REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 864

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LN-PAI (Photo: Luftfartsverket via Norsk Luftfartsmuseum)

LN-PAI
1947
Photo: © Luftfartsverkets Arkiv via Norsk Luftfartsmusum

AIRCRAFT DATA

Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 864
Manufacturing Date: 1947-05-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Remarks: ?
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
(LN-PAI) 1947-05-?? Manufacturing Date.
1947-05-?? Test flight.
1947-05-23 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Thor Solberg; Oslo, Norway.
1947-07-?? Arrived at Bergen harbor aboard vessel M/S "Vindafjord".
1947-06-?? Assembly at Flatøy SPB, Meland, north of Bergen.
LN-PAI 1947-07-10 Taxiing accident at Bergen Harbor.
1947-07-18 C of R # 170 and C of A # 193 issued.
Registered owner: Vestlandske Luftfartselskap AS; Bergen, Norway.
1948-03-23 Crashed in Høyanger, Sogn, when hitting a submerged object during take off from sea.  Taken ashore, but never repaired?
1950-08-24 Cancelled from Norwegian CAR.
  Sources: Kay Hagby/NORARC; Norway. "Fra Nielsen & Winther til Boeing 747".
Jan Richard Liby.
RAC Seabee Delivery List.

LN-PAI (Photo via Jan Richard Liby)

LN-PAI
After crash on 23 March 1948, in Høyanger, Norway
Photo: © via Jan Richard Liby

LN-PAI (Photo: via Jan Richard Liby)

LN-PAI
After crash on 23 March 1948, in Høyanger, Norway
Photo: © via Jan Richard Liby

LN-PAI (Photo: via Jan Richard Liby)

LN-PAI
After crash on 23 March 1948, in Høyanger, Norway
Photo: © via Jan Richard Liby

LN-PAI (Photo: via Jan Richard Liby)

LN-PAI
After crash on 23 March 1948, in Høyanger, Norway
Photo: © via Jan Richard Liby

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