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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:N2S-3 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:07131 USN
    Construction Number:75-6735
    Last Civil Registration:N61496
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-3 sn 07131 USN cn 75-673...
    Latest Owner or Location:Robert J. Letourneau, Plympton, MA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2S-3 by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 07131 and operated with these markings: 281.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: From the WW11 era. Probably in the northern states due to the winter cowl installed on the front of the engine.

    29 August 1960

    Certificate of airworthiness for N61496 (A75L300, 75-6735) issued.


    Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection

    By 1963

    To William Bailey, Eagle Grove, IA with new c/r N61496.

    By 1971

    To Darrell Dean Crouse, Boone, IA keeping c/r N61496.

    By July 1972

    To Roy Hayes, Monclovia, OH keeping c/r N61496.

    15 September 1972

    Attended the first National Stearman Fly-In at Galesburg, Illinois.

    11 September 1976


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Galesburg Municipal

    By 1978

    To Edward W. Brockman, Detroit, MI keeping c/r N61496.

    30 October 1991

    To Raymond F. Coker, Normal, IL keeping c/r N61496.

    4 August 2003

    To Awe Construction Co Inc, Cochran, GA keeping c/r N61496.

    17 September 2010

    To Robert L. Brockman, Cochran, GA keeping c/r N61496.

    21 December 2020

    To Robert L. Brockman, Cochran, GA keeping c/r N61496.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: For sale on Barnstormers.com.

    19 March 2024

    To Robert J. Letourneau, Plympton, MA keeping c/r N61496.
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