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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:Expeditor 3NMT
    Last Military Serial:2375 RCAF
    Construction Number:A-0904
    Last Civil Registration:PH-KHV
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic Flight, Gilze Rijen AB, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an Expeditor 3NM.

    From 30 December 1952 to 4 July 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 2375.

    Converted to an Expeditor 3NMT.
    New construction number, CA-254, assigned to the airframe.

    2 August 1968

    To Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ: with new c/r N7820.

    From 1968 to 1970

    To Priority Air Transport System Corp, Redwood City CA keeping c/r N7820.

    From 1970 to 1977

    To Rays Flying Service Ltd, Saskatoon SASK with new c/r CF-AID.

    1 June 1972


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1972 photo at Winnipeg -Originally built for the RCAF as an Expeditor 3NM, this Beech 18 is here in ops with Rays Flying Service of Saskatoon. In 1988 it was sold in the Netherlands and is now on display at a museum in military livery

    2 June 1977

    To Miksoo Aviation Ltd, Meadow Lake SASK keeping c/r CF-AID.

    20 March 1979

    To Shirley Helicopters Ltd, Edmonton ALTA with new c/r C-FAID.

    From 1981 to 1982

    To Rolf A. Yri, Surrey BC keeping c/r C-FAID.

    From 27 May 1982 to 11 March 1988

    To Canadian Warplane Heritage, Hamilton ONT keeping c/r C-FAID.
    Flew in polished metal - RCAF Air Transport Command.

    18 April 1988

    To Twin Air USA Inc, Rockford, IL with new c/r N5369X.
    Operated for Dutch Dakota Association, Schiphol-Oost.


    Photographer: Beech 18 / Facebook

    19 April 1988

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5369X (3NM, CA-254) issued.

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Lelystad, the Netherlands

    31 January 1993

    First post-restoration Flight.

    8 January 1994

    To Stichting Vliegsport, Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands keeping c/r N5369X.

    5 July 1997


    Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
    Notes: at the KLu/RNLAF Open Day at Gilze-Rijen Air Base (EHGR)

    Markings Applied: Good Vibrations - RCAF

    24 February 2003

    Civil registration, N5369X, cancelled.
    Exported to Netherlands.

    24 February 2003

    To unknown owner with c/r N5369X.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Rijen.

    4 March 2003

    To Stichting KLu Historische Vlucht with new c/r PH-KHV.
    Operated with markings: G-29

    To Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic Flight, Gilze Rijen AB, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant.
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    Markings Applied: G-29
    Dutch AF colours.

    16 June 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Volkel, Netherlands

    17 August 2008


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Wenningfeld/Vreden Airport, Germany

    20 June 2009


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Volkel AB, the Netherlands

    19 June 2010


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Gilze-Rijen AB, the Netherlands

    15 June 2013


    Photographer: John Yates
    Notes: At the 2013 Volkel Air Show

    9 June 2019


    Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
    Notes: at Oostwold Airshow, Oostwold airfield, the Netherlands (EHOW)

    9 June 2019


    Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
    Notes: at Oostwold Airshow, Oostwold airfield, the Netherlands (EHOW)


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    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    John Bennett
    Thomas Delvoye
    Terry Fletcher

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