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    Airframe Family: Weaver Aircraft Company (WACO) 10 / GXE / O-Series
    Latest Model:GXE
    Construction Number:1554
    Last Civil Registration:N6974
    Compressed ID:Weaver Aircraft Company (WACO) GXE...
    Latest Owner or Location:Walter C. Bowe Trustee, Sonoma, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1928

    Constructed as a GXE.

    24 November 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N6974 (GXE, 1554) issued.

    4 December 1991

    To Gary A. Baglien, Minneapolis, MN with new c/r N6974.

    19 July 2005

    To George M. Jenkins, Saint Davids, PA keeping c/r N6974.

    Based at Eagles Mere Air Museum, Merrit Field Airport, Eagles Mere, PA.
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    20 July 2014


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: Waco 10 GXE (NC6974) - This beautiful Waco GXE resides at the Eagles Mere Air Museum, Merritt Field, Laporte, PA. She was built in Troy, OH, in 1928.

    30 October 2018

    To George M. Jenkins, Wayne, PA keeping c/r N6974.

    15 February 2023

    To Walter C. Bowe Trustee, Sonoma, CA keeping c/r N6974.

    30 September 2023


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: taken at the Ala Doble Ranch flying days 30 Sept 2023, its based here. pilot Chris Price


    Photographer: Unknown
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