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    Airframe Family: American Champion 8 Decathlon/Scout
    Latest Model:8KCAB Decathlon
    Construction Number:69-73
    Last Civil Registration:N8505
    Compressed ID:Bellanca 8KCAB cn 69-73 cr N8505
    Latest Owner or Location:Ashish H. Naran, Brookhaven, GA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 8KCAB by Bellanca.

    To unknown owner with c/r N8505.

    27 May 1982

    To Wingham Air Services with new c/r C-GIYS.

    9 December 1982

    To Collingwood FLT TRNG keeping c/r C-GIYS.

    22 July 1983

    To Bonavair Ltd keeping c/r C-GIYS.

    5 October 1988

    To Wayne Foy keeping c/r C-GIYS.

    7 May 1997

    To Timothy Klohn keeping c/r C-GIYS.

    20 June 2002

    To Andrej Janik keeping c/r C-GIYS.

    20 November 2003

    To Fighter Combat International keeping c/r C-GIYS.

    To Andrej Janik keeping c/r C-GIYS.

    From November 2005 to By June 2014

    Base of operations changed to: Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau, QC.
    Relocated to the new Vintage Wings of Canada hangar at the Gatineau Executive Airport at Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, when Vintage Wings moved in.
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    18 March 2022

    To Suzanne I. Reynolds, Callands, VA keeping c/r N8505.

    21 April 2022

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8505 (8KCAB, 69-73) issued.

    3 January 2023

    To Michael W. Bates, Rock Hill, SC keeping c/r N8505.

    16 November 2023

    To Ashish H. Naran, Brookhaven, GA keeping c/r N8505.
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