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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:AT-11 Kansan
    Last Military Serial:42-37240 USAAF
    Construction Number:3743
    Last Civil Registration:N218TX
    Latest Owner or Location:Eagles Strike Llc, Bellingham, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-11.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-37240.

    To unknown owner with c/r N7431C.

    Circa 1 November 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N81Y (AT-11, 1402) issued.

    1 November 1957

    To Congreve Daniel, Mount Prospect, IL with new c/r N81Y.

    30 March 1960

    Civil registration, N81Y, cancelled.

    Circa 1980

    To Victory Air Museum/Earl Reinert, Air Estates Inc Airport, Mundelein, IL.
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    Circa November 1980


    Photographer: Christopher Brame
    Notes: At Victory Air Museum, 1980. Faded registration N7341C barely visible on aft fuselage.

    Circa November 1980


    Photographer: Christopher Brame
    Notes: At Victory Air Museum, Gilmer, IL, circa November 1980.

    29 April 1991

    To Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, Galveston, TX with new c/r N81Y.

    29 April 1991

    To Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, Galveston, TX with new c/r N218TX.

    April 1994


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy
    Notes: AT-11 Kansan, s/n 42-37240, N218TX, on display during restoration at Spirit of Flight Airshow at the Lone Star Flight Museum, Scholes Field, Galveston, Tx. April 1994.

    Based at Lone Star Flight Museum, Scholes Field, Galveston, TX.
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    Markings Applied: 240
    Displayed in Cuban markings.

    27 April 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for N218TX (AT-11, 42-37240) issued.

    14 November 2003


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2003 photo taken at Galveston Museum in Texas

    3 May 2016

    To Charles H. Hainline, Friendswood, TX keeping c/r N218TX.

    16 January 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N218TX.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Bellingham, WA.

    23 March 2019

    To Eagles Strike Llc, Bellingham, WA keeping c/r N218TX.

    3 October 2019


    Photographer: Cassidy Moore
    Notes: Aircraft paint updated and moving to her new home of Burlington, WA. No longer Cuban markings. Moving to Heritage Flight Museum

    3 October 2019


    Photographer: Greg Anders


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    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
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Mike Henniger
    Noah Rechtin

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