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    Airframe Family: Republic RC-3 Seabee
    Latest Model:RC-3 Seabee
    Construction Number:0797
    Last Civil Registration:N217G
    Compressed ID:Republic RC-3 cn 0797 cr N217G
    Latest Owner or Location:Tom E. Hoag, Bellevue, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1947

    Constructed as a RC-3.
    Republic RC-3 797

    1 September 1971

    Certificate of airworthiness for N217G (RC-3, 797) issued.

    22 July 1992

    To Thomas M. Ord, Vaughn, WA with new c/r N217G.

    4 November 1998

    To Tom E. Hoag, Bellevue, WA with new c/r N217G.

    1 January 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for N217G (RC-3, 797) issued.

    4 September 2013


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2013 photo at Victoria BC

    31 May 2014


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Fairchild AFB, WA.

    14 June 2025


    Photographer: Gary Maisack
    Notes: 2025 Olympic Airshow, Olympia, WA
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