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    Airframe Family: Beech 17 Staggerwing / C-43/GB Traveler
    Latest Model:GB-2 Traveler
    Last Military Serial:33019 USN
    Construction Number:4818
    Last Civil Registration:N17GB
    Compressed ID:Beech GB-2 sn 33019 USN cn 4818 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Texas Barnstorming Museum, Hallettsville, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a GB-2.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 33019.

    26 March 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N17GB (D17S, 4818) issued.

    13 September 1974

    To Jess E. Shryack, Decatur, TX with new c/r N17GB.

    15 April 1998

    To Jess E. Shryack, Decatur, TX keeping c/r N17GB.

    8 August 2006

    To Hodge Spencer, Fort Worth, TX keeping c/r N17GB.

    16 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    16 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 September 2010

    Crashed.
    Crashed on approach to Hicks Airfield near Fort Worth, TX. From the NTSB report CEN10CA568: On final approach to Hicks Airfield, the engine lost power, and the pilot made a forced landing on rough terrain. Both upper and lower left wings were crushed. The pilot said that the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion.

    1 October 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At the Ranger Antique Airfield Fly-In, Texas

    14 August 2020

    To Hodge Spencer, Fort Worth, TX keeping c/r N17GB.

    23 February 2023

    To Texas Barnstorming Museum, Hallettsville, TX keeping c/r N17GB.
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