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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-27 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:FJ905 RAF
    Construction Number:75-3955
    Last Civil Registration:N6781C
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-27 sn FJ905 RAF cn 75-395...
    Latest Owner or Location:Windsock Holdings Llc, Amarillo, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-27 by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-15766.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FJ905.

    By 1964

    To Moore Aviation, Tulare, CA with new c/r N53179 {1}.

    From 22 June 1970 to 17 July 1986

    To Roy Briscoe, Langlet, BC with new c/r CF-CDM.

    16 July 1986


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: CF-CDM at Winnipeg in Jul86 - This 1942 Stearman Kaydet changed hands between owners in Langley/BC and Barrie/ON around this date so will have been on delivery ferry here. Exported to the USA in 1997 and still current in Texas (2015).

    From 9 September 1986 to 31 July 1997

    To Charles Peacock, Midhurst, ON keeping c/r CF-CDM.

    Listed as at Collingwood Classic Aircraft Foundation in Ontario.

    29 August 1997

    To Johnson Don DBA, Amarillo, TX with new c/r N6781C.

    Based at Commemorative Air Force-Dew Line Squadron, Tradewind Airport, Amarillo, TX.
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    Markings Applied: FJ905

    6 September 2011


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At Galesburg Municipal

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    2 January 2013

    To Windsock Holdings Llc, Amarillo, TX keeping c/r N6781C.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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