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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:D18S
    Construction Number:A-0045
    Last Civil Registration:N44638
    Compressed ID:Beech D18S cn A-0045 cr N44638
    Latest Owner or Location:Vintage Aircraft Inc, Stockton, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1946

    Constructed as a D18S.
    Beech D18S A-45

    12 January 1946

    To Interstate Oil Pipe Line Co, Tulsa OK with new c/r NC44638.

    28 April 1950

    To Tulsair Distributors Inc, Tulsa OK with new c/r N44638.

    From 1 June 1950 to 1967

    To Delta Construction Co, Clarksdale MS keeping c/r N44638.

    23 July 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44638 (D18S, A-45) issued.

    17 May 1967

    To Hi-Air Inc keeping c/r N44638.

    7 February 1968

    To Tri-State Airways, Memphis AR keeping c/r N44638.

    14 October 1971

    To Apollo Airways, Detroit MI keeping c/r N44638.

    12 July 1973

    To George E. Sires/Sires Airways keeping c/r N44638.

    16 March 1976

    To Ronald W. Smith/Smithair, Sharpsburg GA keeping c/r N44638.

    4 November 1985

    To Englund Flying Service/Englund Aviation, Mobile AL keeping c/r N44638.

    1 October 1993

    To Air Direct Services Inc, Glendale AZ keeping c/r N44638.
    Markings added: Mighty Mouse

    9 October 1993


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At the Confederate Air Force Air Show at Midland, Texas

    9 October 1993


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At the Confederate Air Force Air Show at Midland, Texas

    December 1995

    To Kevin K. Knutsen, Phoenix AZ keeping c/r N44638.

    20 September 1996

    To Ronald L. Thompson, Carefree AZ keeping c/r N44638.

    1 December 2000

    To James C. Roberts, Graford, TX keeping c/r N44638.

    25 July 2006


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At 2006 Oshkosh

    26 October 2011

    To Linda D. Roberts, Graford, TX keeping c/r N44638.

    19 June 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: at New Braunfels Regional Airport

    27 September 2017

    To Linda D. Roberts, Graford, TX keeping c/r N44638.

    8 February 2022

    To Ramey Taigh, Stockton, CA keeping c/r N44638.

    24 November 2022

    To unknown owner with c/r N44638.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Stockton, CA.

    19 January 2024

    To Vintage Aircraft Inc, Stockton, CA keeping c/r N44638.
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