THURSTON TSC-1A TEAL # 1

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N1968S
Eagles Nest, Florida
2007-11-03
Photo: © Tom Beck

Aircraft Data

Manufacturer: Thurston Aircraft Corporation, Sanford, Maine, USA
Model: TSC-1A/1 Teal
Type Certificate No: A15EA
Serial Number: 1
Manufacturing Date: 1968-
Engine:

Avco Lycoming O-320-A3B 150 hp @ 2700 RPM

Modifications: Converted from Model TSC-1A to Model TSC-1A1 with the installation of wing fuel tanks.  Modified with extended wings and tailplane.
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
N1968T 1968- Manufacturing Date, built at Sanford Airport, Maine.
1968- Registered on US CAR to Thurston Aircraft Corporation, Sanford, Maine, USA.
1968- US Experimental C of A issued.
1968-06 First flight by test pilot Young? from Sanford Airport, Maine, USA.
1968- First water landing and water take off.
   
? Cancelled from US CAR as sold to Canada.
C-GREE 1987-07-16 Mr. Robert N. Baldwin; Cayuga, Ontario, Canada.
1990-12-13 Mr. William B. T. Thorkelson; Thornton, Ontario, Canada.
1991-03-14 Sale reported to Canadian CAR.
1991-03-20 Oxford Air Services Ltd, Thomas H. Martindale; Springfield,  Ontario, Canada.
   
   
   
   
   
1992-10-21 Cancelled from Canadian CAR.  
N1968S 1992-10-22 Registered on US CAR to:
Mr. Hugh J. Donahue; Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA.  
1992-11-19 C of A issued.  
1993-10-31 Registration pending to: Mr. Mark W. Elliott; Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
1994-03-24 Mr. Mark W. Elliott; Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
1998-02-03 Destroyed by tornado at Miami International Airport.
1999-05-05 Mr. Per Aanonsen; Flagler Beach, Florida, USA.
2003- Rebuild completed by Per Aanonsen.
   
     

N1968T (s/n 1)
Teal prototype1968
Photo: © Howard Levy?

N1968T (s/n 1)
Teal prototype1968
Photo: © Howard Levy

N1968T (Photo: Howard Levy)

N1968T (s/n 1)
Teal prototype1968
Photo: © Howard Levy?

N1968S (s/n 1)
After hit by tornado, March 1998
Photo: © Per Aanonsen

N1968S (s/n 1)
After hit by tornado, March 1998
Photo: © Per Aanonsen

N1968S (s/n 1)
After hit by tornado, March 1998
Photo: © Per Aanonsen

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