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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:Expeditor 3TM
    Last Military Serial:1559 RCAF
    Construction Number:CA-159
    Last Civil Registration:N96240
    Compressed ID:Beech Expeditor 3TM sn 1559 RCAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Norfolk

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an Expeditor 3TM.

    15 April 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 1559.

    15 April 1952

    Transferred to RCAF Air Defence Commsand.

    22 April 1952

    Transferred to RCAF Station, Chatham, NB.

    Transferred to Bristol Aerospace, Winnipeg.
    Sent to Bristol for overhaul with 3545 hours on the airframe.

    3 March 1958

    Transferred to No104 Flight, RCAF Station Saint. Hubert, QC.

    2 May 1963

    Transferred to RCAF Station, North Bay, ON.

    22 November 1963

    Transferred to Air Transport Command, RCAF Station Downsview, ON.

    25 April 1965

    Transferred to No. 6 Repair Depot.

    31 October 1966

    Placed in storage at Saskatoon, SK, pending disposal.

    11 April 1967

    To Hamilton Aircraft Company, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N6123.

    18 October 1968

    To Da Pro Rubber Inc, Van Nuys CA keeping c/r N6123.

    From 31 March 1970 to 5 May 1972

    To Sagittair Ltd, London-Heathrow with new c/r G-AYAH.

    From 5 July 1972 to 29 January 1975

    To Eastern Seaboard Ltd, Dundee: keeping c/r G-AYAH.

    1 May 1973

    To Shackleton Aviation Ltd, London keeping c/r G-AYAH.

    18 August 1976

    Civil registration, G-AYAH, cancelled.

    27 August 1976

    To Urban L. (Ben) Drew/Air Chantenis, Khartoum, Sudan with new c/r N96240.
    Spotted in the UK operated as N96240.

    30 March 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for N96240 (D18S, CA-159) issued.

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: Circa 1978 at Duxford

    17 November 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: N96240 - Beech Expeditor 3TM - Euroworld - Madrid Bajaras - En-route to Morocco to act as a support aircraft for the move of two ex-Moroccan Air Force Fennecs to the USA.

    From 1982 to 1985

    To Warplane Flying Group, Wellesbourne Mountford: keeping c/r N96240.

    From 1985 to 1998

    Withdrawn from use.
    And in open storage at Rochester, Kent, UK.

    3 April 1992

    To Euroworld Miami Inc, Miami, FL with new c/r N96240.

    June 1998

    To Mark Edwards/Edwards Brothers Aviation, North Weald keeping c/r N96240.

    26 June 1998

    Placed in open storage at North Weald, United Kingdom.

    6 July 2005

    To Edwards Worldwide Aviation Inc Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N96240.

    8 August 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Photo at North Weald, United Kingdom

    9 March 2009

    Civil registration, N96240, cancelled.
    Exported to United Kingdom.

    8 April 2010

    To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Penzance Cornwall with new c/r N96240.

    29 July 2012

    To Frederic Haegelen, Saint. Yan, France keeping c/r N96240.

    By 29 July 2012

    To Saint-Yan Airport (SYT), Saint Yan, Saone-Et-Loire.
    View the Location Dossier

    11 November 2019

    To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Norfolk keeping c/r N96240.


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    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    Terry Fletcher

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