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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-13B Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:40-1717 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-0274
    Last Civil Registration:N52740
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-13B sn 40-1717 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tanya R. Nightingale, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-13B by Boeing.

    Circa 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 40-1717.

    1946

    To Jimmie Baldi, Miami, FL with new c/r N52740.

    To FARM-Air Company, West Sacramento, CA keeping c/r N52740.

    From 1957 to 1958

    Operated as a agricultural sprayer/tanker with fleet #126.
    Flown in New Brunswick, Canada.

    By 1963

    To Liberty Air, Liberty, TX keeping c/r N52740.

    13 April 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for N52740 (A75N1(PT17), 75-274) issued.

    20 May 1992

    To Duncan R. Miller, Suisun, CA keeping c/r N52740.

    21 March 1994

    Based at Duncan Miller Collection, Nut Tree Airport (VCB), Vacaville, CA.
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    16 April 1997

    To Duncan R. Miller Trustee, Suisun, CA keeping c/r N52740.

    21 July 2009

    To Duncan R. Miller Trustee, Napa, CA keeping c/r N52740.

    14 May 2011

    To Duncan R. Miller Trustee, Fairfield, CA keeping c/r N52740.

    26 July 2013

    To Clemens Rick, Carson City, NV keeping c/r N52740.
    Markings added: 89

    11 September 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    11 September 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    3 September 2015

    To Clemens Veronica Lee, Carson City, NV keeping c/r N52740.

    Based at Cactus Air Force Wings and Wheels Museum, Carson City Airport, Carson City, NV.
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    7 April 2021

    To unknown owner with c/r N52740.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

    24 July 2021

    To Tanya R. Nightingale, Rancho Cucamonga, CA keeping c/r N52740.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Chris Adam
    Terry Fletcher
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