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    Airframe Family: Airco DH-4
    Latest Model:DH-4
    Construction Number:12459
    Last Civil Registration:N32517
    Compressed ID:Airco DH-4 cn 12459 cr N32517
    Latest Owner or Location:Saving Liberty DH4, Bowling Green, KY

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    Dates

    Event

    1918

    Constructed as a DH-4.

    To Frank Tallman and Paul Mantz.

    To Friends of Jenny, TN.

    Restored.
    Reconstructed by EAA members and high school students in Tennessee under leadership of Dorian Walker.


    Photographer: EAA

    25 April 2018

    To Saving Liberty DH4, Bowling Green, KY with new c/r N32517.

    25 July 2018


    Photographer: Andrew Shaw
    Notes: Seen at AirVenture 2018. I assume this is an airworthy example, but is it an original or a replica? The FAA Registry does not give a manufacture date. Help appreciated please.

    26 July 2018


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At 2018 Oshkosh

    25 January 2020

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX32517 (DH-4, 12459) issued.

    By 2 May 2020

    To unknown owner with c/r N32517.

    2 May 2020

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Bowling Green-Warren County RG Airport (BWG) Bowling Green, KY, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The pilot reported that, during the first flight test of the antique airplane, which was in the process of being restored, he had difficulty controlling the airplane in the roll axis. After takeoff, he noticed that the airplane required some right aileron to keep the wings level...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    8 January 2024

    To unknown owner with c/r N32517.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wichita, KS.
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