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    Airframe Family: Burnelli UB-14 Lifting Fuselage
    Latest Model:CBY-3 Loadmaster
    Construction Number:CAM-1
    Last Civil Registration:N17N
    Compressed ID:Canada Car and Foundry CBY-3 cn CAM...
    Latest Owner or Location:New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CBY-3 by Canada Car and Foundry.

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-BEL-X.

    To unknown owner with c/r N17N.

    1957


    Photographer: Ken Wilson
    Notes: In MIA.

    1957


    Photographer: Ken Wilson
    Notes: In MIA.

    Based at New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
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    July 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At New England Air Museum, CT.

    After 2005


    Photographer: RCGroups
    Notes: Photo at Windsor Locks - prior to restoration commencing

    8 August 2010


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster (N17N) (CF-BEL) -The aerodynamic shape of the lifting body fuselage is readily apparent in this view of this unusual aircraft. It was built in 1942 and is awaiting restoration to her former glory.

    6 January 2024


    Photographer: Airframes of Connecticut
    Notes: The CBY-3 underwent an 8-year restoration, ending in 2020. The plane is now on display in the museums civilian hanger, with its left wing dismantled to help it fit into the hanger.
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