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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-44/J4F/OA-14 Widgeon
    Latest Model:G-44 Widgeon
    Last Military Serial:37763 USN
    Construction Number:1393
    Last Civil Registration:N62096
    Compressed ID:Grumman G-44 sn 37763 USN cn 1393 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lost Aviators of Pearl Harbor Llc, Bellingham, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a G-44.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 37763.

    30 March 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N62096 (G-44, 1393) issued.

    19 March 1958

    To Walter H. Keilt, Alderwood, WA with new c/r N62096.

    10 June 2009

    To Skagit Aero Educational Museum, Monroe, WA keeping c/r N62096.

    27 December 2011

    To Skagit Aero Educational Museum, Concrete, WA keeping c/r N62096.

    2 July 2012

    Based at Skagit Aero Education Museum, Mears Field, Concrete, WA.
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    2 July 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Skagit Aero Museum, Concrete, WA

    To North Cascades Vintage Aircraft Museum, Mears Field, Concrete, WA.
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    3 December 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N62096.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Bellingham, WA.

    30 May 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N62096.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Bellingham, WA.

    27 October 2014

    To Lane E. Older, Bellingham, WA keeping c/r N62096.

    28 March 2018

    To Donovan Patrick, Bellingham, WA keeping c/r N62096.

    17 August 2019


    Photographer: Jim Bates
    Notes: On the ramp at Skagit Regional Airport, Washington.

    24 October 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N62096.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Bellingham, WA.

    16 December 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N62096.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Bellingham, WA.

    31 January 2020

    To Lost Aviators of Pearl Harbor Llc, Bellingham, WA keeping c/r N62096.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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