REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 623

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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: 623
Manufacturing Date: 1947-04-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Remarks: Canadian CAR File # 5008-D11-4.
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
CF-DKD 1946-04-08 Date of Allotment to Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
Reserved for Leavens Bros. Air Services, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1947-04-?? Manufacturing Date.
1947-04-?? Test flight.
1947-04-10 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Leavens Bros. Air Services, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1947-04-10 Date of Deletion of Reservation.
1947-04-25 Registered on Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
1950-06-24 Near Goderich, Ontario:
Crashed on landing when aircraft nosed over into the water. Operator (Owner): Sky Harbour Air Services. Unjuries: Pilot Arnold Louis Wettlaufer and his six-year old son Bobbie fatal. Wife Elizabeth suffered minor injuries. [Canadian CAR Files # 5008-D11-4, 5002-241 and 5802-7283].
  1955-01-?? Deleted from Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
www.historiccar.ca.

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