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| Manufacturer: | Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA. | |
| Model: | RC-3 Seabee | |
| Type Certificate No: | A-769 | |
| Serial Number: | 412 | |
| Manufacturing Date: | 1947-02-?? | |
| Engine: | Franklin 6A8-215-B8F (215 HP at 2500 RPM) | |
| Remarks: | ||
| Reg. No. | Date | Remarks |
| (SE-AXE) | 1947-02-?? | Manufacturing Date. |
| 1947-02-?? | Test flight. | |
| 1947-02-17 | Weighed at Republic. | |
| 1947-02-28 | Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Hans Osterman AB; Stockholm, Sweden. | |
| 1947-03-?? | Imported to Sweden by Hans Osterman AB; Stockholm, Sweden. Shipped from USA to Sweden on ship SS "Mormacpenn", together with c/n 270, 401 and 402. | |
| 1947-03-22 | Payment of $ 24.377,89 = SEK 88.306,33 completed. For c/n 270, 401 and 402. | |
| 1947-04-15 | Inspected by Swedish CAA. | |
| 1947-04-22 | Sold to AB Smålandsflyg (ASF); Jönköping. Price: SEK 33.880,-. | |
| SE-AXE | 1947-05-07 | Temporarily registered on Swedish CAR. |
| 1947-06-06 | C of R # 611 and C of A # 705 issued. Registered owner: Thorsten Gustafsson; Jönköping. | |
| 1947-07-01 | During a heavy thunderstorm the Seabee broke the moorings and right wing float was damaged when it hit land. | |
| 1947-09-28 | During operations on Sandhemssjön (lake), one of the wing floats broke off and the Seabee capsized. Damages to hull and wing. | |
| 1948-04-16 | Not airworthy until 1948-05-01. | |
| 1948-12-03 | Flight
from Jönköping, Sweden, to Cape Town, South Africa, started from
Jönköping. Jönköping - Malmö, Sweden. |
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| 1948-12-04 | Malmö - Stade, Germany. | |
| 1948-12-05 | Stade - Vörden. | |
| 1948-12-06 | Vörden
- Twente, The Netherlands. Twente - Bruxelle/Grimbergen, Belgium. |
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| 1948-12-07 | Bruxelles/Grimbergen - Paris/Toussus-le-Noble, France | |
| 1948-12-08 | Paris/Toussus-le-Noble
- Limoges, France. Limoges - Toulouse, France. |
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| 1948-12-09 | Toulouse - Barcelona, Spain. | |
| 1948-12-11 | Barcelona - Valencia, Spain. | |
| 1948-12-?? | Valencia - Alicante, Spain. | |
| 1948-12-?? | Alicante - Malaga, Spain. | |
| 1948-12-14 | Malaga - Tangier, Morocco. | |
| 1948-12-?? | Tangier - Casablanca, Morocco. | |
| 1948-12-20 | Casablanca - Agadir, Morocco. | |
| 1948-12-23 | Agadir - Cabo Juby, Morocco. | |
| 1948-12-24 | Capo
Juby - Villa Cisneros, Morocco. Villa Cisneros - Port Etienne, Mauritania. |
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| 1948-12-25 | Port Etienne - Saint Louis, Senegal. | |
| 1948-12-26 | Saint Louis - Dakar/Yoff, Senegal. | |
| 1948-12-28 | Dakar/Yoff, Senegal - Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. | |
| 1948-12-30 | Bissau
- Freetown, Sierra Leone. Freetown - Harper, Liberia. |
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| 1948-12-31 | Harper - Monrovia, Liberia. | |
| 1949-01-02 | Monrovia
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Abidjan - Accra, Ghana. |
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| 1949-01-?? | Accra - Cotonou, Benin. | |
| 1949-01-?? | Cotonou - Port Harcourt, Nigeria. | |
| 1949-01-?? | Port Harcourt - Douala, Cameroon. | |
| 1949-01-07 | Douala - Libreville, Gabon. | |
| 1949-01-08 | Libreville
- Iguela, Gabon. Emergency landing in Iguela. Change of spark plug. Iguela - Mayumba, Gabon. |
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| 1949-01-10 | Mayumba - Pointe Noire, Congo (Brazaville). | |
| 1949-01-?? | Pointe Noir - Leopoldville, Belgian Congo. | |
| 1949-01-?? | Leopoldville - Kikwit, Belgian Congo. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Kikwit - Luluabourg, Belgian Congo. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Luluabourg - Kamina, Belgian Congo. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Kamina - Elisabethville, Belgian Congo. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Elisabethville - N'dola, Zambia. | |
| 1949-??-?? | N'dola - Lusaka, Zambia. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Lusaka - Livingstone, Zambia. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Livingstone - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Bulawayo - Pietersburg, South Africa. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Pietersburg - Pretoria, South Africa. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Pretoria - Johannesburg, South Africa. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Johannesburg - Kimberley, South Africa. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Kimberley - Beaufort West, South Africa. | |
| 1949-??-?? | Beaufort West - Cape Town, South Africa. | |
| 1949-02-?? | Cape Town - George, South Africa. | |
| 1949-02-?? | George - Uitenhage, South Africa. | |
| 1949-02-?? | Uitenhage - Port Elisabeth, South Africa. | |
| 1949-02-?? | Port Elisabeth - East London, South Africa. | |
| 1949-02-?? | East London - Durban, South Africa. | |
| 1949-02-?? | Durban - Lourenco Marques, Mozambique. | |
| 1949-02-?? | Lourenco Marques - Inhambane, Mozambique. | |
| 1949-02-?? | Inhambane - Beira, Mozambique. | |
| 1949-02-?? | Beira - Belvedere/Salisbury. South Rhodesia. | |
| 1949-02-27 | Prince Edward School, Salisbury, South Rhodesia. Crashed on take off from bush airstrip in Belvedere, South Rhodesia. The Seabee reached a height of 90 m AGL, when it started to lose height and crashed into ground. Pilot and passengers escaped with light injuries. The Seabee probably crashed due to approximately 50 kg overweight, hot air and high airstrip altitude. Aircraft was destroyed. The aircraft was on it's way from South Africa back home to Sweden. | |
| 1949-06-07 | Cancelled from Swedish CAR. | |
| Sources: | Benny G. Karlsson/NORARC; Sweden. SFF "Svenskt civilregister 1; t.o.m. SE-AZZ". RAC Delivery List. Nils-Olof Andersson. |
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SE-AXE
In Africa!
Photo: © Ture Wage courtesy of Nils-Olof Andersson
