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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:41-8947 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-2506
    Last Civil Registration:N57578
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 41-8947 USAAF cn 75...
    Latest Owner or Location:Randall C. Reed, Parkville, MO

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-8947.

    1 May 1963

    To Casa Grande Dust and Spray, Casa Grande, AZ with new c/r N57578.

    Circa 1966


    Photographer: Brian Baker
    Notes: In Stanfield, AZ.

    24 January 1973

    To Jones Steve, Albuquerque, NE keeping c/r N57578.

    9 August 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for N57578 (A75N1(PT17), 75-2506) issued.

    10 September 1993


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Galesburg Municipal

    16 November 1999

    To James S. Jones, Albuquerque, NM keeping c/r N57578.

    26 October 2005

    To Randall C. Reed, Kansas City, MO keeping c/r N57578.

    1 January 2009

    Certificate of airworthiness for N57578 (A75N1(PT17), 75-2506) issued.

    18 March 2015

    To Randall C. Reed, Parkville, MO keeping c/r N57578.

    10 December 2018

    Civil registration, N57578, cancelled.
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