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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-18 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:40-2024 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-0581
    Last Civil Registration:N59877
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-18 sn 40-2024 USAAF cn 75...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ace Aircraft Holdings Llc, Lakeland, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-18 by Boeing.

    Circa 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 40-2024.

    4 April 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for N59877 (A75N1(PT17), 75-581) issued.

    15 July 1998

    To Edmonds Wendyn, Naples, FL with new c/r N59877.

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N59877 (A75N1(PT17), 75-581) issued.

    2 February 2005

    To unknown owner with c/r N59877.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Lakeland, FL.

    6 April 2005

    To Sun N Fun Fly In Inc, Lakeland, FL keeping c/r N59877.

    Based at Florida Air Museum, Lakeland Municipal Airport, Lakeland, FL.
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    27 March 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2012 Sun N Fun

    6 April 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Sun-N-Fun, Lakeland, FL.

    May 2018


    Photographer: Phillip Herrington

    6 September 2018


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Triple Tree Aerodrome, Woodruff SC

    To Aerospace Discovery, the Florida Air Museum, Lakeland Municipal Airport, Lakeland, FL.
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    To Florida Air Museum, Lakeland Municipal Airport, Lakeland, FL.
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    2 March 2024

    To Ace Aircraft Holdings Llc, Lakeland, FL keeping c/r N59877.
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