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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:N2S-3 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:4310 USN
    Construction Number:75-2640
    Last Civil Registration:N59695
    Latest Owner or Location:William R. Hertel, Granbury, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2S-3 by Boeing.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 4310.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC59695.

    20 January 1950


    Photographer: ACME Newspictures
    Notes: Pueblo, CO : A gust of wind picked this plane off the Pueblo Airport and hung its tail in a maze of telephone wires. The Weather Bureau clocked the winds during the storm at 90 miles per hour.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: In Aurora, CO.

    By March 1964

    To Robert W, Gudgel, Merced, CA with new c/r N59695.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: In Merced, CA.

    By 1968

    To Bernard J. Galvin, Eugene, OR keeping c/r N59695.

    1971

    To Donald A. Clark, Wapato, WA keeping c/r N59695.

    29 October 1973

    To William R. Hertel, Granbury, TX keeping c/r N59695.

    10 July 1974

    Certificate of airworthiness for N59695 (B75N1, 75-2640) issued.

    By August 1974

    To William R. Hertel, Mundelein, IL keeping c/r N59695.


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: I shot this in September of 1974 in GBG.

    To William R. Hertel, Fort Worth, TX keeping c/r N59695.

    July 1977

    To William R. Hertel, Kingsville, TX keeping c/r N59695.

    29 August 1977

    Crashed.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number FTW77FRG65: There were 2 fatalities. Incident occurred at 10:00 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Kleberg Airport, Kingsville, TX. This was a local flight from Kingsville, TX. Experienced a controlled collision with terrain while performing aerobatics. The factors included; unwarranted low flying.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    By 1992

    To William R. Hertel, Virginia Beach, VA keeping c/r N59695.

    Based at Hicks Field, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    Markings Applied: 405

    4 September 2003


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At GBG after a rebuild.

    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N59695 (B75N1, 75-2640) issued.

    30 May 2011


    Photographer: Nick Dean
    Notes: 2011 photo at Hicks Field - displayed with written permission of photographer Nick Dean

    22 August 2013

    To William R. Hertel, Granbury, TX keeping c/r N59695.

    September 2016


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At the Galesburg Municipal

    10 September 2022


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the annual Galesburg, IL Stearman Fly-In


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