REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 674 |
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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 / YOA-15 (USAAF) | |
| Type Certificate No: | A-769 | |
| Serial Number: | 674 | |
| Manufacturing Date: | 1947-05 | |
| Engine: | Franklin 6A8-215-B8F/-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM) | |
| Remarks: | ||
| Reg. No. | Date | Remarks |
| NC6429K N6429K |
1947-05 | Manufacturing Date. |
| 1947-05- | Test flight. | |
| 1947-06-17 | Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corp. for own use as demonstrator. | |
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May 1947 saw the birth of Seabee NC6429K (s/n 674). It was delivered new by Republic's pilots and demonstrated by Republic's pilots for a total of 2 (two) days to the USAAF as Model YOA-15. The Republic pilots then flew it back to the factory where it was used by the factory as a demonstrator on the east coast the rest of that year and the next. It was never assigned a mil number or painted any other color than a standard seabee. Republic sold it to a John Philbrook, who used it in his air charter business, Adirondiacs Airways (sp?) in ? Maine. John had a second seabee in the business and was killed in that one. Mr. Herman Mau bought it from the estate. It is now in FL at his home, land locked (for a few years now) because the water level in the lake it is on is too low to fly it out !! |
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| Mr. John Philbrook; | ||
| 1968-08-13 | A/W Date. | |
| 1968-05-15 | Mr. Herman J Mau Jr.; Glen Cove Road RD #2, Moravia, NY 13118, USA. | |
| 2004-10-19 | Mr. Timothy J Mau; 1351 Fox Run Drive, STE 203,
Willoughby, OH 44094, USA.
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Updated: 2007-02-17Copyright © 2004-2007 Steinar Saevdal |
