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| Manufacturer: | Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA. | |
| Model: |
RC-3 Seabee "Robinson Special" |
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| Type Certificate No: | A-769 | |
| Serial Number: | 934
(RC-3) 02 (Robinson Special) |
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| Manufacturing Date: | 1947-04-?? | |
| Engine: | (1)
Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM). (2) "Robinson Special" Corvette LS-6 V8 engine conversion (350 HP at 4500 RPM). |
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| Remarks: | Robinson engine conversion 2005. | |
| Reg. No. | Date | Remarks |
| NC6657K N6657K |
1947-06-?? | Manufacturing Date. |
| 1947-06-?? | Test flight. | |
| 1947-06-26 | Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to O'connor Aircraft Company; Albany, New York. | |
| 1955-08-01 | A/W Date. | |
| 1965-08-12 | Substantial damage to aircraft when it stalled and crashed after a premature lift off during take off in Camillus, New York. Pilot and the two passengers escaped uninjured. | |
| 1986-??-?? | Gerald T. Fenton; 5648 Battee Drive, Churchton, MD 20733, USA. | |
| 1993-09-09 | CB Associates, Inc.; 1050 S State Street, Dover, DE 19901-6925, USA. | |
| 2005-??-?? | Cancelled from US CAR. (Expiration Date: 2012-09-30). | |
| C-FDOQ | 2005-05-13 | C
of R issued to (CAR Standard 549 - Amateur Built
Aircraft): Michael Lush; 873501 5th Line, Orangeville, Ontario L9W 2Z2, Canada. E-mail: dbuck1635(at)rogers.com |
| 2005 | Robinson Corvette LS-6 V8 engine conversion installed. | |
| 2005-06-?? | First flight after engine conversion. | |
| 2011-07-?? | Visited Airventure 2011, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. | |
| Sources: | RAC
Seabee Delivery List Canadian Civil Aircraft Register Blair Robinson |
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Ottawa - Rockcliffe (YRO / CYRO), Ontario, Canada
28 August 2006
Photo: © courtesy Jean-Pierre Bonin
Original photo at http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1109891/L/
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15 May 2005
Photo: © Blair Robinson
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15 May 2005
Photo: © Blair Robinson
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...flying to Airventure 2011, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
24 July 2011
Photo: © courtesy of Blair Robinson
