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| Manufacturer: | Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA. | |
| Model: | Republic RC-3 Seabee | |
| Type Certificate No: | A-769 | |
| Serial Number: | 972 | |
| Manufacturing Date: | 1947-05-?? | |
| Engine: | Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM) | |
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| Reg. No. | Date | Remarks |
| (N6689K) | 1947-05-?? | Manufacturing Date. |
| 1947-05-?? | Test flight. | |
| 1947-10-24 | Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Hindustan Airways Co., Ltd.; Calcutta, India. | |
| VT-CSU | 1947-??-?? | Registered on Indian CAR. |
| 1958-04-01 | Gold Coast Pvt. Ltd.; Australia. | |
| 1959-??-?? | Exported to Australia. | |
| VH-BBJ | 1959-10-29 | Registered
on Australian CAR. Imported by Gold Coast Holdings; Sydney, together with s/n 973 (VT-CST). S/n 973 was destroyed in a hangar fire at Bankstown 1960-09-22 before registered on VH-register. |
| 1962-??-?? | East Coast Airways; Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia. | |
| 1962-06-07 | Registration cancelled. | |
| VH-ECZ | 1962-06-07 | East Coast Airways; Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia. |
| 1962-08-14 | J. Edwards; Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| 1962-11-?? | Suffered a heavy landing on the Tweed river, NSW, wherein the hull was holed and the aircraft sank. Repaired. | |
| 1963-09-20 | P. Hurn; Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia. | |
| 1964-10-02 | W. Pearson; Howrah, Tasmania, Australia. | |
| 1964-10-07 | Withdrawn from use until 1965-01-03. Cancelled from Australian CAR? | |
| 1965-09-28 | K. E. Olson: Camden, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| 1966-01-13 | Wrecked during a forced landing on the grounds of a mental hospital in the Sydney suburb of Rydalmere, due to fuel starvation on a flight from Coolangatta to Bankstown. Fortunately the owner/pilot escaped unhurt. Wreck trucked to Bankstown, NSW. It was subsequently struck off the register and the remains of it were noted in a hangar at Tyabb in the new millenium. Possibly for use as spares for the restoration of VH-KNA? | |
| ????-??-?? | Cancelled from Australian CAR. | |
| 1990-07-?? | Noted stored at Camden, NSW. | |
| 2002-??-?? | Noted stored at Tyab, Victoria. | |
| Sources: | RAC
Seabee Delivery List. RAC Seabee Export List 1948-11-15. Air Britain "Archive" 1981 No. 3/4. Tony Arbon. Phill Camp. Bernard Martin. http://antonakis.co.uk/registers/India.txt http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BBJ.html http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austcl/VH-ECZ.html |
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