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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:41-7933 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-1492
    Last Civil Registration:C-GFLX
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 41-7933 USAAF cn 75...
    Latest Owner or Location:Canadian Flying Frontiers Inc, Oakville, ON

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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 41-7933.

    20 October 1941

    Involved in an incident.
    Taxying accident at CPS(P),Woodward Field, Camden,SC.

    18 July 1944

    Involved in an incident.
    Taxying accident at CPS(P),Woodward Field, Camden,SC.

    6 July 1949

    To H H Christopher, Okeecholbee, FL with new c/r N55254.

    June 1961

    To O. C. Boyls, Sinton, TX with new c/r N60562.

    20 April 1966

    Civil registration, N55254, cancelled.

    1964 AMCAR clearly shows 75-1491 for both N55254 and N60562 but elsewhere N60562 is shown as 75-1492.

    11 September 1976


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    By 1978

    To John C. Hooper, New Orleans, LA keeping c/r N60562.

    1978

    Markings Applied: 562

    7 September 1978


    Photographer: Larry Johnson

    8 August 1986

    To Michael Hooper, New Orleans, LA keeping c/r N60562.

    23 November 1998

    To John Coe, Largo, FL keeping c/r N60562.

    21 May 2006

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Chalet Suzanne Airport (X25) Lake Wales, FL, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The airline transport certificated pilot was departing from a turf-surfaced runway in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. The runway was 2313 feet long and 50 feet wide. The pilot reported that his preflight and engine run-up were normal...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    24 October 2007

    To GSM Aircraft Restoration Llc, Fort Lauderdale, FL keeping c/r N60562.

    27 May 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N60562 (A75L300, 75-1492) issued.

    27 July 2015

    To GSM Aircraft Restoration Llc, Wellington, FL keeping c/r N60562.

    April 2021


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Sun N Fun, Lakeland, Florida

    14 May 2021

    To Aerospace Trust Management Llc Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N60562.
    Markings added: 247
    US Navy titles.

    14 July 2021

    Civil registration, N60562, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    13 August 2021

    To Canadian Flying Frontiers Inc, Oakville, ON with new c/r C-GFLX.
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