REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 837

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CF-DKL

CF-DKL
Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada
September 1984
Photo: © courtesy of Larry Milberry

AIRCRAFT DATA

Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 837
Manufacturing Date: 1947-05-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Remarks: Reserved US Registration No. NC6567K was not taken up. The FAA "N" number Index Card was filed on 1947-05-14.
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
CF-DKL
C-FDKL
1946-04-08 Date of Allotment to Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
Reserved for Leavens Bros. Air Services, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1947-05-?? Manufacturing Date.
1947-05-?? Test flight.
1947-05-27 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Leavens Bros. Air Services, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1947-05-27 Date of Deletion of Reservation.
1947-05-27 US CAA C of A for Export # E-15815 issued.
1947-06-16 Registered on Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
1957-03-31 C of R issued to:
R. W. Uren; Orillia, Ontario.
1979-03-31 C of R issued to:
D. R. Wardle; 212 Fraser Park Crescent, Orleans, Ontario.
1982-08-30 C of R cancelled.
1983-07-04 Re-registered on Canadian CAR. C of R issued to:
Muriel Irving; 5612-141 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 4A3.
1991-08-30 C of R cancelled.
1991-08-30 C of R issued to:
Howard Irving; 5612-141 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 4A3.
1995-08-01 C of R cancelled.
1995-08-01 C of R issued to:
Pender Island Marine Ltd.; Box 391, Saanichton, British Columbia V8M 2C5.
1997-09-08 Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, 3 mi west of Pulp Mill, at Youbou, one half mile off shore:
Observer reported that the aircraft mad a sudden 90 degree turn and then dropped into the lake. Pilot only on board transported to Victoria Hospital with undetermined injuries.
1998-02-17 Deleted from Canadian Civil Aircraft Register as "destroyed beyond repair".
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
www.historiccar.ca.
Larry Milberry.
Jim Tyerman.
Barry Collman.
Terry Judge.

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