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    Airframe Family: North American L-17 Navion
    Latest Model:U-18B Navion
    Last Military Serial:48-1060 US
    Construction Number:NAV-4-1766
    Last Civil Registration:N10133
    Compressed ID:Ryan U-18B sn 48-1060 US cn NAV-4-1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Charles R. Fisher Jr, San Antonio, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-17B by Ryan.

    From January 1949 to 1956

    Transferred to New Hampshire National Guard.

    27 January 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 48-1060.

    29 March 1949

    Flyaway to location designated by National Guard Bureau, Washington DC as part of Project GNG8PL-30, one of 34 aircraft.

    By 1957

    Transferred to New Hampshire Wing, Civil Air Patrol, Manchester, NH.

    From 1958 to 1976

    To Fort Devans Flying Club, Fort Devans, MA with new c/r N10133.
    Painted red with white stripes. Nicknamed Big Red.

    27 August 1958

    Certificate of airworthiness for N10133 (NAVION, NAV-4-1766) issued.

    September 1962

    Redesignated as U-18B.

    Circa 1977

    To Tarrant County College, TX keeping c/r N10133.
    Used as a Maintenance trainer.

    17 December 1998

    To Mark A. Cyrier, Hurst, TX keeping c/r N10133.

    Restored.
    8 1/2 years for restoration.


    Photographer: Gerald Feather
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    1 February 2008

    Damaged.
    Pilot forgot to lower the landing gear prior to landing after a flight from Del Rio to Alpine, TX. The aircraft slid approximately 300 feet along the centerline of the runway before coming to rest. The aircraft sustained damage to the lower fuselage skin, bulkheads and keel. The flaps and flap hinges were down and also sustained damage.

    31 October 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N10133.
    Registration pending to a new owner in San Antonio, TX.

    13 December 2016

    To Charles R. Fisher Jr, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N10133.
    Markings added: NG, 81060

    27 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh
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     Experimental Aircraft Association
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    L-17.org
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Bill Lattimer
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