| 22/04/1954 |
Manufactured |
| 10/05/1954 |
Accepted by SCRT (with 06.10 flying hours) + engines Alvis Leonides Mk.12701 n° 948 (08.30 hours) |
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and 949 (10.00 hours) and TOC by 20s/15W (Flight Communications) |
| 15/04/1957 |
Cat. 2 at Melsbroek AB. Right wing hit hangar door during towing. 1SM Cornelis unhurt |
| 04/07/1957 |
Cat.1 at Chièvres AB. Hit landing light during taxi on perimeter track. Kpt Vl Lorent unhurt |
| 15/07/1974 |
Flown from Melsbroek AB to Koksijde AB for storage |
| 15/07/1974 |
Withdrawn from Service |
| 26/02/1975 |
Struck of Charge with 2931.16 flying hours through note VDE/S1/0310 of 20/03/1974 + engines |
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Alvis Leonides Mk.12701 n° 953 (Lef) (626.37 hours) and 855 (Right) (616.47 hours) |
| 18/01/1978 |
Sold to Air America Inc., Box 444, Factoryville, Pennsylvania 18419, USA (Exchange agreement |
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730006 of 18/01/1978) |
| 28/01/1978 |
Aircraft Registration Application for N51948 |
| 06/03/1978 |
Registration N51948 issued |
| 09/08/1978 |
Flown to Blackbushe (UK) to be equipped with extra fuel-tanks and instruments for long-range |
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flights |
| 08/02/1979 |
Stored at Miami |
| 06/11/1979 |
On Storage at Fort Lauderdale |
| 13/12/1979 |
Sold to Aircrane West, PO Box 1434, Santa Cruz, Cal. 95060 via B&B Aviation, Fort Lauderdale |
| 20/12/1979 |
Departed from Ford Lauderdale (Florida), for Colombia (South America), probably used for drug |
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smuggling |
| 00/02/1980 |
Noted at Watsonville CA with N51972/RM-12 (PAC/66/33) |
| 14/03/1980 |
Aircraft Registration Application for N51948 |
| 04/09/1980 |
Registration N51948 issued |
| 00/00/0000 |
Operated by Aircrane West for University of California on Bird and Animal surveys in Coastal |
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California. Operated together wit N2692U, N51972 was also at Watsonville as spare parts source |
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After survey work the aircraft was advertised for sale in "Trade-a-Plane" at USD 40.000 but not |
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sold due to 'Certification Restrictions' |
| 07/10/1982 |
Noted still airworthy at Santa Rosa |
| 15/02/1984 |
Donated to Denver Aerospace Science Museum, 12078 East Oregon Circle, Aurora, Col. 80012 in |
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exchange for RM12 |
| 31/03/1984 |
Flown from Denver to Washington, arrived on 01/04/1984 |
| 00/05/1984 |
Flown back to Denver (museum) and donated by Aircrane West, the museum already had N51972 |
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donated to them, which was unairworthy, and they could not get it to flying condition |
| 17-18/05/1984 |
Flown from Watsonville to Denver Centennial by John Mulvey |
| 20/05/1984 |
Aircraft Registration Application for N66PK by Denver Aerospace Science Museum |
| 25/06/1984 |
Registration N66PK issued |
| 09/07/1985 |
Application for Airworthiness Certificate |
| 15/07/1985 |
Application for Special Airworthiness Certificate for crew training and proficiency |
| 30/07/1985 |
Special Airworthiness Certificate to show compliance with FAR’s (valid 1 day) |
| 00/00/0000 |
Based at Centennial Airport, Co |
| 09/10/1992 |
Sold to WAWI Inc ., Frank R. Williams & Del Wardlow, 22007 Meridian E, Suite D, Graham, Wa.98338 |
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for projected use as a radio testbed |
| 17/06/1993 |
Aircraft Registration Application for N66PK |
| 01/07/1993 |
Registration N66PK issued |
| 31/03/1994 |
Departed to Frank Williams from ARNAV Systems Inc., Puyallup, WA |
| 01/04/1994 |
Flown by John Mulvey, Denver Centennial to Thun Field, Puyallup, WA., its first flight for ten years. |
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Plans to restore as a flying museum of avionics (plans failed) |
| 29/07/1996 |
Registered to Wawi Inc, Graham, WA |
| 00/06/1998 |
Noted at Pierce County Airport, near Seattle (5800 flying hours).For sale at 30000 USD |
| 10/03/1999 |
Status: The aircraft is nearly 95% complete and could easily be brought to flying status |
| 19/10/1999 |
still registered N66PK, owner: Wawi Inc |
| 00/10/2000 |
Bought by John Schell, Puyallup, WA |
| 20/02/2001 |
Listed as Registration Pending at Richard (Rick) Barter from Skywords, 11700 W. Avra Valley Road |
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Unit 69, Marana, AZ 85623-9625, USA |
| 29/05/2001 |
Bought by Richard (Rick) Barter of Skywords Aviation LLC, Tucson, AZ |
| 01/08/2001 |
Undercarriage retraction tests and engine runs carried out |
| 03/09/2001 |
Noted at Thun Field, Pierce County Airport, South of Seattle, WA. In good condition, recent work. |
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In basic Belgian Air Force colourscheme. |
| 05/09/2001 |
Still owned by Rick Barter of Skywords Aviation LLC, Tucson |
| 12/01/2002 |
Not listed on FAA website anymore |
| 00/04/2002 |
Noted at Thun Field awaiting move to Arizona |
| 00/06/2003 |
Still owned by Rick Barter |
| 00/01/2005 |
Offered for sale by Richard Barter and bought by Larry Steever, Puyallup, WA |
| 05/05/2007 |
Last noted stored Thun Field, Puyallup, Washington |
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