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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:C-45H Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:52-10575 USAF
    Construction Number:7189
    Last Civil Registration:N9NK
    Compressed ID:Beech C-45H sn 52-10575 USAF cn 718...
    Latest Owner or Location:Zuehl Airport, San Antonio, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UC-45F.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-47236.

    1953

    Remanufactured as a C-45H.
    New construction number, AF-505, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-10575.

    13 March 1958

    To Four Lakes Aviation Corp, Madison, WI with new c/r N963J (C18S, 7189).

    1965

    To Rayjax Incorporated with new c/r N9004Z.

    21 June 1965

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9004Z (C-45H, AF-505) issued.

    1966

    To Western Aircraft Inc, Gooding ID keeping c/r N9004Z.

    1 May 1968

    Civil registration, N963J, cancelled.

    4 October 1968

    To Rainy Lake Airways Ltd, Fort Frances, ON with new c/r CF-XIR.

    4 October 1968

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-XIR.

    1969

    To Spectrum Leasing Co, Van Nuys CA with new c/r N9004Z.

    1972

    To Nevada Airlines, Las Vegas NV keeping c/r N9004Z.

    26 September 1974


    Photographer: eLaRef
    Notes: At Las Vegas, Nevada

    1979

    To William H. Miller, Las Vegas NV keeping c/r N9004Z.

    1979

    To Silver State Airlines, Las Vegas NV keeping c/r N9004Z.

    January 1984

    To James Degrazia, Las Vegas NV keeping c/r N9004Z.

    December 1987

    To James A. Breeding, Ojai CA keeping c/r N9004Z.

    July 1989

    To Patrick M. OHare, San Diego CA keeping c/r N9004Z.

    24 June 1992


    Photographer: Roland Busser
    Notes: At Healy River, Alaska

    26 August 1993

    To P K Livingston Alaska Inc, Girdwood, AK keeping c/r N9004Z.

    5 January 2009

    To Historical Flight Foundation Inc, South Miami, FL keeping c/r N9004Z.

    7 February 2009


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Opa Locka, Florida, U.S.A.

    Based at Opa Locka Airport, Opa Locka, FL.
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    22 August 2011

    To Nighthawk Air Systems Inc, Miami, FL with new c/r N9NK.

    Placed on display with Zuehl Airport, San Antonio, TX.
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    30 October 2012


    Photographer: John Hutchins
    Notes: N9NK FAA shows c/n AF505

    June 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Zuehl, Texas

    8 January 2019

    Civil registration, N9NK, cancelled.

    1 August 2022

    Civil registration, N9NK, cancelled.

    1 January 2023


    Photographer: Javier Vera
    Notes: Between the east side of San Antonio and Seguin is Zuehl Airport (1TE4) in Marion, Texas. Here, there is an airpark with a grass runway that houses some vintage aircraft owned by one of the tenants. Among his prized collection is a complete, yet not currently airworthy, Douglas C-118A Liftmaster, a Grumman S-2 Tracker, a Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, among many others. Their proud owner, Jim MacIvor, keeps them there as a collection with the intention of forming a museum.

    9 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at San Antonio - Stinson MAP, TX, USA


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    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

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    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Terry Fletcher

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