Dates

Event

By April 1936

Constructed as a PT-13 by Boeing.

Editor Note: Much of the detail in this history comes from an extensive article by Thomas E. Lowe, for the Stearman Restorers Associations Flying Wire Publication.

Circa 1936

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 36-0015.

2 April 1936

First flight.
Initial test flight by Stearman Chief Experimental Test Pilot David Levy.

11 April 1936

Ferry flight.
Flown to Wright Field by Captain Frank Klein for USAAC acceptance.

After initially failing USAAC acceptance and being returned to the Stearman factory it was finally re-submitted and accepted.

29 June 1936

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 36-0002.

From 29 June 1936 to November 1938

Transferred to At Wright Field.

November 1938

Transferred to Army Air Corps Training School, Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX.

23 August 1939

Transferred to Army Air Forces Primary Flying Contract School, Curtiss-Stienurg Field, Parks College, East Saint. Louis, MS.

Circa September 1940

Transferred to 5th Flying Training Detachment, Ryan Hemet Field, Hemet CA.

20 June 1941

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 36-0002.

By 24 December 1941

Transferred to 1st Flying Training Detachment, Hancock Field, Santa Maria, CA.

June 1944

Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army Air Force.

June 1944

Withdrawn from use.
Ferried to 3040th AAF Base Unit at Glendale AAF, AZ - Total military flying time 3024 hours.

From September 1944 to May 1945

Ferry flight.
Moved to San Berardino Air Depot, CA for continued storage.

From 21 April 1946 to 1964

To Cliff D. Pinard, Hawthorne, CA with new c/r N68378.
Purchased from Sales- Storage - Depot 22 at Gary Field, Blythe, CA - Purchase price was $175 this was just one of 35 Stearman aircraft purchased by Pinard.

Circa June 1947

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: This is after it was certified a civilian aircraft and was painted blue and white.

From 1954 to 1967

The fuselage with engine and center section was stored in a shed at Lucerne Valley CA. for many years.

By 1965

To Cliff Pinard, Hawthorne, CA with new c/r N146N.
For many years the FAA insisted that this airframe was 75-014 USAAC 36-15 but CAA eventually checked that this airframe had the original Makers plate with serial 75-001.

Restoration started.
Serious restoration started.but Cliff Pinard died June 1970.

6 February 1973

To Jim Ardy/Antique Aeroplane Rental, Phoenix, AZ with new c/r N77001.

18 April 1974

Certificate of airworthiness for N75001 (PT-13, 75-001) issued.

By 18 April 1974

To Jim Ardy with new c/r N75001.

July 1986

Photographer: Deed Levy Collection
Notes: In Livermore, CA.

12 September 1986

To William B. Field, and Kenyon C. Barnes, Hayward, CA keeping c/r N75001.

4 August 1996

To William Bud Field, Hayward, CA keeping c/r N75001.

11 May 2008

Photographer: Rued Leeuw
Notes: With Bud Field Aviation, Hayward, CA

1 October 2009

Civil registration, N75001, cancelled.
Cancelled due to a reported sale, apparently after an extended period of time.

10 December 2009

To William B. Field Trustee, Pleasanton, CA with new c/r N75001.

Based at Vintage Air Museum, Hayward, San Francisco, CA.
View the Location Dossier

10 February 2010

Bud Field died Feb 10, 2010.

16 February 2010

To Classic Planes Inc, Abingdon, VA keeping c/r N75001.

23 February 2016

To James M. Bowers Trustee, Lafayette, CA keeping c/r N75001.

Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: This slide is from my collection, photographer unknown.

1 January 2018

Certificate of airworthiness for N75001 (PT-13, 75-001) issued.

Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection

Withdrawn from use.
The aircraft is in storage at Sonoma Skyport, California.

31 August 2022

To unknown owner with c/r N75001.
Registration pending to a new owner in Sonoma, CA.

24 October 2023

To Walter C. Bowe Trustee, Sonoma, CA keeping c/r N75001.