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| Manufacturer: | Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA. | |
| Model: | RC-3 Seabee | |
| Type Certificate No: | A-769 | |
| Serial Number: | 592 | |
| Manufacturing Date: | 1947-03-?? | |
| Engine: | Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM) | |
| Remarks: | ||
| Reg. No. | Date | Remarks |
| NC6363K | 1947-03-?? | Manufacturing Date. |
| 1947-03-?? | Test flight. | |
| 1947-04-01 | Official delivery date from Republic Aviation Corporation to Livingston Airways Corp.; Waterloo, Iowa, USA. | |
| 1959-09-24 | Cancelled from US CAR. | |
| D-ELPO | 1961-11-27 | Registration
reserved for Aircraft G. Krautheim GmbH; Nürnberg, West Germany.
Krautheim was an importer of Czechoslovakian aircraft. |
| 1962-07-16 | C of R and C of A issued to Günter Hansel; Bremerhaven. | |
| 1962-??-?? | Damaged in landing on river " Weser" near Bremerhaven. | |
| 1965-12-22 | Cancelled from West Germany CAR. Aircraft not repaired, because Mr. Hansel lost interest due to bureaucracy to get water landing permissions in West Germany. | |
| 1966-07-01 | Re-registered on West Germany CAR to Karl-Heinrich Röhl; Hamburg. Mr. Röhl was the owner of air service companies at Hamburg, Kiel and Hartenholm. D-ELPO was based at Hartenholm. | |
| 1968-04-?? | Fritz Heinz; Nieder-Weisel. Mr. Heinz was a former HFB apprentice and flying instructor of HFB-Motorfluggruppe. D-ELPO was based at Egelbasbach. Occasional water landings made on River Elbe, near Hamburg-Finkenwerder airfield (then HFB, now Airbus works). | |
| 1971-09-12 | Badly damaged while demonstrating water landings for a TV team filming in Eckernförder Bucht (Baltic Sea), near offshore platform 'Barbara', north of Krusendorf. The damaged Seabee was towed to the shore. | |
| 1971-12-09 | Cancelled from West Germany CAR. The damaged Seabee was stored at Siegerland without propeller. Last seen on 1973-09-28. | |
| 1976-10-10 | Bill of Sale. Seller: Fritz Heinz; Butzbach, Germany. / Purchaser: AB Fiskflyg; Porjus, Sweden, for parts. | |
| 1992-11-03 | Application for registration: AB Fiskflyg; Porjus, Sweden. | |
| 1993-01-18 | Reserved by AB Fiskflyg, Porjus. (Paul: 19930168). | |
| 1999-07-20 | Seen and photographed in the Fisflyg AB hangar in Porjus, Sweden. | |
| 2000-02-18 | Bill
of Sale. Seller: Porjusflyg AB; Porjus.
Purchased
by: |
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| SE-AXF | 2001-06-14 | Registration reserved for Sten Arvid Karlsson; Täby, Sweden. |
| 2004-06-13 | Application for Permit to Build: Sten A. Karlsson; Täby. | |
| 2004-06-29 | "Experimental" building permit # 592-1225
issued by EAA Chapter 222 to Sten Arvid Karlsson for the restoration and
rebuild of s/n 592.
New address: |
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| 2009-??-?? | Under restoration/storage at Västerås Flygmuseum; Västerås Airport, Hässlö. | |
| Sources: | Benny G.
Karlsson/NORARC; Sweden. Paul Compton/NORARC; Sweden. Peter-Michael Gerhardt/NORARC; Germany. Freddy Stenbom; Sweden. RAC Seabee Delivery List. |
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D-ELPO
Fiskflyg AB, Porjus, Sweden
20 July 1999
Photo: © Steinar Saevdal
D-ELPO
Fiskflyg AB, Porjus, Sweden
20 July 1999
Photo: © Steinar Saevdal
D-ELPO
Germany
Photo: © Scott C. Henderson
