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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:R5O-5 Lodestar
    Last Military Serial:12474 USN
    Construction Number:18-2404
    Last Civil Registration:N631LS
    Compressed ID:Lockheed R5O-5 sn 12474 USN cn 18-2...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lawrence E. Hill, Marion, MT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-18.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 12474 as a R5O-5.
    Impressed by the Navy.

    To Rock Island Lumber, CO with new c/r N4S.

    6 August 1958

    Certificate of airworthiness for N631LS (18-56, 2404) issued.

    1990


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Minter Field, Shafter, California.

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Robert Dias

    18 February 1999

    To Brunetto Enterprises Inc, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N631LS.

    To Eloy Municipal Airport, Eloy, AZ.
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    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N631LS (18-56, 2404) issued.

    17 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Eloy, AZ, USA

    Placed up for sale with Specialty Aero with the following specs: 1943 LODESTAR, N631LS, sn 2404, AF9153:12, RE64:34/LE183:14, 72As, prop AD CW, new batteries, King radios, VIP radar, custom panel, 10-place, flushing lavoratory, many extras. Avionics include: VIP radar King radios Dual KTR908s Comm Dual KNR 634A Navs 2 KXP 756 transponders KDF 806 ADF 2 Astronautics HSIs 2 C14 Gyros Apollo GPS/Loran KN63 DME RDR2000 color radar 2 PC16 inverters Other equipment include: New G88 batteries Oil filters Pre-oilers Interior is 10-place with 4 place couch and 6 articulating seats. Custom panel. 72As, prop AD complied with. Great flier, ready to go! No ADs due. 1 through 4 inspection, polished.

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 May 2014

    To Lawrence E. Hill, Marion, MT keeping c/r N631LS.

    11 March 2017


    Photographer: Steffen Rhode
    Notes: Eloy, Arizona, USA

    25 July 2019


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: Leaving Oshkosh Wisconsin.
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