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    Airframe Family: Beech 50 Twin Bonanza / L-23/U-8/U-21 Seminole
    Latest Model:D50E Twin Bonanza
    Construction Number:DH-311
    Last Civil Registration:N311DD
    Compressed ID:Beech D50E cn DH-311 cr N311DD
    Latest Owner or Location:Sierra Aeronautics Llc, Gambier, OH

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    Dates

    Event

    1960

    Constructed as a D50E.

    To unknown owner with c/r N311DD.

    24 April 1991

    To unknown owner with c/r N311DD.

    23 July 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago

    7 April 1997


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun Fly-In, Lakeland FL

    7 April 1997


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun Fly-In, Lakeland FL

    7 April 1997


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun Fly-In, Lakeland FL

    12 April 1999


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland FL

    10 April 2002

    To Explorair Llc, Louisville, KY keeping c/r N311DD.

    27 February 2015

    To Charles W. Schnatter, Louisville, KY keeping c/r N311DD.

    13 May 2023

    To Sierra Aeronautics Llc, Gambier, OH keeping c/r N311DD.

    Markings Applied: 311, Dragon Lady, Naval Air Command, N311DD, DD
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