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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:C-45F Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:44-47301 USAAF
    Construction Number:7678
    Last Civil Registration:N44573
    Latest Owner or Location:Adventure North Flying Service Llc, Baudette, MN

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1944

    Constructed as a C-45F.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-47301.
    Cancelled- not taken up - diverted for civilian use.

    16 September 1944

    To Sinclair Prairie Oil Co with c/r NC44573.

    1 January 1949

    To Sinclair Oil (and) Gas Co with c/r N44573.

    8 August 1957

    To Remmert-Werner of Florida Inc, Pompano Beach, FL.

    25 October 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44573 (C18S, 7678) issued.

    24 September 1958

    To Doctor Thomas E. Boston, Hillsboro, WI.

    24 July 1969

    To William H. Magie DBA Wilderness Wings, Ely, MN.

    21 April 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44573 (C18S, 7678) issued.

    17 May 1974

    Floats installed.

    9 June 1976

    To Garland L. (and) Maxine I. Bernhardt, Baudette, MN.

    2 June 1981

    To Northwest Travel Ventures Inc DBA Wilderness Wings Airways.

    16 June 1982

    To Mid-Continent Airlines Inc, Minneapolis, MN.

    29 April 1986

    To Covington Enterprises Inc, Two Harbors, MI.

    10 August 1996

    To Thunderhook Air Inc, Holladay, TN.

    16 February 2000

    To Loa Inc, Wilmington, DE.

    11 July 2013

    To Baker Planes Llc, White Bear Lake, MN.

    13 August 2014

    To Aero Minnesota Llc, Aitkin, MN.

    28 June 2017

    To Adventure North Flying Service Llc, Baudette, MN.

    2018


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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Beech 18: A Civil and Military History by R. K. Parmerter
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
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