75-1712) issued.

    13 June 2001

    To Wingnuts Llc, Swisher, IA keeping c/r N56878.

    23 July 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA

    25 August 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed from the control tower at Cedar Rapids, IA

    31 August 2008


    Photographer: Nick Dean
    Notes: 2008 photo taken at Antique Airfield. Photo displayed with written permission of Nick Dean

    20 June 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    4 September 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Iowa City, IA

    15 February 2017

    To Wingnuts Llc, Swisher, IA keeping c/r N56878.

    28 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: at 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    6 September 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Galesburg, IL Stearman Fly In

    7 September 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Galesburg, IL
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    Terry Fletcher
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