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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:Expeditor 3NM
    Last Military Serial:1504 RCAF
    Construction Number:CA-104
    Last Civil Registration:N7185
    Compressed ID:Beech Expeditor 3NM sn 1504 RCAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Notra Aviation Llc, Prairieville, LA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an Expeditor 3NM.

    From 11 March 1952 to 29 July 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 1504.

    Circa 1967

    To Hamilton Aircraft Co. of Tucson, AZ with new c/r N6676.

    From 1969 to 1970

    To Priority Air Transport System Corp, Redwood City CA keeping c/r N6676.

    From 1979 to 1991

    To George Hope, Phoenix AZ keeping c/r N6676.

    1996

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored dismantled at Whiteman Air Park CA.

    15 December 1998

    To Casey Aircraft Service Inc, The Woodlands, TX with new c/r N6676.

    Markings Applied: 185, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, MARINES, EL TORO, 7185

    21 April 2007


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2007 photo taken at West Houston Airport

    24 August 2010

    To Huvalini Ventures Llc, Houston, TX keeping c/r N6676.

    October 2013


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy
    Notes: C-45 Expeditor at Wings Over Houston, Ellington Field, Houston, Tx. Oct. 2013.

    11 August 2014

    To Huvalini Ventures Llc, Houston, TX with new c/r N7185.

    To Lone Star Executive Airport, Conroe, TX.
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    18 July 2015


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: 2015 photo at Oshkosh

    4 June 2020

    To unknown owner with c/r N7185.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Houston, TX.

    1 September 2020

    To Scott E. Rozzell, Houston, TX keeping c/r N7185.

    18 May 2021

    To Pacific Aerostar Llc, Sonoma, CA keeping c/r N7185.

    15 September 2021


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

    10 January 2022

    To Notra Aviation Llc, Prairieville, LA keeping c/r N7185.

    4 April 2025

    Noted at Gonzales, LA.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     AMCAR
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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