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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75
    Latest Model:PT-13D Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-17506 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-5669
    Last Civil Registration:N261PD
    Latest Owner or Location:Yellow Bird Aviation Llc, Phoenix, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a PT-13D by Boeing.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-17506.

    4 July 1944

    Transferred to 3039 BU, 4AD, War Eagle Field.

    Transferred to War Eagle Field, CA.

    20 December 1944

    Transferred to Polaris Flight Academy, 3043rd BU, 4AD, Lancastern California.
    Used for training solely Royal Air Force cadets for England.

    6 July 1945

    Transferred to 3008th BU 4AD, Mather Field, Sacramento, CA.

    28 February 1946

    Transferred to Army Flying School, 2533rd BU, 4AD, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, TX.

    22 May 1947

    Transferred to 2533rd BU 4AD, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, TX.

    1949

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in storage.

    19 January 1949

    Transferred to Civil Air Patrol, Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo Texas.

    12 July 1949

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army Air Force.
    Stricken from U.S. Air Force records at Bryan Air Force base and sold.

    10 June 1981

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX261PD (PT-13D, 42-17506) issued.

    10 June 1981

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX8080E (PT-13D, 42-17506) issued.

    1 November 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for N261PD (PT-13D, 42-17506) issued.

    1 December 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At a small location near Dallas, Texas

    21 March 1989

    To unknown owner with c/r NX8080E.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Mckinney, TX.

    21 March 1989

    To unknown owner with c/r N8080E.

    From 2010 to 2011

    Restored.
    The work was carried out by Caruso Air Services / Dennis Caruso in St. Marys, PA.

    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX8080E (PT-13D, 42-17506) issued.

    1 January 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r N8080E.
    Sale reported to a new owner in McKinney, TX.

    4 February 2011

    To Terence D. Inch, Lititz, PA with new c/r N261PD.
    Operated with markings: 911

    4 February 2011

    To Terence D. Inch, Lititz, PA with new c/r N8080E.

    18 September 2013

    To Terence D. Inch, Lititz, PA keeping c/r N261PD.

    Markings Applied: 91
    Markings changed to in yellow.

    16 April 2016


    Photographer: Alexander T Davidson / Stearman Biplanes Facebook
    Notes: At Keller Bros Airport, PA

    June 2016


    Photographer: Terence David / Facebook
    Notes: Landing at Lancaster PA

    5 June 2019

    To Yellow Bird Aviation Llc, Phoenix, AZ with new c/r N261PD.

    11 September 2019


    Photographer: Andy Cashetta
    Notes: Re-numbered as 911 in white vinyl in remembrance of those who were lost on September 11, 2001.

    11 September 2019


    Photographer: Andy Cashetta
    Notes: Removed the McCauley steel propeller and replaced with a Sensenich wood propeller.


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    Credits
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    Print Sources
    Boeing Aircraft Since 1916

    Internet Sources
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher
    Terence Inch

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