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    Airframe Family: Cessna 172 Skyhawk / T-41 Mescalero
    Latest Model:172M
    Construction Number:172-60987
    Last Civil Registration:C-GBRO
    Compressed ID:Cessna 172M cn 172-60987 cr C-GBRO
    Latest Owner or Location:Ottawa Flying Club, Ottawa, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    1973

    Constructed as a 172M.

    20 April 1974

    To Jack Wall Aircraft Sales Inc, Memphis, TN with new c/r N20075.

    7 May 1974

    Civil registration, N20075, cancelled.

    14 March 1984

    To Montreal Flying Club, Montreal, QC with new c/r C-GBRO.

    3 July 2017

    To Rockliffe Flying Club, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r C-GBRO.

    10 April 2018


    Photographer: wkeiv1 Hercules
    Notes: c/n C-GBRO undergoing maintenance in the Ottawa Aviation Services hangar.

    2 May 2018

    To Ottawa Aviation Services Inc, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r C-GBRO.

    13 June 2018


    Photographer: wkeiv1 Hercules
    Notes: Damaged when the aircraft was attempted to be turned around via lifting the nose wheel by sitting on the horizontal stabilizer (h-stab) and the tail making contact with the ground, thus bending the h-stab structure. The, clearly visible, red h-stab from 172N c/n 172-68622 was used as a substitute part.

    13 June 2018


    Photographer: wkeiv1 Hercules
    Notes: Front angle of replaced h-stab.

    25 May 2020

    To Ottawa Flying Club, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r C-GBRO.
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