REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 160

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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: 160
Manufacturing Date: 1946-11-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B8F (215 HP at 2500 RPM) 
Remarks:  
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
N87591 1946-11-?? Manufacturing Date.
1946-11-?? Test flight.
1946-11-26 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Smith, Kirkpatrick & Co., Inc.; New York, for export to  dealer W. A. Rollason, Ltd.; London, England.  In a 1948-11-15 Republic Seabee Export List, s/n 160 is listed as delivered to Union Coloniale Agricole et Sarrestiere.
1947-??-?? Operated in England for sales demonstration purposes.
1947-??-?? Cancelled from US CAR.
F-BCJF 1947-07-22 Registered on French CAR to:
Société Union Coloniale Agricole et Forestiere; 34 Rue Pasquier, F-75008 Paris, France.
????-??-?? Operated from Libreville, Gabon.
1960-10-19 Cancelled from French CAR due to "REFORME".
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
www.immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr

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