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1945 |
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Constructed as a PV-2D. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 84062. |
From February 1946 to By 1957 |
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To NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Withdrawn from use and placed in storage. |
1957 |
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Assigned civil registration: N9989Z |
11 August 1957 |
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To Trade Ayer Inc, Linden, NJ with new c/r N6657D. |
9 February 1960 |
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To D. U. Howard, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N6657D. |
May 1961 |
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Converted to a fire tanker with the installation of a fibreglass belly tank. |
8 June 1961 |
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To Allied Aircraft Sales keeping c/r N6657D. |
From 9 June 1961 to By 1972 |
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To Wenairco Inc, Wenatchee, WA keeping c/r N6657D. |
14 July 1961 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NR6657D (PV-2, 151606) issued. |
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Operated as fire service #F37. |
From 1974 to By 1979 |
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To Central Air Service/William A. Dempsey, East Wenatchee, WA keeping c/r N6657D. |
1975 |
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Photographer: Milo Peltzer
Notes: Harpoon N6657D in Central Air Services paintwork, Missoula MT 1975 |
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Operated as fire service #101. |
From 26 February 1979 to By 1981 |
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To Kinney Air Tankers/Bruce Kinney, Richey, MT keeping c/r N6657D. |
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Operated as fire service #101. |
From 1981 to By 1985 |
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To Custom FARM Service, Montana/S. I. Verschoot, Richey, MT keeping c/r N6657D. |
1 July 1985 |
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To Dennis Hill, Richey, MT keeping c/r N6657D. |
30 September 1985 |
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To Dawson Aviation/Bruce Kinney, Richey, MT keeping c/r N6657D. |
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Spraybars installed for grasshopper spraying. |
From November 1985 to By 1986 |
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To Teskes Aviation/Eugene Teske, Twin Falls, ID keeping c/r N6657D. |
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Operated as fire service #101.
Utilized for a fire bombing contract and was based in Pennsylvannia. |
From November 1986 to By 1988 |
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To Albert L. Hoover, Twin Falls, ID keeping c/r N6657D. |
From 24 August 1988 to By 2001 |
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To Quarry Products Inc, Richmond, CA keeping c/r N6657D. |
From By 1990 to By 1994 |
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Withdrawn from used and placed in storage at Hazelton, PA. |
14 July 1994 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to Ralph Johnson J Ranch, Middletown, CA. |
By 1994 |
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Placed in open storage at the ranch. Still marked as tanker 101. |
19 October 1999 |
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To Quarry Products Inc, Richmond, CA keeping c/r N6657D. |
2 April 2001 |
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To Clifford R. Everts, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N6657D.
The aircraft was not moved from the Middletown ranch and instead remained on site. |
30 December 2008 |
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To Everts Air Fuel Inc, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N6657D.
Still not moved out of Middleton, staying in place on the ranch. |
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Based at Everts, Fairbanks, AK.
 View the Location Dossier |
Circa 1 April 2010 |
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To Taigh Ramey, Stockton, CA keeping c/r N6657D.
Not immediately relocated from the ranch. |
From 1 April 2010 to October 2010 |
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Prepared for a ferry flight from the ranch at Middletown, CA, to Stockton, CA. |
By 3 October 2010 |
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Photographer: Roger Cain
Notes: Ferry flight from Johnson Ranch to Stockton Airport, CA. |
Circa 6 October 2010 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to Stockton Field Aviation Museum/Vintage Aircraft/Taigh Ramey, Stockton Metropolitan Airport, Stockton, CA.
View the Location Dossier |
10 February 2011 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NL6657D (PV-2, 151606) issued. |
12 September 2012 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada. |
23 May 2013 |
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To Stockton Field Aviation Museum, Stockton, CA keeping c/r N6657D. |
11 September 2013 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races. |
1 January 2014 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NR6657D (PV-2, 151606) issued. |
Circa 19 September 2015 |
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Photographer: Charlene Aro |
7 December 2015 |
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To Stockton Field Aviation Museum, Stockton, CA keeping c/r N6657D. |
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