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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:50 FAC
    Construction Number:75-4623
    Last Civil Registration:N999WY
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 50 FAC cn 75-4623 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Vansant Aerodrome, Erwinna, Pennsylvania

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-16460.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Colombiana with s/n 50.

    17 May 1957

    To Pan-Air Corporation Society of New Orleans.

    By 1972

    To William L. Young, Arcadia, CA with new c/r N999WY.

    11 December 1974

    To Powell Douglas A III, Long Beach, CA keeping c/r N999WY.

    27 May 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for N999WY (PT-17, 75-4623) issued.

    Circa April 1979


    Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection
    Notes: In Chino, CA.

    10 July 1996

    To Dale Q. Mayo, Miami, FL keeping c/r N999WY.

    31 August 2009

    To Yb Aviation Llc, New York, NY keeping c/r N999WY.

    Based at Vansant Aerodrome, Erwinna, PA.
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    2015


    Photographer: Bill Kerwood
    Notes: 2015 photo at Van Sant airfield, Erwinna PA

    11 November 2016


    Photographer: Lior Carmon
    Notes: At Megiddo Airport, Megiddo (Meggido) Israel

    1 December 2016

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Whilst competing in a Vintage Air Race from Crete to Cape Town -crash-landed at Mariashoni in Molo, Nakuru.

    1 December 2016

    8 June 2018

    Civil registration, N999WY, cancelled.
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