Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:41-8660 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-2219
    Last Civil Registration:N53478
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 41-8660 USAAF cn 75...
    Latest Owner or Location:Robert C. Vajdos Jr, Louise, TX

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 41-8660.

    20 June 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-8660.

    August 1943

    Transferred to 2148th AAF Base Unit, Carlstrom Field, FL.

    By 1964

    To Harold Noel, Howe, TX with new c/r N53478.

    8 June 1967

    Certificate of airworthiness for N53478 (B75N1, 75-2219) issued.

    30 September 1968

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number FTW69D0243: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 19:15 hours. The damage was substantial. Ground looped or water swerved during the landing rollout. Collided with trees during the landing rollout. The emergency circumstances included; precautionary landing off airport, suspected mechanical discrepancy and unusual noise. Report remarks include: Landed on abandoned strip. Tail wheel lodged in rut covered with grass...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1971

    To John A. Geimer, Pleasant Mills, ID keeping c/r N53478.

    11 September 1976


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    1978

    To Farrglass Inc, Brooklyn, NY keeping c/r N53478.

    Circa August 1989


    Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection
    Notes: Big and little Boeings.

    Circa August 1989


    Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection

    8 September 1990


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    21 January 1998

    To River Bend Flying Service Inc, Chesterfield, MO keeping c/r N53478.

    6 May 2004

    To Donald Bolton, Titusville, FL keeping c/r N53478.

    2 February 2019

    To Donald S. Bolton, Titusville, FL keeping c/r N53478.

    22 September 2023


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: at T26, Flying V Ranch, Louise, TX. Sept 22-23, 2023.

    19 February 2024

    To Robert C. Vajdos Jr, Louise, TX keeping c/r N53478.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Aviation Archaeology
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=27101][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Stearman-Boeing PT-17 Kaydet, s/n 41-8660 USAAF, c/n 75-2219, c/r N53478[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=27101
    Copyright 1993-2025 www.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.