REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 462 |
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AIRCRAFT DATA |
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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: | 462 | |
| Manufacturing Date: | 1947-02- | |
| Engine: | (1)
Franklin 6A8-215-B8F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
(2) Lycoming IG0-480-G1D6 (modified to fuel injection) |
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| Remarks: | STC
# SA615NW - Simuflight Lyc. IGO-480-G1D6 engine conversion STC # SA615NW - Three-bladed propeller STC # SA815NW - Cleveland brakes STC # SA392NW - Wide spray rails STC # SA393NW - Modified keel gusset STC # SA394NW - Model 2-DT droop wing tips STC # SA395NW - Enlarged aft cabin windows STC # SA1153NW - Simuflight (Piper) pitot-static system STC # SA1261NW - New lift strut fittings New instrument panel Wing LE landing light |
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| Reg. No. | Date | Remarks |
| NC6255K N6255K |
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| 1947-02- | Manufacturing Date. | |
| 1947-02-28 | Test flight 1 h 15 min. | |
| 1947-03-03 | FAA C of A approved. Engine 6A8-215-B8F s/n 23233, prop s/n 2283, blades 55658, 55661. | |
| 1947-03-04 | Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corp. to distributor Rankin Aviation Industries, Tulare, California, USA. | |
| 1947-03-05 | First flight by W. E. Lester, ferry pilot for Rankin Aviation. | |
| 1947-04-18 | Sold to Mr. W. G. Snow. | |
| 1948-11-01 | Sold to Mr. A. R. Jacoy; 3620 NW Boulevard, Spokane, Washington. | |
| 1952-09-22 | Sold to Mr. Robert L. Buzby; Anchorage, Alaska. | |
| 1953-05-17 | Hit log on landing at Ursus, AK, lost left windshield, and returned to ANC without windshield. | |
| 1954-05 | Sold to Mr. R. G. Bueberg; Fairbanks, Alaska. | |
| 1956- | Sold to Mr. Cliff W. Alderfer; Fairbanks, Alaska. | |
| 1956-06-01 | A/W Date. | |
| 1956-09 | Sold to Mr. Jim Fredericks; 1507 Gillam Way, Fairbanks, Alaska. | |
| 1959-03 | New wing float struts installed. | |
| 1959-09 | Sold to ?, Seattle, Washington. | |
| 1967-07-20 | Mr.
Henry "Hank" Younge; Air
Molokai, Honolulu, Hawaii.
In 1967 I started Air Molokai. At this
time, ranch executives - especially Phil Spalding - loaned me almost
$800,000 on a hand shake to build a new hangar on Lagoon Drive. They,
like me, wanted to ensure low airfares and reliability for the residents
of Molokai. |
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| 1968-08-30 | Last flight. Stored at Honolulu (HNL) Airport. | |
| 1974-02-01 | Sold
to Mr. Fred Sorensen; (2800 Sterling Cove Drive, Las Vegas, NV
89128-7729, USA).
Restoration started. |
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| 1979-03-05 | Purchased for restoration by Mr. Robert A. Gould; 44-365 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744-2664, USA. | |
| 1988-01-27 | Registered
on US CAR to: Mr. Robert A. Gould; 44-365 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744-2664, USA. |
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| 1993-06-10 | Bendix RSA-5AD1 fuel injection system installed on Lycoming GO-480-G1D6 engine. | |
| 2001-03-21 | Mr.
Robert A. Gould Trustee; 44-365 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kaneohe, Hawaii
96744-2664, USA.
E-mail: bob.gould(at)stanfordalumni.org Mr. Gould and his wife Mrs. Gretchen M. Gould are co-trustees. |
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| 2004-04-28 | Water taxi tests. | |
| 2006-04-29 | First flight, after its last previous flight in 1968. TT 796:20. | |
| 2006-12 | By 16 December 2006 it had a Total Time on the airframe just over 800 hours, and Mr. Gould had about 37 hours on it. | |
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Updated: 2007-01-29Copyright © 2006-2007 Steinar Saevdal |
