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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:N2S-2 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:3558 USN
    Construction Number:75-1335
    Last Civil Registration:N61445
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-2 sn 3558 USN cn 75-1335...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Museum, Chino, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2S-2 by Boeing.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 3558.

    By January 1964

    To McFarland, Crop Dusters, McFarland, CA with new c/r N61445.

    Circa June 1979


    Photographer: Tony Clarke
    Notes: In McFarland, CA.

    4 May 1986


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Chino, CA.

    29 December 1986

    Returned from lease.

    29 December 1986

    To Air Museum, Corona Del Mar, CA keeping c/r N61445.

    1992

    Appeared in the 1992 film - FOREVER YOUNG.

    9 February 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for N61445 (B75, 75-1335) issued.

    Appeared in the 2000 Movie - THE KID.

    Operated by Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    Appeared in the 2001 movie - PEARL HARBOUR.

    1 September 2008


    Photographer: Nick Dean
    Notes: 2008 Photo at Galesburg Municipal. Photo displayed with written permission of Nick Dean

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California

    19 August 2015

    To Air Museum, Chino, CA keeping c/r N61445.

    20 May 2016

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Gillespie Field (SEE) El Cajon, CA, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilot of a tailwheel equipped airplane reported that during landing touchdown, with gusty crosswind conditions, the left wing lifted and the right wing dragged on the runway. Subsequently, the airplane veered off the runway to the right into a ditch and nosed over. The vertical stabilizer and both wings sustained substantial damage...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    Circa 5 July 2020

    Certificate of airworthiness for N61445 issued.

    5 July 2020

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Chino Airport (CNO) Chino, CA, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. On July 5, 2020, about 1124 Pacific daylight time, a Boeing B75, N61445, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Chino, California. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    15 August 2022

    Civil registration, N61445, cancelled.
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