Republic RC-3 Seabee # 918 (CF-DKS, N?????)

REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 918

CF-DKS

CF-DKS
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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:		918
Manufacturing Date:		1947-06-??
Engine:		Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Remarks:		Reserved US Registration No. NC6641K was not taken up. The FAA "N" number Index Card was filed in June 1947; "Now E-15861 Canada CF-DKS".

Reg. No.	Date	Remarks
CF-DKS	1946-04-08	Date of Allotment to Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. Reserved for Leavens Bros. Air Services, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
	1947-06-??	Manufacturing Date.
	1947-06-??	Test flight.
	1947-06-20	Date of Deletion of Reservation.
	1947-06-20	US CAA C of A for Export # E-15861 issued; "Canada CF-DKS".
	1947-06-23	Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Leavens Bros. Air Services, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
	1947-06-27	Registered on Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.


	1978-12-07	C of R issued to: James Waddington; Box 768, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 2N2, Canada.
	1980-08-01	C of R issued to: (1) James Waddington; 38 Cairmore Court, Brampton, Ontario L6Z 1T6, Canada. (2) Alan Patterson, 38 Cairmore Court, Brampton Ontario L6Z 1T6, Canada.
	1984-04-24	C of R Cancelled.
	1998-04-13	Cancelled from Canadian Civil Aircraft Register on sale to the USA.
N?????	2007-??-??	David and Helen Patchett; 4011 Halliday Road, Vale, OR 97918, USA. mpatch@fmtc.com Our Seabee serial is 918 and currently doesn't have a N-number as it was bought in pieces in Minnesota and is originally from Canada. We bought the Seabee in July on E-bay as a project.
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	Sources:	RAC Seabee Delivery List. Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. Barry Collman. Terry Judge. www.historiccar.ca.