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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:Expeditor 3TM
    Last Military Serial:1572 RCAF
    Construction Number:CA-172
    Last Civil Registration:N7598
    Compressed ID:Beech Expeditor 3TM sn 1572 RCAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Walter Soplata Aviation Collection, Newbury, Cleveland, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as an Expeditor 3TM.
    BEECH 3 TM CA-172

    30 May 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 1572.

    11 June 1952

    Transferred to No. 101 (K) Flight, RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS.

    Transferred to Bristol Aerospace, Winnipeg, MB.
    Sent to Bristol for overhaul.

    4 November 1958

    Transferred to No. 101 (Comm) Flight, Dartmouth, NS.

    Circa 1960

    Markings Applied: NH 572
    Spotted at RCAF Station Downsview, ON, in these markings.

    From Unknown to 25 November 1963

    Transferred to Calgary, AB.
    Send to Calgary for overhaul.

    1 November 1966

    Assigned to Saskatoon, SK for storage.

    7 April 1967

    Put up for disposal at Saskatoon.

    6 August 1968

    Struck off Strength/Charge.

    14 January 1977

    To unknown owner with c/r N7598.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    1979


    Photographer: Roy F. Cochrun
    Notes: Source: http://www.royfc.com/albums/non_ru/museums/museum/ohio/soplata/index.html

    Transferred to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation.
    Sent to the CADC for disposal.

    To Hamilton Aircraft Company, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N7598.

    This airframe may have been used by a technical shool.

    To Walter Soplata Aviation Collection, Newbury, Cleveland, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    4 May 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett

    19 October 2012

    Civil registration, N7598, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.
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     Canadian Military Aircraft - Serials and Photographs by J. A. Griffin
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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