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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:AT-11 Kansan
    Last Military Serial:41-9474 USAAF
    Construction Number:3811
    Last Civil Registration:N7179C
    Latest Owner or Location:Mutha Fokker Aviation Llc, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1943

    Constructed as an AT-11.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-9474.

    10 May 1957

    To Don Rich with new c/r N7179C.

    16 August 1957

    To Pacific Air Industries, Long Beach CA keeping c/r N7179C.

    18 May 1959

    Modifications for aerial photography installed byLong Beach Airmotive.

    6 January 1964

    To W. Blain Thompson/Thompson Aero Photo, Pacoima CA keeping c/r N7179C.

    24 October 1967

    To Teledyne Geotronics Corp, Long Beach CA keeping c/r N7179C.

    3 June 1974

    To Preston M. Fleet/Fleet Enterprises keeping c/r N7179C.

    16 October 1975

    To Volpar Inc, Van Nuys CA keeping c/r N7179C.

    24 February 1978

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7179C (AT-11, 3811) issued.

    27 February 1978

    To Louis O. Hilton, Greenville ME keeping c/r N7179C.

    From 1982 to 1994

    To Pat Carey, CA.
    Markings added: TC-474, 19474

    3 April 1992


    Photographer: Derek Heley
    Notes: Titusville

    2 August 1993

    To Professional Aviation TRNG Serv Inc, Chino, CA keeping c/r N7179C.

    20 July 1999

    To Professional Aviation TRNG Serv Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N7179C.

    3 May 2013

    Civil registration, N7179C, cancelled.

    2 May 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show at Chino, California.

    30 April 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show at Chino, California.

    16 March 2017

    To American Heritage Aviation Inc, Fayetteville, GA keeping c/r N7179C.

    5 April 2017


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Sun-N-Fun, Lakeland, FL.

    5 April 2017


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Sun-N-Fun, Lakeland, FL.

    27 July 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N7179C.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wilmington, DE.

    7 November 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N7179C.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Wilmington, DE.

    6 February 2018

    To Mutha Fokker Aviation Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N7179C.

    18 May 2019


    Photographer: Campbell McGhee
    Notes: Taken at the Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, VA

    18 May 2019


    Photographer: Campbell McGhee


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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    Beech 18: A Civil and Military History by R. K. Parmerter

    Internet Sources
    AMCAR
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher

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