Republic RC-3 Seabee # 552 ( N6328K )

AIRCRAFT DATA
Manufacturer:		Republic Aviation Corporation, Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model:		Republic RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No:		A-769
Serial Number:		552
Manufacturing Date:		1947-03
Engine:		Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Remarks:		Heavily modified nose and windshield. El. bilge pump, el. hydraulic pump, 24 V.

Reg. No.	Date	Remarks
NC6328K N6328K	1947-03-	Manufacturing Date.
	1947-03-	Test flight.
	1947-03-31	Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corp. to Metcalf Flying Service, Inc., Toledo, Ohio, USA.


	1965-09-25	Gear-down landing on water, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The aircraft nosed over and sank. Salvaged.
	(1967)	Mr. Gordon Travis; Fort Worth, Texas, USA
	1971-01-05	Engine from N6511K (s/n 777).
	(1975)	Mr. Edward M. Makela; PO Box 1398, Gibsonton, FL 33534, USA
	1975-01-15	Rebuilt and modified by Mr. C. W. Pratt; Rt. 2, Box 107, Riverview, FL 33569, USA. Modified nose and windshield. Bow door removed.

		Stored in a barn in Illinois for years

	1985-??-??	Mr. Ray Myers; Rt. 3, Box 228, Pequot Lakes, MN 56472, USA Tel: (218) 568-5210 Stored in Oshkosh until February 1992. Restoration by Myers Aviation; Oshkosh, WI. First test flight July 1992.


	1997-04-07	'Seabee IV';1101 Vanderbilt Way, Sacramento, CA 95825-6626, USA
	2003-07-15	Mr. Lee A. Still; 5328 Pinnacle Peak Lane, Norcross, GA 30071-4914, USA

REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 552