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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17B Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:41-8706 USAAC
    Construction Number:75-2265
    Last Civil Registration:VH-JLA
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17B sn 41-8706 USAAC cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Darren Charles Paech, Ohalloran Hill, SA

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a PT-17B by Boeing.

    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 41-8706.

    1964

    To Brockman Crop Dusters, Fresno, CA with new c/r N61986.

    1971

    To California Agricultural Aero Inc, Hanford, CA keeping c/r N61986.

    June 1976


    Photographer: Dave Welch
    Notes: At Flabob Airport, Riverside, CA. in June 1976

    By 1978

    To Robert J. Cannon, Huntingdon Beach, CA keeping c/r N61986.

    February 1978


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: In Casa Grande, AZ.

    Circa April 1979


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: In Chino, CA.

    By 22 July 1983

    To Jackman Don, Riverside, CA keeping c/r N61986.

    27 January 1986

    Civil registration, N61986, cancelled.

    25 October 1988

    To Mary Frances Wagner, Christies Beach, SA with new c/r VH-JLA.

    9 May 1993


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Goolwa, South Australia

    26 November 1997

    To Mary Wagner, Christies Beach, SA keeping c/r VH-JLA.

    9 February 2006

    To Mary Wagner, Christies Beach, SA keeping c/r VH-JLA.

    January 2010

    13 November 2021

    To Edward George Brooker, Port Noarlunga, SA keeping c/r VH-JLA.

    22 May 2024

    To Darren Charles Paech, Ohalloran Hill, SA keeping c/r VH-JLA.
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