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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:T-11 Kansan
    Last Military Serial:41-9577 USAF
    Construction Number:1003
    Last Civil Registration:N6953C
    Compressed ID:Beech T-11 sn 41-9577 USAF cn 1003...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air 1 Leasing Inc of New Mexico, Roswell, NM

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-11.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 41-9577.

    13 March 1942

    Transferred to Bombadier Training School, Midland, TX.

    Transferred to 4122 AAFBU.

    17 December 1946

    Crashed.
    Crash landing at Hensley Field, TX.

    Repaired.

    June 1948

    Redesignated as T-11.

    October 1954

    Transferred to Hill AFB UT.

    14 February 1957

    To Marshall E. Long with new c/r N6953C.

    22 April 1957

    To Pacific States Aviation/Warren M. Boggess keeping c/r N6953C.

    22 January 1960

    To Lewis Pangman keeping c/r N6953C.

    April 1960

    A civil conversion was carried out. The gun turret was removed. The fuselage was reskinned. The bombbay doors were removed and skinned over. A five seeet cabin was fitted.

    14 April 1960

    Certificate of airworthiness for N6953C (AT-11, 41-9577) issued.

    12 June 1960

    To William G. Barlow keeping c/r N6953C.

    17 March 1961

    To W. H. Anderson keeping c/r N6953C.

    17 October 1962

    To Bud Grunert, San Mateo, CA keeping c/r N6953C.

    24 May 1963

    To Aero Enterprises Inc keeping c/r N6953C.

    11 November 1963

    To Kay Barricklow keeping c/r N6953C.

    November 1963

    To Graubart Aviation, Valparaiso, IN keeping c/r N6953C.

    From 16 June 1964 to 1985

    To Arizona Airmotive/Peter Pess, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N6953C.

    9 November 1969

    Spotted parked on the ramp at Tucson, AZ.

    2 April 1972

    Spotted on the ramp at Tucson fitted with the original round windows.

    March 1975

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 19577, V-304

    10 September 1976

    Noted in storage at the museum.

    5 February 1985

    To Air 1 Leasing Inc of New Mexico, Roswell, NM.

    14 May 1985

    Assigned civil registration: N6953C
    Restored to the civil register.

    14 May 1985

    To Air 1 Leasing Inc of New Mexico, Roswell, NM keeping c/r N6953C.

    1985

    Remained on display at the Pima Air Museum.

    October 1987

    Spotted in the rear storage area at the museum with the wings removed.

    8 August 1989


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Pima Air Museum.

    12 August 1989

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 19577
    Placed back on display.

    By 1991

    Markings Applied: 304, 19577

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    20 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Pima Air Museum, AZ, USA

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    6 July 2012

    Civil registration, N6953C, cancelled.

    1 January 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for N6953C (AT-11, 41-9577) issued.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Beech 18: A Civil and Military History by R. K. Parmerter
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
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