REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 846

SE-ERT (s/n 846)
Skae-Edeby, Sweden, July 1980
Photo: © Lars E. Lundin

N6573K (s/n 846)
Bromma, Sweden, 1975-07-01
Photo: © Lars E. Lundin

AIRCRAFT DATA

Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation, Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: Republic RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 846
Manufacturing Date: 1947-05-20
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Remarks: Extended Wings (Miller)
Droop Wing Tips (Miller)
Extended spray rails (Daubenspeck D-1)
Water rudder
Dual magnetos
Modified instrument panel
Battery and anchor storage under floor
3-bladed Hartzell reversible propeller
Shielded ignition
Auxilary Bendix fuel pump
Flush fuel filler nozzle
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
NC6573K
N6573K
1947-05- Manufacturing Date.
1947-05- Test flight.
1947-05-20 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corp. to Capitol Aircraft Sales, Clinton, Maryland.
   
   
1973- Mr. W. H. Dewey; Dubois Chemical Italiana SpA, Via Montesento 168, I-22040 Como,  Italy
1973- Shipped from USA to Italy by container ship summer 1973.  Parts from I-SIBI.
1973-11 First flight in Europe.
1975- Mr. W. H. Dewey;c/o Dubois Chemie GmbH, Bernerstrasse 77, D-6000 Frankfurt m/56, West-Germany 
1975- For sale at $22,500 from Munich Airport, when Mr. Dewey moved back to the USA in June 1975. Sold to Sweden.
1979- Cancelled from US CAR.
SE-ERT 1979-05-17 Mr. Roland G. Persheden
Fredsgatan 11
SE-172 33 Sundbyberg
Sweden
   
     

 

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