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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:C-45G Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:51-11863 USAF
    Construction Number:3335
    Last Civil Registration:N11863
    Compressed ID:Beech C-45G sn 51-11863 USAF cn 333...
    Latest Owner or Location:Zachary M. Schwendenman, West Covina, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-11.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-36955.

    Remanufactured as a C-45G.
    New construction number, AF-420, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-11863.

    To unknown owner with c/r N2820G.

    To unknown owner with c/r N683N.

    10 April 1988


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Lakeland, Florida

    24 July 1989

    To Daniel J. Haggerty, Sugarloaf Key, FL keeping c/r N683N.

    25 June 1996

    To unknown owner.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Sugarloaf, FL.

    15 October 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for N11863 (C-45G, 51-11863A) issued.

    7 November 2001

    To David R. Martin, Chatsworth, CA with new c/r N11863.

    Based at Rialto Municipal Airport/Miro Field, Rialto, CA.
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    6 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    10 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N11863 (C-45G, 51-11863A) issued.

    16 August 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N11863.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Henderson, NV.

    6 October 2016

    To Walker Matt, Henderson, NV keeping c/r N11863.

    31 January 2020

    Civil registration, N11863, cancelled.

    18 March 2020

    To Zachary M. Schwendenman, West Covina, CA with new c/r N11863.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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