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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 48/N2C Fledgling / 51/J/Fledgling / A-3
    Latest Model:N2C Fledgling
    Construction Number:B-51
    Last Civil Registration:N868N
    Compressed ID:Curtiss N2C cn B-51 cr N868N
    Latest Owner or Location:Gladys O. Burrill, Medford, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2C.
    Built in 1929

    To unknown owner with c/r N868N.

    To Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, OR.
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    30 October 1969

    To Eugene F. Burrill, Prospect, OR with new c/r N868N.

    9 May 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for N868N (FLEDGLING, B-51) issued.

    11 September 1988


    Photographer: Dick Hopkins
    Notes: Photographed at Medford, OR.

    11 September 1988


    Photographer: Dick Hopkins
    Notes: Photographed at Medford, OR.

    By 17 March 1989


    Photographer: Dick Hopkins

    1 January 2009

    Certificate of airworthiness for N868N (FLEDGLING, B-51) issued.

    10 December 2009

    To Gladys O. Burrill, Medford, OR with new c/r N868N.

    16 February 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r N868N.
    Sale reported to a new owner in McMinnville, OR.

    23 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 Photo at Evergreen Air and Space Museum

    10 May 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N868N.

    10 May 2013

    Civil registration, N868N, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in McMinnville, OR.
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