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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:Lim-5 Fresco-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:1713 SPRP
    Construction Number:1C 17-13
    Last Civil Registration:N1713P
    Compressed ID:WSK-Mielec Lim-5 sn 1713 SPRP cn 1C...
    Latest Owner or Location:Red Star Aero Services Llc, Mobile, AL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Lim-5 by WSK-Mielec at Poland.

    1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej with s/n 1713.

    20 July 2000

    To Patrick W. O Kelley, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N1713P.
    Aircraft nickname: Boris.

    20 April 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX1713P (MIG 17 (LIM 5), 1C1713) issued.

    12 August 2014

    To Patrick W. Okelley, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N1713P.

    22 September 2015

    To Kevin D. Walker, Campbell, CA keeping c/r N1713P.

    16 May 2017

    To Red Star Aero Services Llc, Mobile, AL keeping c/r N1713P.

    23 July 2019


    Photographer: VIN (V77RFC)
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI.

    30 July 2022


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: MiG-17 (Lim-5) doing a high speed flyby @ Oshkosh 22

    14 April 2023

    To Red Star Aero Services Llc, Mobile, AL keeping c/r N1713P.

    Please note: Ukraine emblem on the fin.

    27 July 2023


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: EAA Airventure; Note the addition of the Ukraine trident over the Red Star on the vertical stab
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