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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-16482 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-4645
    Last Civil Registration:G-IIYI
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 42-16482 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aerosuperbatics Ltd, Rendcombe, Gloucestershire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-16482.

    By January 1964

    To Gardner Brothers, Crystal City, TX with new c/r N49943.

    By July 1971

    To Marvin L. Gardner, Redwood, TX keeping c/r N49943.

    July 1978

    To Marvin L. Gardner, Old Rebel Airfield, Mercedes, TX keeping c/r N49943.

    17 September 1984

    To Gardner Flyers, Mercedes, TX keeping c/r N49943.

    13 February 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX49943 (A75N1, 75-4645) issued.

    8 July 1993

    To Met Air Lease Inc, Fairfield, NJ keeping c/r N49943.

    20 March 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for N49943 (A75N1(PT17), 75-4645) issued.

    3 August 1999

    To Met Air Lease Inc, Fairfield, NJ keeping c/r N49943.

    31 July 2008

    To Merkel Air Inc Owner Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N49943.

    29 July 2017

    To Merkel Air Inc Owner Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N49943.

    Circa 2018


    Photographer: David Whitworth

    13 August 2018

    Civil registration, N49943, cancelled.

    14 August 2018

    To V. S. E. Norman, Rendcomb with new c/r G-IIYI (BOEING A75N1).

    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: with N74189 at Oostwold Airshow, Oostwold airfield, the Netherlands (EHOW)

    Base of operations changed to: Aerosuperbatics Ltd, Rendcombe, Gloucestershire, England.
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