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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:E18S
    Construction Number:BA-441
    Last Civil Registration:N102SA
    Compressed ID:Beech E18S cn BA-441 cr N102SA
    Latest Owner or Location:Kestrel Inc, West Des Moines, IA

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1959

    Constructed as an E18S.

    6 August 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N246AA (E18S, BA-441) issued.

    6 August 1959

    To Beech Aircraft Corp, Wichita KS: with new c/r N246AA.

    1963

    To United States Rubber Co, New York NY with new c/r N1230S.

    1964

    To Bowes Seal Fast Corp, Indianapolis IN keeping c/r N1230S.

    1966

    To Marion Brick Corp, Marion OH keeping c/r N1230S.

    1970

    To William L. Hart, Arlington VA keeping c/r N1230S.

    1971

    To Air Chicago Freight Airlines, Chicago IL keeping c/r N1230S.

    1972

    To Shorter Airlines, Miami FL with new c/r N102SA.

    1979

    To Ridder Air Enterprises, Whiteman MA keeping c/r N102SA.

    1984

    To Universal Action Corp, Middleburg Heights OH keeping c/r N102SA.

    November 1990

    To Robert B. Burwell, West Chicago IL keeping c/r N102SA.

    Circa 1997


    Photographer: Rick Rohrer
    Notes: Viking Express Beech 18 N102SA. My shot at the DuPage County Airport, West Chicago, IL.

    30 April 1998

    To Kestrel Inc, Waukee, IA keeping c/r N102SA.

    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N102SA (E18S, BA-441) issued.

    28 July 2015

    To Kestrel Inc, West Des Moines, IA keeping c/r N102SA.


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: Beechcraft E18S - Turks Air Cargo (operated by Kestrel Inc.) at Opa Locka Airport (OPF)

    29 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Guymon, OK, USA

    29 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Guymon, OK, USA

    29 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Guymon, OK, USA
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Beech 18: A Civil and Military History by R. K. Parmerter
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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