REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 839

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AIRCRAFT DATA

Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 839
Manufacturing Date: 1947-05-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Remarks: Canadian CAR File # 5008-D11-13.
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
CF-DKM 1946-04-08 Date of Allotment to Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
Reserved for Leavens Bros. Air Services, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1947-05-?? Manufacturing Date.
1947-05-?? Test flight.
1947-05-27 Date of Deletion of Reservation.
1947-05-27 US CAA C of A for Export # E-15816 issued.
1947-06-03 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Leavens Bros. Air Services, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1947-06-07 Registered on Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
????-??-?? C of R issued to:
Russell L. Bradley; Ontario.
1950-06-16 Go Home Bay, Ontario: On the last quarter of final approach, on an emergency landing, the pilot H. S. Clegg lowered flaps. He stated that he remembered levelling off but the next thing he knew, he was in the water. It is considered that the pilot wheels down instead of flaps. Operator (Owner): Russell L. Bradley. Damage: Severely damaged. Injuries: Pilot suffered lacerations and a broken wrist. Passenger - a broken jaw. [Canadian CAR Files # 5008-D11-13 / 5802-14234].
1950-08-21 Deleted from Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
www.historiccar.ca.
Barry Collman.
Terry Judge.

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