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    Airframe Family: Stinson 108
    Latest Model:108-1
    Construction Number:108-1040
    Last Civil Registration:N97040
    Compressed ID:Stinson 108-1 cn 108-1040 cr N97040...
    Latest Owner or Location:Estes Jack III, Memphis, TN

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    Dates

    Event

    1946

    Constructed as a 108-1.
    STINSON 108-1 108-1040

    March 1956

    To Elmer J. White, Dover AFB, DE with new c/r N97040.

    8 July 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N97040 (108-1, 108-1040) issued.

    By 1964

    To J. B. Harvill, Paris, TX keeping c/r N97040.

    10 September 1991

    To American Airpower Heritage Fly Museu, Midland, TX keeping c/r N97040.

    In the inventory of Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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    1 January 2008

    To American Airpower Heritage Fly Museum, Midland, TX keeping c/r N97040.

    29 October 2012


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: Wings Over Houston Airshow

    24 August 2015

    To American Airpower Heritage Fly Museum, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N97040.

    1 February 2021

    To American Airpower Heritage Fly Museum, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N97040.

    2022


    Photographer: Jack Estes

    4 October 2022

    To Estes Jack III, Memphis, TN keeping c/r N97040.
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