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    Airframe Family: Stinson SR/V-77/AT-19/C-81/L-9 Reliant
    Latest Model:V-77 Reliant
    Construction Number:77-0452
    Last Civil Registration:N43YF
    Compressed ID:Vultee V-77 cn 77-0452 cr N43YF
    Latest Owner or Location:Michigan Flight Museum, Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP) (East Side), Ypsilanti, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a V-77 by Vultee.

    25 August 1947

    Certificate of airworthiness for N43YF (V77, 77-452) issued.

    20 April 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N43YF (V77, 77-452) issued.

    August 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run Airport, MI

    28 October 1999

    To Yankee Air Force Inc, Belleville, MI with new c/r N43YF.

    28 October 1999

    To Yankee Air Force Inc, Belleville, MI with new c/r N15JH.

    Based at Yankee Air Museum, Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP) (East Side), Ypsilanti, MI.
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    By 22 August 2004

    To unknown owner with c/r N15JH.

    22 August 2004

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Howell, MI, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The tailwheel equipped airplane sustained substantial damage when it veered off runway 13. The reported wind was 200 degrees at 10 knots. The pilot reported that he entered and flew a normal traffic pattern for runway 13. He reported that he did a normal wheel landing on the centerline with the right wing down and opposite rudder to compensate for the right crosswind...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    11 December 2013


    Photographer: Kenneth Smith

    16 May 2018

    To Legacy Flight Museum City of Rexburg, Rexburg, ID keeping c/r N43YF.

    To Michigan Flight Museum, Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP) (East Side), Ypsilanti, MI.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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