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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:Westwind III
    Last Military Serial:52-10699 USAF
    Construction Number:5087
    Last Civil Registration:N71GJ
    Compressed ID:Hamilton Aircraft Westwind III sn 5...
    Latest Owner or Location:Skydive Greene County Inc, Xenia, OH

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-11.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-10394.

    1954

    Remanufactured as a C-45H.

    1954

    New construction number, AF-629, assigned to the airframe.

    1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-10699.

    1963

    To Donhal Inc, Bellflower CA with new c/r N9155Z.

    1966

    To Longhorn Airways Inc, Medford NJ keeping c/r N9155Z.

    Converted to a Westwind by Hamilton Aircraft.

    1968

    To K (and) S Aircraft Corp, Fort Lauderdale FL keeping c/r N9155Z.

    1969

    To William C. Whitesell, Medford NJ with new c/r N390S.

    1970

    To Percell Jones Leasing Co, Las Vegas NV keeping c/r N390S.

    1971

    To Omni Aircraft International keeping c/r N390S.

    16 August 1971

    To Arctic Air Ltd, Fort Simpson NWT with new c/r CF-QMO.

    Circa 1972


    Photographer: Alberta Aviation Museum
    Notes: Undated slide from the Alberta Aviation Museum collection. Aircraft is parked next to Western GMC Truck Centre (Hangar 6 / Hangar 14) at CYXD - now the Alberta Aviation Museum

    15 March 1974

    To Kenting Atlas Aviation, Resolute Bay NWT keeping c/r CF-QMO.

    18 September 1974

    Certificate of airworthiness for N35136 (C-45H, AF-629) issued.

    1977

    To Perkiomen Airways, Reading PA with new c/r N35136.

    Converted to a Westwind III by Hamilton Aircraft.

    June 1978

    To SMB Stage Line Inc, Des Moines IA keeping c/r N35136.

    1979

    To Blackhawk Airways, Janesville WI keeping c/r N35136.

    2 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Addison, Dallas TX - of a Hamilton Westwind III (Beech C-45H conversion)

    12 July 1989

    To Westwind Air Inc, Portland OR keeping c/r N35136.

    October 1998

    To Shadow Air Inc, Saint Charles IL keeping c/r N35136.

    18 December 2000

    To Skydive Greene County Inc, Xenia, OH keeping c/r N35136.

    Based at Skvdive Ohio, Xenia, OH.
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    2 May 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Xenia - Skydive Greene County, OH, USA

    2 May 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Xenia - Skydive Greene County, OH, USA

    19 June 2013

    To Skydive Greene County Inc, Xenia, OH with new c/r N71GJ.

    1 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for N35136 (C-45H, AF-629) issued.

    15 December 2018

    To Skydive Greene County Inc, Xenia, OH with new c/r N71GJ.
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     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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    AMCAR
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
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