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    Airframe Family: Ryan ST / PT-16 / PT-20 / PT-21 / PT-22 Recruit / PT-23 / PT-25
    Latest Model:PT-22 Recruit
    Last Military Serial:41-15561 USAAC
    Construction Number:1590
    Last Civil Registration:VH-NEA
    Compressed ID:Ryan PT-22 sn 41-15561 USAAC cn 159...
    Latest Owner or Location:Diane Davey, Eltham, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a PT-22.
    ST3-KR 1590

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 41-15561.

    1945

    To unknown owner with c/r N56534.

    From 1963 to 1964

    To James L. Crum, Los Angeles CA keeping c/r N56534.

    From 1966 to 1969

    To Asher Ward, Van Nuys Airport CA keeping c/r N56534.

    From 1971 to 1977

    To Howard W. Wells, Sepulveda CA keeping c/r N56534.

    7 November 1985

    To Nigel E. Arnott, Camden NSW with new c/r VH-NEA.
    Operated with markings: I-342 USAAC
    Fitted with a Kinner R-55 radial engine.

    15 November 1989

    To : DP Education Seminars Pty Ltd, Mullumbimby NSW keeping c/r VH-NEA.

    1990


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1990 photo at Maitland

    15 February 2006

    To Flyingryan Enterprises Pty Ltd, Mullumbimby NSW keeping c/r VH-NEA.

    10 May 2008

    To Hendrik Ebes, Cheltenham, VIC keeping c/r VH-NEA.

    22 November 2016

    To Diane Davey, Eltham, VIC keeping c/r VH-NEA.

    17 March 2017


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At the annual AAAA Fly-in at Echuca, Victoria, Australia
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    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
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