REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 230

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N6055K (Photo: Freddy Stenbom)

N6055K
Sweden 
Photo: © Freddy Stenbom

AIRCRAFT DATA

Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation, Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 230
Manufacturing Date: 1947-01-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)

Lycoming GO-480-G1D6 engine (295 HP) Daubenspeck conversion.

Remarks: Lycoming GO-480-G1D6
Daubenspeck Fibreglas "Scoop" Type Cowling
Wide Spray Rails
Electric Bilge Pump?
Extended Wings
Droop Wing Tips
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
NC6055K
N6055K
1946-12-?? Manufacturing Date.
1946-12-?? Test flight.
1946-12-31 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Miller Aviation Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
   
????-??-?? Miller Flying Services; Eunice, Lousiana, USA.
  John Bolding; Baytown, Texas, USA.
1991-07-01 Chromatics Inc.; Bethel, Connecticut, USA.
1991-07-21 Portland, Maine - Bangor, Maine.
1991-07-22 Bangor, Maine - Sept Iles, Quebec, Canada.
1991-07-22 Sept Iles, Quebec, Canada - Kuujjuaq, Canada.
1991-07-23 Kuujjuaq, Canada - Sondrestrom, Greenland.
1991-07-25 Sondrestrom, Greenland - Reykjavik, Iceland.
1991-07-26 Reykjavik, Iceland - Bergen, Norway.
1991-07-27 Bergen, Norway - Stockholm Harbor, Sweden.
1991-07-28 Stockholm Harbor, Sweden - Stockholm Harbor, Sweden.
1991-07-29 Stockholm Harbor, Sweden - Stockholm land airport???.
1991 Imported to Sweden by:
Carl-Bertil Obi Jacobson; Södra Ekhamn Höja S10, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden.

Muffled engine exhaust.  Tail boom repaired.

1999-08-04

Cancelled from FAA Registry.

2002-??-?? Stored outside at Södra Ekhamn, Knivsta.
2015-01-14 Sold from Carl-Bertil Obi Jacobson to:
Mats Rönning; Hårsta 192, SE-830 05 Järpen, Sweden. 

Tel: 070 5413822
E-mail: mats@meac.se

To be used for parts only.  Mats Rönning also owns # 268.

2016-01-27 Picked up by truck at Södra Ekhamn, Knivsta for transporte to Åre Molanda.
2016-01-28 Arrived by truck at Åre Molanda.  Stored for spare parts.
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
FAA Aircraft Registry.
Mats Rönning.
Lars Ove Sagen.

N6055K

N6055K
Södra Ekhamn, Knivsta, Sweden 
27 January 2016
Photo: © Lars Ove Sagen

N6055K

N6055K
Södra Ekhamn, Knivsta, Sweden 
27 January 2016
Photo: © Lars Ove Sagen

N6055K

N6055K
Södra Ekhamn, Knivsta, Sweden 
27 January 2016
Photo: © Lars Ove Sagen

N6055K (Photo: Len-Erik Aaslund 03 October 2002)

N6055K
Sweden 
03 October 2002
Photo: © Len- Eric Aaslund

N6055K (Photo: Len-Erik Aaslund 03 October 2002)

N6055K
Sweden 
03 October 2002
Photo: © Len- Eric Aaslund

N6055K (Photo: Len-Erik Aaslund 03 October 2002)

N6055K
Sweden 
03 October 2002
Photo: © Len- Eric Aaslund

N6055K (Photo: Len-Erik Aaslund 03 October 2002)

N6055K
Sweden 
03 October 2002
Photo: © Len-Eric Aaslund

N6055K (Photo: Len-Erik Aaslund 03 October 2002)

N6055K
Sweden 
03 October 2002
Photo: © Len-Eric Aaslund

N6055K (Photo: Len-Erik Aaslund 03 October 2002)

N6055K
Sweden 
03 October 2002
Photo: © Len-Eric Aaslund

N6055K (Photo: Len-Erik Aaslund 03 October 2002)

N6055K
Sweden 
03 October 2002
Photo: © Len-Eric Aaslund

N6055K (Photo: Markuz Herzig 07 September 1991)

N6055K
Morcote, Switzerland
07 September 1991
Photo: © Markus Herzig
www.airliners.net/photo/Republic-RC-3-Seabee/0475417/L/ 

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