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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-13D Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-17578 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-5741
    Last Civil Registration:N17384
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-13D sn 42-17578 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bright J Tobias, Seattle, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-13D by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-17578.

    To unknown owner with c/r N5017V.

    25 April 1961

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5017V (E75, 75-5741) issued.

    February 1967


    Photographer: Dick Hopkins
    Notes: Photographed in Morgan Hill, CA.

    8 June 1971

    To James N. Williams, Sonoma, CA with new c/r N17384.

    Based at Sonoma Valley Airport, Schellville, CA.
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    9 September 2008


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: Ex-USAAF 42-17578 on display at the Reno Air Races.

    10 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    7 March 2014

    To J Tobias Bright, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N17384.

    8 March 2014


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Sonoma Skypark, California

    10 March 2014

    To Bright J Tobias, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N17384.
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     Boeing Aircraft Since 1916
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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