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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:D18S
    Construction Number:A-0558
    Last Civil Registration:N2500
    Compressed ID:Beech D18S cn A-0558 cr N2500
    Latest Owner or Location:Caboolture Warplane Museum, Caboolture, Queensland

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1951

    Constructed as a D18S.

    1951

    To Ohio Aviation Co, Dayton Airport OH with new c/r N5297C.

    31 January 1951

    To Hoover Company with new c/r N5V.

    4 November 1952

    To New York Aviation Corp/Wings Inc with new c/r N66W.

    5 November 1952

    To Truman Bowen/Bowen-McLaughlin-York Inc with new c/r N8614A {2}.

    21 May 1953

    To D. W. Winkelman Co, Syracuse NY with new c/r N50W {1}.

    8 June 1955

    To D. W. Winkelman Co, Syracuse NY with new c/r N250W.

    From 15 July 1955 to 1962

    To Maine (and) New Hampshire Granite Corporation keeping c/r N250W.

    3 July 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N250W (D18S, A-558) issued.

    1 June 1962

    To Graubart Aviation, Valparaiso IN keeping c/r N250W.

    1 July 1963

    To Hawthorne Aviation, Charleston SC keeping c/r N250W.

    By April 1964

    Improvements - G18S picture windows,E18S wingtips, airstair, Volpar trigear.

    6 April 1964

    To John G. Kain Co, Chatanooga TN with new c/r N2500.

    30 August 1967

    To Spartans Industries Inc, New York NY keeping c/r N2500.

    5 August 1969

    To Air Charter Associates Inc, New York NY keeping c/r N2500.

    6 April 1970

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number NYC70FHM10: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 15:16 hours. There was minor damage. The flight departed from Johnstown, PA, with the destination Teterboro, NJ. Landed wheels up on touch down. Report remarks include: Left main landing gear retract chain not in proper adjustment. Incident occurred at or near Teterboro, NJ.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    By 1 July 1971

    To McCollum Aviation, Danville IL keeping c/r N2500.

    1 February 1972

    To Duquesne Mine Supply Company keeping c/r N2500.

    26 December 1972

    To Dawson Construction Co keeping c/r N2500.

    31 October 1973

    To Air Activities Inc, Tyler TX keeping c/r N2500.

    From 7 December 1979 to 1989

    To Charles A. McLarty keeping c/r N2500.

    14 September 1989

    To Patrick M. OHare, San Diego CA keeping c/r N2500.

    30 May 1995

    To Kathleen A. Ohare, Wasilla, AK keeping c/r N2500.

    16 January 2002

    To James P. Barnum, Saint Augustine, FL keeping c/r N2500.

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2500 (D18S, A-558) issued.

    From 11 November 2005 to 15 November 2005

    Ferry flight.
    Ferried from US, via Rekjavik, to Bruntingthorpe in the UK.

    By 2008

    Restoration completed.
    By Beech Restorations, Bruntingthorpe.


    Photographer: Philip Turland
    Notes: With Beech Restorations, at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, UK


    Photographer: Philip Turland
    Notes: With Beech Restorations, at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, UK

    September 2008

    Flew to Australia and based at Childers, Queensland.

    25 July 2010


    Photographer: Stuart McCarthy
    Notes: Taken at Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia

    June 2017

    To Caboolture Warplane Museum, Caboolture QLD keeping c/r N2500.

    June 2017

    Based at Caboolture Warplane and Flight Heritage Museum, Caboolture, Queensland.
    View the Location Dossier

    17 January 2018

    Civil registration, N2500, cancelled.

    To Caboolture Warplane Museum, Caboolture, Queensland.
    View the Location Dossier


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