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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:41-25355 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-2850
    Last Civil Registration:N55045
    Latest Owner or Location:Vanderpol Construction Co Inc, Harrison, SD

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-25355.

    1949

    To Ace Flying Services, Salem, OR with new c/r N55045.

    1949


    Photographer: Oregon State Archives
    Notes: Left hand side of this aerial photo of the Ace Flying Services ramp at Salem, Oregon - back in 1949

    By 1964

    To Leo J. Demers, Salem, OR keeping c/r N55045.

    1976

    To Leo J. Demers, Madras, OR keeping c/r N55045.

    8 June 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Prineville Airport, in Crook County, Oregon, United States

    31 August 1991


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Cottage Grove State Airport in Oregon

    By 1992

    To Glenn D. Clevenger, Dexter, OR keeping c/r N55045.

    2 February 1994

    To Vanderpol Construction Co Inc, Harrison, SD keeping c/r N55045.

    16 March 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for N55045 (A75N1(PT17), 75-2850) issued.

    10 October 1997

    To Vanderpol Construction Co Inc, Harrison, SD keeping c/r N55045.

    27 February 2014

    To Vanderpol Construction Co Inc, Harrison, SD keeping c/r N55045.

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N55045 (A75N1(PT17), 75-2850) issued.
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