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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: | 270 | |
| Manufacturing Date: | 1947-01-?? | |
| Engine: | Franklin
6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Lycoming GO-480-G1D6 engine (295 HP) Daubenspeck conversion. |
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| Remarks: | Lycoming
GO-480-G1D6 Daubenspeck Fibreglas "Scoop" Type Cowling Wide Spray Rails Electric Bilge Pump Extended Wings Droop Wing Tips |
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| Reg. No. | Date | Remarks |
| (PP-) | 1947-01-?? | Manufacturing Date. |
| 1947-01-?? | Test flight. | |
| 1947-02-14 | Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corp. to E. F. Drew & Cia., Ltd; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Delivery changed to Hans Osterman AB; Stockholm, Sweden. | |
| 1947-03-07 | Export C of A # E-14964 issued. | |
| 1947-03-14 | Bill of sale; Smith Kirkpatrick & Co Inc; New York / Hans Osterman AB; Stockholm, Sweden. | |
| 1947-03-?? | Shipped from USA to Sweden on ship SS "Mormacpenn", together with c/n 401, 402 and 412. | |
| 1947-03-22 | Payment of $ 24.377,89 = SEK 88.306,33 completed. For c/n 270, 401, 402 and 412. | |
| 1947-05-22 | Inspected by Swedish CAA. | |
| 1947-05-28 | Sold to AB Eskiltunaflyg; Eskiltuna, Sweden. Price: SEK 27.700,- (?). | |
| SE-AXR | 1947-05-29 | Temporarily registered on Swedish CAR. Interim C of R issued. A/C total time: 11 hrs 20 min. |
| 1947-07-16 | C
of R # 624 and C of A # 718 issued. Registered owner: AB Eskiltunaflyg; Eskiltuna, Sweden. |
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| 1948-05-13 | Inspection, Norrköping. | |
| 1948-05-14 | A/C total time: 355 hrs. | |
| 1948-11-14 | Not airworthy until 1949-05-19. | |
| 1949-05-09 | A/C total time: 563 hrs. | |
| 1949-11-19 | Not airworthy until 1950-05-30. | |
| 1950-05-30 | A/C total time: 781 hrs. | |
| 1950-06-16 | Inspection at F21. | |
| 1950-11-30 | Not airworthy until 1951-06-14. | |
| 1951-06-09 | A/C total time: 1.057 hrs. | |
| 1951-12-14 | Not airworthy until 1952-06-14. | |
| 1952-06-18 | A/C total time: 1.338 hrs. | |
| 1952-12-14 | C of A expired. | |
| 1953-03-13 | Bill
of Sale; AB Eskiltunafly; Eskiltuna / Sven Åke Östberg; Jokkmokk. C of R # 624/36 issued. Owner: Sven Åke Östberg; Jokkmokk. |
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| 1953-03-15 | Sold to AB Lapplandsflyg; Porjus. | |
| 1953-11-13 | C of R # 624/346 issued. Owner: AB Lapplandsflyg; Porjus. | |
| 1955-01-24 | Cancelled from Swedish CAR as "scrapped". | |
| 1956-05-26 | SE-AXC
makes an emergency in a swamp, after engine stopped due to fuel
starvation. Damage to boat hull bottom and wing floats. (Possibly
1956-06-30?). SE-AXR is rebuilt with parts from SE-AXC. |
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| 1961-06-03 | Test flight "provflygning samt inflygning". | |
| 1961-06-14 | Test flight permit issued, valid until 1961-06-28. | |
| 1961-06-29 | Annual inspection and maintenance. A/C total time: 1.567 hrs. | |
| 1961-07-06 | Test flight "under tiden ny LvB utfärdas dock längst till 1961-07-31". | |
| 1961-07-?? | Sold to Motorfirman Arne Lindberg; Lycksele. (Down payment). | |
