REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 159

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Canada
1970s
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AIRCRAFT DATA

Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 159
Manufacturing Date: 1946-11-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B8F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
S/N: 23169
Remarks: Mode S Codes:
60012755 / C015ED (C-FIHW)
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
N87590 1946-11-?? Manufacturing Date.
1946-11-15 Weight And Balance Data:
Weight Empty - Actual: 2188.0 lbs.
1946-11-19 Statement of Conformity, CAA Form ACA 317, issued by Republic Aviation Corporation ... 159 has been manufactured in conformity with the data forming the basis for Type Certificate No. 769 Tentative...
[Signed M. E. Barzelay, Design Engineer].
1946-11-?? Test flight.
1946-11-25 C of A issued:
Engine Franklin 6A8-215-B8F S/N: 23169
Propeller S/N: 644
Blades S/N: 53567 - 53680
1946-11-25 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-500 Part C:
Purchaser: Hinck Flying Service, Inc.; Wold Chamberlain Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Seller: Republic Aviation Corporation; M. G. Veckman, Assistant Treasurer.
1946-11-25 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to  Hinck Flying Service, Inc.; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
1946-11-25 C of R issued to:
Hinck Flying Service, Inc.; Wold Chamberlain Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
1946-12-03 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: L. Miller Wittig; Box 623, Hibbing, Minnesota.
Seller: C. W. Hinck.

No Bill of Sale in FAA Files... A letter dated May 23, 1952, L. Miller Wittig, of Arrowhead Airways, Hibbing, Minnesota, says; "The transfer from Hinck Flying Service Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, to me was Dec. 4, 1946.

1952-09-08 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: C. W. Hinck; Monticello, Minnesota.
Seller: Hinck Flying Service, Inc.
1953-03-06 C of R issued to:
L. Miller Wittig; Box 623, Hibbing, Minnesota.
1953-04-29 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: Jack P. Lysdale; Fleming Field, South St. Paul, Minnesota.
Seller: L. Miller Wittig.
1953-06-01 C of R issued to:
Jack P. Lysdale; Fleming Field, South St. Paul, Minnesota.
1953-07-10 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: Aviation Management Corporation; Hangar # 8, Newark Airport, Newark, New Jersey.
Seller: Jack P. Lysdale.
1953-07-29 C of R issued to:
Aviation Management Corporation; Hangar # 8, Newark Airport, Newark, New Jersey.
1954-06-07 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: Roland La Starza; 539 Van Nest Avenue, Bronx 60, New York.
Seller: Aviation Management Corporation.
1954-06-18 C of R issued to:
Roland La Starza; 539 Van Nest Avenue, Bronx 60, New York.
1955-08-13 C of A issued to expire 1956-08-13.
1955-08-13 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: Otto Kovacs; 2076 Clark Street, Montreal, Canada.
Seller: Roland La Starza. 
1955-08-?? Export C of A # E-26487 issued.
1955-09-14 Cancelled from CAA Aircraft Registry.
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1955-08-16 Date of Allotment.
1955-09-?? C of R issued to:
Otto Kovacs; 2076 Clark Street, Montreal, Canada.
1981-05-26 C of R issued to:
Robert Carey; 5338 Daniel Road, Garden Bay, British Columbia V0N 1S1, Canada.

Base of Operations: Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

1991-12-05 C of R re-issued.
   
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.

CF-IHW

C-FIHW
Canada
1970s
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