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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:A17-119 RAAF
    Construction Number:DHA0116
    Last Civil Registration:N17489
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Tiger Moth II sn A17-1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Alan L. Reber, Indianapolis, IN

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1940

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.
    Dehavilland DH82A A17-489

    14 October 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A17-119.

    20 October 2003

    To Alan L. Reber, Indianapolis, IN with new c/r N17489.
    Operated with markings: A17-489 L-TA

    19 April 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX17489 issued.

    September 2012


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Brodhead Grassroots Fly-In

    20 July 2015

    To Alan L. Reber, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N17489.

    4 April 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX17489 (DH82A, A17-489) issued.

    1 July 2023

    To Alan L. Reber, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N17489.

    9 September 2023


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: Grass Roots Fly-in at Brodhead, WI [C37]. September 8-10, 2023
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