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    Airframe Family: Aeronca 50/65 / L-3 Champion / LNR / O-58 / TG-5 / TG-33
    Latest Model:L-3B Grasshopper
    Last Military Serial:43-26779 USAAF
    Construction Number:9163
    Last Civil Registration:N47175
    Latest Owner or Location:Douglas A. Mayhall, Mokena, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a L-3B.
    Ordered as O-58B but redesignated April 1942.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-26779.

    27 October 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N47175 (0-58B, 9163) issued.

    27 April 1982

    To James Anderson, Marine on Saint. Croix, MN with new c/r N47175.

    2 February 1999

    To Elmo AFB Flying Club Inc, Stillwater, MN keeping c/r N47175.

    16 February 2008

    To Elmo AFB Flying Club Inc, Hudson, WI keeping c/r N47175.

    2 November 2010

    To Elmo AFB Flying Club Inc, Marine Saint CRX, MN keeping c/r N47175.

    19 March 2012

    To HHH Flying Club Inc, White Bear Lake, MN keeping c/r N47175.

    3 June 2015

    To Douglas A. Mayhall, Mokena, IL keeping c/r N47175.

    30 July 2016


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At Chicago / Rockford International Airport - ex 43-26779

    3 February 2021

    To Douglas A. Mayhall, Mokena, IL keeping c/r N47175.
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