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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:PT-26A-FE Cornell
    Last Military Serial:14574 RCAF
    Last Civil Registration:N128PT
    Compressed ID:Fleet PT-26A-FE sn 14574 RCAF cr N1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Paul J. Cousineau, San Clemente, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a PT-26A-FE by Fleet at Fort Erie, ON, Canada.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-71150.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FT735.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 14574.

    5 March 1999

    To Donald S. Clark, Lockport, NY with new c/r N128PT.

    14 May 1999

    Certificate of airworthiness for N128PT (M-62A-3, FT735) issued.


    Photographer: Paul D. Faltyn
    Notes: The 3 of these aircraft were owned and restored by Donald Clark and Robert Falcone plus many friends in Niagara Falls, New York contributed to the project to to have a complete set of Fairchild PT series.

    28 May 2003

    To Rio Grande Aviation Inc, Fredericksburg, TX keeping c/r N128PT.

    Based at Commemorative Air Force-Old Dominion Squadron, Franklin Municipal-John Beverly Rose Airport, Franklin, VA.
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    Markings Applied: 128, Tonawanda Field, N128PT, 71150

    8 September 2010


    Photographer: Robert Abbott
    Notes: Aircraft sits on the tarmac in plain view and has been there for a long time.

    8 September 2010


    Photographer: Robert Abbott
    Notes: Plane is in a poor state and has not been flown in years. Flat tires, and a rotted out broken propeller. Cockpit glass is sun damaged and marred so bad its hard to see through it clearly.

    8 September 2010


    Photographer: Robert Abbott
    Notes: The serial number has peeled off but the faint image of the last numbers are visable.

    8 September 2010


    Photographer: Robert Abbott

    June 2013


    Photographer: Paul Cousineau
    Notes: Center section done and all of the tail group. Doing the wings now

    24 October 2013

    To Paul J. Cousineau, San Clemente, CA keeping c/r N128PT.

    Restoration started.
    Paul Cousineau reports: The airplane is in restoration expected time for it to be airworthy is fall of 2015.

    5 October 2016


    Photographer: Paul Cousineau
    Notes: Starting final assembly

    By 27 October 2017


    Photographer: Paul Cousineau
    Notes: First flight after restoration

    1 September 2022

    To Paul J. Cousineau, San Clemente, CA keeping c/r N128PT.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Robert Abbott
    Paul Cousineau
    Terry Fletcher
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