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    Airframe Family: Antonov An-2 Kukuruznik/Colt (NATO) / An-3 / An-4 / An-6 Meteo
    Latest Model:An-2R
    Construction Number:1G 191-47
    Last Civil Registration:N73AN
    Compressed ID:PZL Mielec An-2R cn 1G 191-47 cr N7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ) Canada

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    Dates

    Event

    1981

    Constructed as an An-2R by PZL Mielec at Poland.

    8 April 1981

    To Aeroflot, Lithuania with new c/r CCCP-84669.

    10 April 1993

    To Lithuanian Airlines with new c/r LY-ACC.

    18 May 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX73AN (AN-2, 1G19147) issued.

    May 1995

    To Warbirds Aloft Inc with new c/r N73AN.

    June 1995

    To N73AN Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N73AN.

    13 July 2002


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show, Geneseo, NY.

    19 July 2010

    To Kenneth Bruce McBride, San Martin, CA keeping c/r N73AN.

    In the inventory of Ken McBride Collection, San Martin, Morgan Hill, CA.
    Mr. McBride plans to use the An-2 in an operation to recover a P-38 from the same ice field which the P-38 Glacier Girl was retrieved from.
    View the Location Dossier

    2016

    Temporary based at Iqaluit Airport, Nunavut, Canada.

    1 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX73AN (AN-2, 1G19147) issued.

    29 November 2018

    To Builders Aero III Corp., Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N73AN.

    5 April 2020


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: At Vernon, BC

    Based with Victoria International Airport (YYJ/CYYJ) Canada.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
    Thorsten Ruchel
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