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1940 |
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Constructed as a ST-A. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Netherlands East Indies Air Fo with s/n S-40. |
From December 1940 to February 1941 |
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Transported by ship.
Shipped from California to Netherlands East Indies. |
February 1942 |
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All available MLD Ryans were prepared for shipment to Australia ahead of the Japanese advance through Netherlands East Indies. |
From 27 August 1942 to 20 February 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A50-31. |
22 November 1945 |
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To Brown (and) Dureau Pty Ltd, Melbourne Vic with new c/r VH-AGZ. |
29 June 1946 |
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To Leslie G. Mahon, Launceston Tas keeping c/r VH-AGZ. |
10 July 1950 |
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To Ivo K. Robb, Melbourne Vic keeping c/r VH-AGZ. |
15 February 1951 |
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To J. R. Skinner, Melbourne Vic keeping c/r VH-AGZ. |
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Photographer: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive |
30 January 1952 |
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To Leslie G. Mahon, Launceston Tas keeping c/r VH-AGZ. |
12 January 1957 |
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To G. A. Seymour, Melbourne Vic keeping c/r VH-AGZ. |
3 August 1957 |
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Crashed.
Crashed, struck power lines, Corowa NSW. |
12 December 1959 |
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Repair completed.
Airframe log quotes in summary of rebuild: new tail cone from c/n 448 Dutch Navy S-12 is fitted and front cockpit reskinned. S-12 was STM-S2 c/n 448: no record of S-12 being shipped to Australia: assumed parts were among spares to Australia from NEI 2.1942. |
8 April 1961 |
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To B. O. Buchanan, Seymour Vic keeping c/r VH-AGZ. |
15 November 1963 |
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To Ewan R. D. MacKay, Acurosedaleac Station, Jericho QLD keeping c/r VH-AGZ. |
January 1969 |
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To Dorr B. Carpenter, Lake Bluff Illinois USA. |
July 1969 |
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To Dorr B. Carpenter, Lake Bluff Illinois USA with new c/r N288Y. |
29 September 1969 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N7779 (ST-A, 476) issued. |
October 1969 |
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To Jeff Cannon, CA keeping c/r N288Y. |
October 1969 |
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Transported by air.
Airfreighted to California by United Airlines DC-8 freighter. |
1970 |
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To Mike Cuddy, Thousand Oaks CA. |
January 1975 |
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To Mitch Mayborn, Dallas TX.
Purchased dismantled, partly restored. |
Circa February 1975 |
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Transported by ground.
Moved by road from Los Angeles to Dallas Texas. |
Circa November 1975 |
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To Mitch Mayborn, Dallas TX with new c/r N7779. |
28 February 1986 |
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To William R. Rose, Barrington IL keeping c/r N7779. |
1996 |
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Restoration continued. |
28 July 2003 |
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Markings Applied: S-11
Noted at Oshkosh Fly-In. |
Circa 2005 |
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Based at Wings and Rotors Air Museum, French Valley Airport, Murrieta, CA.
 View the Location Dossier |
22 March 2006 |
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To James I. Morris Trustee, Murrieta, CA keeping c/r N7779. |
18 September 2017 |
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Civil registration, N7779, cancelled. |
17 January 2019 |
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To James I. Morris Trustee, Coronado, CA with new c/r N7779. |
1 April 2019 |
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To Arnaldo M. Leon, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N7779. |
August 2020 |
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Based at Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire-Central, England.
View the Location Dossier |
5 July 2021 |
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Photographer: Alf Milliken
Notes: Photographed at Old Warden (home to the Shuttleworth Collection) on the Monday morning. |
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