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    Airframe Family: Aeronca 7 Champion/Citabria / L-16 Grasshopper
    Latest Model:L-16A Grasshopper
    Last Military Serial:47-1272 US
    Construction Number:7BCM-500
    Last Civil Registration:CF-TPZ
    Compressed ID:Aeronca L-16A sn 47-1272 US cn 7BCM...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lauren J. Lee, Straffordville, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-16A.

    1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 47-1272.

    1947

    Transferred to 107th Field Artillery Battalion, Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

    1951

    Transferred to Air Training Command, San Marcos, TX.

    June 1952

    To California Wing, Civil Air Patrol.
    Flew SAR and training missions.

    1976

    To unknown owner with c/r N6703C.
    Unknown owner in Idaho.

    25 February 1986

    To Kelsey Flying Service, Rigby, ID keeping c/r N6703C.

    25 February 1986

    To Kelsey Flying Service Inc, Rigby, ID keeping c/r N6703C.

    Circa December 1994

    To Lauren J. Lee, Guelph, ON keeping c/r N6703C.

    8 December 1994

    Civil registration, N6703C, cancelled.

    From 1995 to 1997

    Restored.

    6 February 1995

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-TPZ (7BCM, 47-1272).

    Markings Applied: 1272

    From 14 June 1996 to June 2015

    To Lauren J. Lee, Straffordville, ON keeping c/r CF-TPZ.

    23 July 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA
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    Internet Sources
     Canadian Bushhawks Liason Squadron
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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