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Dates |
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Event |
1951 |
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Constructed as an Expeditor 3N. |
From 21 December 1951 to 9 April 1959 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 1500.
The delivery date is provided. |
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New construction number, CA-75, assigned to the airframe. |
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Transferred to 6th Repair Depot (6rd), Training Command, RCAF STN Winnipeg. |
April 1959 |
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Transferred to Canadian Department. of Transportation, Ottawa. |
21 June 1960 |
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To Canadian Department. of Transportation, Ottawa with new c/r CF-DTN. |
June 1969 |
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To Field Aviation Co, Malton, ON keeping c/r CF-DTN. |
29 October 1969 |
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To Capital Air Surveys Ltd, (CAS) Ottawa keeping c/r CF-DTN. |
22 August 1970 |
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Photographer: Joan Turner
Notes: At Carp Airport |
16 April 1973 |
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Photographer: Tim Martin
Notes: CF-DTN at Winnipeg in Apr73 - Capital Air Surveys of Ottawa operated this ex-RCAF Beech 3N from 1969. It had a chequered career during which it got impounded at Prestwick on the way back from Algeria in 1981. Having been abandoned to its fate it ended up on the UK register as G-BKRN and has been restored to represent a US Navy UC-45J. |
27 March 1974 |
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To Hauts-Monts Inc, Giffard, PQ keeping c/r CF-DTN. |
From 14 April 1983 to 7 October 1987 |
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To Scottish Aircraft Collection Trust Ltd, Perth with new c/r G-BKRN (BEECH D18S, CA-75).
Donated to the Scottish Aircraft Collection. |
26 June 1983 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for G-BKRN expired. |
Circa 1986 |
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Transported by ground.
Moved by road to Cranfield. |
18 August 1991 |
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Photographer: David Osborne
Notes: Seen at Cranfield (EGTC). |
17 February 1996 |
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To Beech Restorations/Adrian Alan Marshall and Philip Lee Turland. |
Circa February 1996 |
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Transported by ground.
Moved by truck to Bruntingthorpe. |
11 November 1997 |
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To Adrian Alan Marshall, Horsley Woodhouse, Ilkeston, Philip Lee Turland, Moulton, Northampton keeping c/r G-BKRN. |
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To Beech Restorations, Great Barrington Airport, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire/Leics, England.
 View the Location Dossier |
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Markings Applied: 943 NAVY
Restored there in US Navy blue with Naval Encounter nose art and marked as JRB-3 43-35943. |
18 November 2012 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Having undergone a long and extensive restoration - this Expeditor was well covered from the Winter elements at Bruntingthorpe |
9 March 2014 |
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Photographer: John Bennett |
9 March 2014 |
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Photographer: John Bennett |
9 October 2021 |
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Transported by ground. Delivered to Nick Houton. |
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Restoration started.
Intended to return to flight. |
2023 |
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Nick Houton passed away. |
9 May 2023 |
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On behalf of the owner stored with/at Carly Tyers, Spanhoe Airfield. |
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To Max Wakefield. |
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