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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:TC-45J Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:89468 USN
    Last Civil Registration:N4606
    Compressed ID:Beech TC-45J sn 89468 USN cr N4606
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a JRB-3.
    Converted from earlier USAAF variants like AT-7, AT-11 and C-45.

    Circa 1954

    Remanufactured as a SNB-5.
    New construction number, N-1135, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 89468.

    September 1962

    Redesignated as TC-45J.

    26 April 1990

    To T and G Aviation Inc, Chandler, AZ with new c/r N4606.

    October 1992

    To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    4 December 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame in Chino, California.

    17 November 2009


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Chino, California, U.S.A.

    7 December 2012

    Civil registration, N4606, cancelled.

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California

    18 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA, USA.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Marcin Rogowski
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