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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:42-16321 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-4484
    Last Civil Registration:N429AB
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 42-16321 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Plane Fun Inc TR Trustee, Snellville, GA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-16321.

    Transferred to 54th Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment, Dorr Field, Arcadia, FL.

    11 September 1943

    Damaged.
    Taxiing accident, pilot Russell P. Wilson.

    By 1964

    To Staton Aerial Services Incorporated, Rochelle, IL with new c/r N49978 (A75N1(PT17), 75-4484).

    From By July 1970 to After 1978

    To Staton Aerial Services Incorporated, Steward, IL keeping c/r N49978.

    9 August 1990

    To Robert A. Aukes, Aledo, IL keeping c/r N49978.

    7 September 1990


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Galesburg Municipal

    7 September 1990


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    3 July 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for N49978 (A75N1(PT17), 75-4484) issued.

    25 October 1999

    To Brian E. Aukes, Des Moines, IA keeping c/r N49978.

    12 August 2002

    To Brian E. Aukes, Ankeny, IA with new c/r N429AB.

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N429AB (A75N1(PT17), 75-4484) issued.

    7 June 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    31 August 2008


    Photographer: Nick Dean
    Notes: 2008 photo taken at Antique Airfield. Photo displayed with written permission of Nick Dean

    29 December 2011

    To Brian E. Aukes, Ankeny, IA keeping c/r N429AB.

    30 January 2014

    To Matthew Sawhill, Ankeny, IA keeping c/r N429AB.

    9 August 2014


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA

    May 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Blakesburg, Iowa.

    19 September 2018

    To Christopher A. Walsh, Madison, WI keeping c/r N429AB.

    31 July 2019

    To Plane Fun Inc TR Trustee, Snellville, GA keeping c/r N429AB.

    4 July 2021

    Involved in an incident.
    The pilot attempted a precautionary landing on a meadow between Werben (Elbe) and Rabel (Germany) due to engine issues, but misjudged the height of the vegetation.The aircraft was damaged in the following hard landing.The pilot and passenger were not injured.

    4 July 2021


    Photographer: Unknown
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