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    Airframe Family: Bell 12/13/15/23/26/24/33/43 / P-39 Airacobra / P-63 Kingcobra
    Latest Model:P-63C Kingcobra
    Last Military Serial:42-69021 USAAF
    Construction Number:33-91
    Last Civil Registration:N163FS
    Compressed ID:Bell P-63C sn 42-69021 USAAF cn 33-...
    Latest Owner or Location:163FS Llc, Rexburg, ID

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-63C.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-69021.

    To unknown owner with c/r N90805.

    To unknown owner with c/r N63FS.

    30 March 1998

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL163FS (P-63C-5, 43-11223) issued.

    10 March 2003

    To unknown owner with c/r N63FS.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Rexburg, ID.

    12 July 2003


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Missoula, Montana.

    24 September 2003

    To John K. Bagley, Rexburg, ID with new c/r N163FS.

    18 April 2006

    To 163FS Llc, Rexburg, ID keeping c/r N63FS.

    18 April 2006

    To 163FS Llc, Rexburg, ID with new c/r N163FS.

    28 September 2007


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: GML Airshow.

    To Legacy of Flight Museum, Rexburg, ID.
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    13 February 2013

    Civil registration, N63FS, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Rexburg, ID.

    15 August 2013

    To 163FS Llc, Rexburg, ID with new c/r N163FS.

    26 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     John Bennett
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