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    Airframe Family: Dewoitine D.26 / D.27
    Latest Model:D-26
    Last Military Serial:U-282 SwiAF
    Construction Number:10853
    Last Civil Registration:N282DW
    Compressed ID:Dewoitine D-26 sn U-282 SwiAF cn 10...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fantasy of Flight / Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    1931

    Constructed as a D-26.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n U-282.

    To unknown owner with c/r HB-RAA.

    12 October 1973

    To Robert Willies, Claphill, Bedfordshire, UK with new c/r G-BBMI.
    CAA data states that it was exported to the USA on 1984-05-30.

    June 1975


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: 1975 photo at Sywell

    24 May 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Duxford

    4 January 1984

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX282DW (D26, 10853) issued.

    14 November 1987

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL with new c/r N282DW.

    25 March 1989


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Kendall-Tamiami, Florida

    Based at Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
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    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX282DW (D26, 10853) issued.

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Matt Maranto
    Notes: Golden Hill Storage Facility at Fantasy of Flight
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    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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