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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:Tradewind
    Last Military Serial:51-11757 USAF
    Construction Number:4331
    Last Civil Registration:N14PW
    Compressed ID:PacAero Tradewind sn 51-11757 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Audemus Inc, Mattaponi, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1943

    Constructed as a T-7.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-56720.

    1953

    Remanufactured as a C-45G.
    New construction number, AF-314, assigned to the airframe.

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-11757.

    1966

    To Pacific Airmotive Corp, Burbank CA with new c/r N9948Z.

    1968

    Converted to a Tradewind by PacAero.

    1972

    To Sizer Airways, Rochester MN with new c/r N14DA.

    1977

    To Crosswind Aviation, Deer Park NY keeping c/r N14DA.

    1979

    To Alpha Airlines, New York NY keeping c/r N14DA.

    March 1982

    To Diamond Aviation, Syracuse NY keeping c/r N14DA.

    October 1983

    To Intercoastal Airways, Detroit MI with new c/r N673SN.

    1984

    To Raven Leasing, Troy MI keeping c/r N673SN.

    March 1988

    To Harold E. Miller, Sandwich IL keeping c/r N673SN.

    October 1988

    To Pacific Wings Inc, Carmel Valley CA with new c/r N14PW.

    23 March 1989

    Certificate of airworthiness for N14PW (C-45H, AF-314) issued.

    October 1989

    To Edward D. Shank, Nampa ID keeping c/r N14PW.

    December 1990

    To Ron Chanslor, Albuquerque NM keeping c/r N14PW.

    December 1992

    To Elizabeth W. Stanley, Okemah OK keeping c/r N14PW.

    20 January 1999

    To Ron D. Rosso, Denali Park, AK keeping c/r N14PW.

    February 2002

    To Charles Wallace, Dallas TX keeping c/r N14PW.

    28 February 2002

    To Wallace Charles, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N14PW.

    28 July 2008

    To RKS Leasing Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N14PW.

    16 April 2011

    To Indian River Aircraft Holdings Llc, Fort Pierce, FL keeping c/r N14PW.

    30 March 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2012 Sun N Fun at Lakeland

    28 February 2014

    To Aero Marine Group Ltd, Stateline, NV keeping c/r N14PW.

    15 June 2015

    To Shepard Group Llc, Mena, AR keeping c/r N14PW.

    19 July 2015


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At the EAA Airventure at Oshkosh, Wisconsin

    25 July 2015


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: Oshkosh Wisconsin Wittman Field EAA Airventure 2015

    30 June 2021

    To Craig A. Crider, Swifton, AR keeping c/r N14PW.

    13 October 2023

    To Audemus Inc, Mattaponi, VA keeping c/r N14PW.
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    Credits
     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
    Watson Watson
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