Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Beech 17 Staggerwing / C-43/GB Traveler
    Latest Model:UC-43C Traveler
    Last Military Serial:42-88636 USAAF
    Construction Number:0283
    Last Civil Registration:N2626
    Compressed ID:Beech UC-43C sn 42-88636 USAAF cn 0...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ranger Airfield Foundation, Ranger, TX

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F17D.
    Beech F17D 283

    To unknown owner with c/r NC2626.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-88636 as a UC-43C.

    1945

    To unknown owner with c/r NC232.

    By 1956

    To unknown owner.

    15 May 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2626 (F17D, 283) issued.

    Circa 1970


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Kendall-Tamiami, Florida

    1974


    Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection
    Notes: In Lakeland, FL.

    17 October 1985

    To Weiler Jerry, Port Angeles, WA with new c/r N2626.

    23 December 2003

    To Paul L. Whitton, Houston, TX keeping c/r N2626.

    15 December 2009

    To Paul L. Whitton, Houston, TX keeping c/r N2626.

    25 September 2014

    Civil registration, N2626, cancelled.

    1 January 2015

    Based at Ranger Airfield, Ranger Municipal Airport, Ranger, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    24 May 2018

    To Ranger Airfield Foundation, Ranger, TX keeping c/r N2626.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 by John M. Andrade
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=22846][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Beech UC-43C Traveler, s/n 42-88636 USAAF, c/n 0283, c/r N2626[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=22846
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.