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    Airframe Family: Ryan ST / PT-16 / PT-20 / PT-21 / PT-22 Recruit / PT-23 / PT-25
    Latest Model:PT-22 Recruit
    Last Military Serial:41-15410 USAAF
    Construction Number:1439
    Last Civil Registration:N46741
    Compressed ID:Ryan PT-22 sn 41-15410 USAAF cn 143...
    Latest Owner or Location:City of Liberal Kansas, Liberal, KS

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    Dates

    Event

    22 November 1941

    Constructed as a PT-22.
    Manufactured by Ryan Aeronautical, San Diego, CA.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-15410.

    1945

    To William M. Boushears, August, GA with new c/r N46741.

    1963

    To John F. Gaebler, Ann Arbor, MI keeping c/r N46741.

    4 November 1964

    Certificate of airworthiness for N46741 (ST3KR, 1439) issued.

    Restored.
    The work was carried out by Len Miller of Quanah, TX.

    1992

    To Tom A. Thomas Jr, Wiley Post Airport, Oklahoma City, OK keeping c/r N46741.

    19 June 1992

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal, KS.
    Flown to the museum.

    1997

    Based at Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, KS.
    Formally donated to the museum.
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    27 September 2002

    To City of Liberal Kansas, Liberal, KS keeping c/r N46741.

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N46741 (ST3KR, 1439) issued.

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    12 July 2017

    Civil registration, N46741, cancelled.

    By 1 November 2018


    Photographer: Mid-America Air Museum

    30 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Liberal Municipal, KS, USA
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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