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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:Lim-5 Fresco-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:1726 SPRP
    Construction Number:1C 17-26
    Last Civil Registration:N1726M
    Compressed ID:WSK-Mielec Lim-5 sn 1726 SPRP cn 1C...
    Latest Owner or Location:MLT Operations Llc, Traverse City, MI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Lim-5 by WSK-Mielec at Poland.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej with s/n 1726.

    1995

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Mesa AZ.
    Stored dimantled.

    2004

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Glendale Municipal Airport, Phoenix, AZ.
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    To Donald A. Swan Jr., Glendale, AZ.

    19 September 2022

    To William B. Culberson, Mobile, AL with new c/r N1726M.

    7 December 2022

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1726M (MIG 17F (LIM 5), 1C 17-26) issued.

    16 January 2023

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX1726M (MIG 17F (LIM 5), C017-26) issued.

    26 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Lim-5 1726 with small Ukrainian flag over the red star at AirVenture 2023, Oshkosh, WI

    27 July 2023


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: At EAA Airventure

    1 September 2023

    To MLT Operations Llc, Traverse City, MI keeping c/r N1726M.
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