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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:N2S-4 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:37959 USN
    Construction Number:75-3706
    Last Civil Registration:N61S
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-4 sn 37959 USN cn 75-370...
    Latest Owner or Location:Just Plane Business Llc, Angier, NC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2S-4 by Boeing.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 37959.

    By 1967

    To Paul Pavlovich, Trenton, NJ with new c/r N98574.

    14 July 1969

    Certificate of airworthiness for N61S (N2S-4, 75-3706) issued.

    July 1972

    To John Stamer Jr., Louisville, KY with new c/r N61S.

    15 September 1972

    Attended the first National Stearman Fly-In at Galesburg, Illinois.

    September 1973


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    Circa September 1973


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: Shot from N66417.

    By 1978

    To William M. Cosgrove, Cumming, GA keeping c/r N61S.

    28 April 1984

    To James R. Caudill, Fuquay-Varina, NC keeping c/r N61S.

    20 April 1997

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at Apex, NC, United States. The damage was substantial. Witnesses observed the flight flying south to north over the lake at an altitude of about 30 feet. The aircraft climbed slightly to clear a bridge and then descended back to about 30 feet above the lake. The flight then entered into a loop from that altitude and prior to completion of the maneuver collided with the lake in a nose down attitude...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    2 January 1998

    To James L. Roberts, Durham, NC keeping c/r N61S.

    1 August 2006

    To Joseph L. Hunt, Durham, NC keeping c/r N61S.

    15 April 2015

    To James W. Black, Fuquay Varina, NC keeping c/r N61S.

    21 May 2019


    Photographer: Mike Kopack
    Notes: At Fuquay-Angier Airport

    4 November 2021

    To Just Plane Business Llc, Angier, NC keeping c/r N61S.

    May 2022


    Photographer: Larry Green
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