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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:41-8496 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-2055
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-BWR
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 41-8496 USAAF cn 75...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kaipara Aviation Trust, North Shore City

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-8496.

    1946

    To Arthur Corry, Quincy, FL with new c/r N52648.

    From 13 December 1951 to December 1967

    To Delta Air Lines-Agricultural Division keeping c/r N52648.
    Markings added: 98


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Probably shot in the 1940s.

    Circa 1954

    Certificate of airworthiness for N52648 (A75N1(PT17), 75-2055) issued.

    By January 1971

    To J. F. Carter, Drewey, AL keeping c/r N52648.

    By January 1978

    To J. F. Carter, Monroeville, AL keeping c/r N52648.

    13 April 1983

    Certificate of airworthiness for N52648 (A75N1(PT17), 75-2055) issued.

    22 March 1985


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Lakeland, Florida

    24 May 1986


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Atmore Municipal Airport (Atmore, AL, )

    16 July 1997

    To John W. Manning, Flo Yds Knobs, IN keeping c/r N52648.

    18 January 2006

    Civil registration, N52648, cancelled.
    Exported to New Zealand.

    18 January 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r N52648.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma.

    From 2007 to 2009

    Restored.
    By Stuart Tantrum at Blenheim NZ.

    21 June 2007

    To Kaipara Aviation Trust, North Shore City with new c/r ZK-BWR (A75N1, 75-2055).

    2 July 2011


    Photographer: Keith Morris
    Notes: At Ardmore Airport, New Zealand

    Markings Applied: 055
    US Navy titles.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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