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    Airframe Family: Stinson 108
    Latest Model:108-3
    Construction Number:108-5217
    Last Civil Registration:N4217C
    Compressed ID:Stinson 108-3 cn 108-5217 cr N4217C...
    Latest Owner or Location:Domenic M. Giunta, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1948

    Constructed as a 108-3.
    STINSON 108-3 108-5217

    21 April 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4217C (108-3, 108-5217) issued.

    September 1987


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Levelland Airport, TX.

    18 June 1998

    To Ben D. Compton, Wasilla, AK with new c/r N4217C.

    21 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2008 photo taken at Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska

    15 June 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N4217C.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Wasilla, AK.

    22 July 2011

    To Eddie D. Smith, Wasilla, AK with new c/r N4217C.

    25 July 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N4217C.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Wasilla, AK.

    14 August 2014

    To Edward K. Adams, Wasilla, AK keeping c/r N4217C.

    17 October 2017

    To Edward K. Adams, Kenai, AK keeping c/r N4217C.

    12 October 2018

    To Edward K. Adams, Boise, ID keeping c/r N4217C.

    12 June 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N4217C.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Palmer, AK.

    7 August 2019

    To Roland S. Kennerson, Palmer, AK keeping c/r N4217C.

    19 November 2020

    To Daniel A. Hansen, Kotzebue, AK keeping c/r N4217C.

    19 May 2022

    To Domenic M. Giunta, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N4217C.

    20 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: At Merrill Field, Anchorage, AK
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