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    Airframe Family: Beech 17 Staggerwing / C-43/GB Traveler
    Latest Model:GB-2 Traveler
    Last Military Serial:09774 USN
    Construction Number:0398
    Last Civil Registration:N20779
    Compressed ID:Beech GB-2 sn 09774 USN cn 0398 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Thomas Daniel Craig, Frisco, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a D17S.
    Beech D17S 398

    14 February 1940

    To G. J. Coleman Jr. Miami, FL with new c/r NC20779.

    1941

    To Lamont Dupont Copeland, Greenville, DE keeping c/r NC20779.

    From 19 March 1942 to 3 May 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 09774 as a GB-2.

    12 October 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1190V (D17S, 398) issued.

    1963

    To Bert Jensen, Downey, ID with new c/r N1190V.

    1966

    To M. Meyers, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N1190V.

    29 August 1966


    Photographer: Neil Aird
    Notes: N1190V Beech D17S Staggerwing (398) a recent aquistion, earlier in 1966, of M. Meyers, chained down at Salt Lake.

    1978

    To Thomas H. Todd Jr, Memphis (TN) keeping c/r N1190V.

    25 February 1981

    To Lloyd H. Cizek, Amery, WI with new c/r N20779.

    25 February 1981

    To Lloyd H. Cizek, Mendota Heights, MN keeping c/r N20779.

    21 July 2007


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At 2007 Oshkosh

    1 January 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for N20779 (D17S, 398) issued.

    25 March 2014

    To Lloyd H. Cizek, Mendota Heights, MN keeping c/r N20779.

    5 December 2015

    To Patricia L. Flynn Trustee, Saint Paul, MN keeping c/r N20779.

    3 May 2017

    To NC20779 Llc, Jacksonville, FL keeping c/r N20779.

    5 April 2019


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At 2019 Sun N Fun at Lakeland, Florida

    11 September 2019

    To Thomas Daniel Craig, Frisco, TX keeping c/r N20779.
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