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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:C-45H Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:52-10656 USAF
    Construction Number:AF-586
    Last Civil Registration:N9550Z
    Compressed ID:Beech C-45H sn 52-10656 USAF cn AF-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Qualitair Llc Trustee, Michelstadt

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-45H.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-10656.

    22 May 1961

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9550Z (C-45H, AF-586) issued.

    31 October 1991

    To Timothy E. Dills, Pavilion, NE with new c/r N9550Z.

    23 March 2005

    To Steven M. Welsh, Raleigh, NC keeping c/r N9550Z.

    Based at North Carolina Aviation Museum, Asheboro, NC.
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    Markings Applied: 662271

    28 May 2010

    To Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee, Onalaska, TX keeping c/r N9550Z.

    28 May 2011


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Caslav, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic

    Based at Letiste Mnichovo Hradiste, Hoskovice, Central Bohemian.
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    Markings Applied: 602271

    22 June 2023

    To Qualitair Llc Trustee, Michelstadt keeping c/r N9550Z.
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