| SE-AXR | 1961-08-07 | Temporarily re-registered on Swedish CAR. Interim C of R # 59/61 issued. Owner: AB Lapplandsflyg; Porjus. |
| 1961-11-07 | Extension of Interim C of R and C of A. | |
| 1962-05-28 | Application for registration from AB Lapplandsflyg; Porjus. | |
| 1962-06-15 | C
of R # 1610 and C of A # 1721 issued. Registered owner: AB Lapplandsflyg; Porjus. |
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| 1962-06-28 | A/C total time: 1.632 hrs. | |
| 1962-06-29 | Operator: Dir. Arne Lindberg; Lycksele. (Paul Compton says: 1962-06-15) | |
| 1962-11-01 | Sold to Arne Lindberg; Lycksele. (Source: Benny Karlsson). | |
| 1965-05-25 | A/C total time: 1.726 hrs. | |
| 1966-11-01 | Bill of Sale; AB Lapplandsflyg; Porjus / AB Motorfirman Arne Lindberg; Lycksele. | |
| 1966-11-15 | Application for removal from Swedish CAR on sale to Ernst Flater Hansen; Molde, Norway. | |
| 1966-11-21 | Owner: AB Motorfirman Arne Lindberg; Lycksele. | |
| 1966-11-21 | Cancelled from Swedish CAR (same day). | |
| LN-IKK | 1967-05-26 | C
of R # 853 and C of A # 853 issued. Registered owner: Ernst Flater Hansen; Molde, Norway. |
| 1968-07-16 | Rolf Edgar Visens; Kjønnøy/Vestnes. | |
| 1972-05-30 | Iver Havdal; Trondheim. | |
| 1973-09-19 | Knut
Solem (deceased); Trondheim, Norway.
Modified with extended wings, droop tips, extended spray rails etc. |
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| 1997-08-12 | Thorleif Andrè Disen; Hol. | |
| 2000-09-13 | Landed gear up at Kjeller AFB, after failure of gear retraction after take off. Lug on gear retraction cylinder had failed. | |
| 2002 | For sale at Gardermoen Airport. | |
| 2003-06-11 | Bill of Sale; Thorleif André Disen; Hol / David Pajus; Linköping, Sweden. | |
| 2003-07-26 | Ferry flight from Kjeller, Norway, to new base in Linköping, Sweden. | |
| 2003-08-08 | Registered
to; David Pajus; Box 13002, SE-580 13 Linköping, Sweden. Tel: +46 708 999 409 |
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| 2004 | Restoration and repainting at Malmslätt AFB, Linköping, Sweden. | |
| 2004-09-17 | Cancelled from Norwegian CAR. | |
| SE-AXR | 2004-11-11 |
C of R # 7860 issued.
David Pajus |
| 2004-12-06 | First test flight by David Pajus, after restoration and repainting. | |
| 2008-??-?? | For sale. | |
| Sources: | Mr.
Benny G. Karlsson/NORARC; Sweden. Mr. Paul R. Compton/NORARC; Sweden. Mr. Nils-Olof Andersson; Sweden ( www.esgb.se ) Mr. Kay Hagby; Norway. "Fra Nielsen & Winther til Boeing 747". SFF "Svenskt civilregister 1; t.o.m. SE-AZZ". RAC Delivery List. |
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SE-AXR
Olle Fredrisksson, famous female pilot Vera Strodl and "Aros-flyg"
CEO(?)
Torslanda (ESGB), Göteborg/Gothenburg, Sweden
1947
Photo: © BFFS via Peter Fredriksson/Nils-Olof Andersson ( www.esgb.se
)
LN-IKK
Eksjö, Ranneslätt (ESMC), Sweden
16 August 2003
Photo: © Fredrik Lagerquist ( www.airpics.com
)
LN-IKK
Kjeller AFB, Norway
Photo: © Please tell me!
SE-AXR
Sweden
20 October 2005
Photo: © Robert den Hartog
SE-AXR
Sweden
20 October 2005
Photo: © Robert den Hartog
SE-AXR
Sweden
20 October 2005
Photo: © Robert den Hartog
SE-AXR
Sweden
20 October 2005
Photo: © Robert den Hartog
