REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 921

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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: 921
Manufacturing Date: 1947-06-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Remarks: Reserved US Registration No. NC6644K shown on Index Card, but was not taken up.

Canadian CAR File # 5008-D11-20.

 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
CF-DKT 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-15863 issued; "Canada CF-DKT".
1947-06-23 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Leavens Bros. Air Services, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1947-06-26 Registered on Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
????-??-?? C of R issued to:
T. R. Stromberg; Ontario.
1948-03-30 Elk Lake, Ontario; Pilot T. R. Stromberg took off from ice in ski-equipped a/c.  Had just reached a height of 500 feet when there was a sound of an explosion and engine immediately stopped.  Pilot had no choice but to try to land in small creek and began to glide in that direction but did not succeed.  He pancaked in and a/c damaged. Operator (Owner): T. R. Stromberg. Damage: Aircraft destroyed.  Injuries: Nil.  [Canadian CAR Files # 5008-D11-20 / 5802-10772].
1961-03-23 Cancelled from Canadian CAR.
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
National Archives Canada.
www.historiccar.ca

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