Found a new project for Taigh !

[Chappie]

Thread cleaned. Only warbird talk here, boys!

For a couple Corvette pictures? Corvettes and airplanes go hand in hand, just ask the Mercury astronauts. I thought it was getting back on track too. Alrighty then.


Chappie

[Chappie]

Hi,

The history of the USN C-45J project follows:

c/n 6564 AT-7C 43-50018 USAAF NTU to USN SNB-2C 51161 deliv 15Jun44 San Clemente. Modif to SNB-3E then SNB-3Q post-war. Remanuf by Beech to SNB-5 new c/n N-1103 deliv 15Dec53. Redesig TC-45J 18Sep62 & UC-45J 14Oct64. Stricken 30Apr68 at Davis Monthan AFB. Defense Surplus Sales Office, San Diego, CA sold to Kimberly Gold Inc, Cedar City, UT BS 25Nov70. Wendell C. Stevens, Tucson, AZ BS 15Apr72. Desert Air Parts Inc, Tucson, AZ BS 15Apr72 as UC-45J N41780 and reg’d 12Mar73. Flight Adventures Inc, Tucson, AZ BS 28Feb73. CofA 5Dec75 as TC-45J serial N1103 (rare use of new Beech c/n at remanuf) with 8,079 hrs TT. Door off operations for sport parachutiing approved 9Mar76. Outlaw Aircraft Sales Inc, Clarksville, TN BS 22Feb78. Thomas L. Risk, Morrison, CO BS 28Apr78. Erling N. Rikansrud dba Rikansrud Boat Works, Madeira Beach (later Dunedin), FL BS 27Jun79. Clark H. Goodrich, Bushnell, FL BS 2Jan91. John Mouchou, Reno, NV BS 13Sep91. Regis expired 30Jun13.

Expecting 75+ Beech airplanes of all models (17, 18, 35, 45, 55, 58, 60, 90, etc) at the annual Beech Party in Tullahoma, TN Oct 16-19. Presentations will include Walt Bowe talking about his 1937 Beech 18A Prototype restoration to flying status,a special Julie Clark show, formation flights, lots of rides, etc. See http://www.beechcraftheritagemuseum.org

Bob Parmerter

Hello Bob! Nice to see you here! I'm still trying to arrange a photo flight with the Chorman's, but they are hard to nail down during spraying season.

Chappie

[Mark Allen M]

Good looking airplane. Always liked the lines. Here's a batch from the SDASM archives for whomever finally does find a way to purchase that thing and restore it possibly in one of these schemes.


29620 UC-45J


29639 UC-45J NAS NI


29645 UC-45J


29657 SNB-5 1955


39203 UC-45J VU-7 NAS NI


39240 SNB-2


39246 SNB-2 NAS Valley Forge


39249 SNB-2 NATS


39290 TC-45J Los Alamitos


39313 UC-45J NAS WF


39800 SNB-1


51117 TC-45J Los Alamitos


51166 TC-45J NAS Lemoore


51312 UC-45J HT-8


85100 JRB-4 FAS-4 AAHS


140988 SNB-5 MCAS El Toro


140992 SNB-5 MAS Mayport at Anacostia Nov 1961


RC-45J NAS Alameda


SNB-5 NAS Moffett Field


66464 SNB-5 NAS Lemoore


51225 UC-45J NAVPro Long Beach


51225 UC-45J NPR Long Beach


39230 UC-45J NARTU JAX


C-45

[mrhenniger]

I just created a new location dossier...

Aerial Visuals - Location Dossier - Yerington Municipal Airport, Yerington, Nevada - C-45

...and this appears to be the airframe...

Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Beech18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB, s/n 51161 USN, c/r N41780

Mike

[steve dickey]

I just created a new location dossier...

Aerial Visuals - Location Dossier - Yerington Municipal Airport, Yerington, Nevada - C-45

...and this appears to be the airframe...

Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Beech18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB, s/n 51161 USN, c/r N41780

Mike

Mike, feel free to use the pictures for the dossier!

[Chris Brame]

OK, let's dig into Baugher on those C-45s:
29620 ?
29639 (c/n 7787) was USAAF 43-50215. Redesignated TC-45J Sep 18, 1962, converted to UC-45J. To N15404. WFU Apr 4, 2011, hulk at J. W. Duff scrapyard, Denver - http://john2031.com/twin_beech_18/usn_s ... 7787_1.JPG
29645 (RC-45J) to civil registry as N5245 - http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDos ... rial=26854
29657 ?
39203 ?
39240 ?
39246 ?
39249 ?
39290 ?
39313 ? (wrong #? falls into a gap between some RB-1 Conestogas and P2V-2 Neptunes)
39800 ?
51117 (c/n 6293) to civil registry as N11509. Deregistered Nov 4, 2001 as destroyed - http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier ... rial=36789
51166 (TC-45J) to civil registry as N13615 - http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDos ... rial=20807
51312 (c/n 5712) became N45N. Modified to tricycle landing gear configuration. W/O Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada Sep 13, 2001, 3 fatal - http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=23080
85100 ex USAAF 44-47423
140988 (originally 42-43483 c/n 4225) To N9494 with Geo T. Baker Aviation School, Miami, FL
140992 ?
29645 (RC-45J) to civil registry as N5245 - http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDos ... rial=26854
12363 upgraded to SNB-5/TC-45J. To civil registry as N90282 - destroyed in Manila, 1989 - http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1327306/
66464 to civil registration, last serial was N9440. Happily a survivor, listed for sale with Courtesy - http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/Current ... UC-45J.htm
51225 (UC-45J) to civil registry as N11000 - http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=3104
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39230 (UC-45J) to civil registry as N9234 - http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDos ... rial=34009
40-184 to DPC at Douglas, GA May 6, 1945

[baldursveins]

Although this is an old stream, I thougt I should try to post some photos of 66464 as it transited Iceland and left this morning on the way to France piloted by three portugese pilots. I don't know how Facebook threads really come through here, but the url should be accessible.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201435821652044&set=a.10201435820652019.1073741863.1670230265&type=3&theater

You can look at the whole album by clicking NEXT PREVIOUS above the photo.
Also here is an interestin contrast between old and new:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201435755810398&set=a.3454765142442.112203.1670230265&type=1&theater

Hope this is of interest to someone over there.

[Warbird Kid]

Thread cleaned. Only warbird talk here, boys!

Then why don't you dump this thread as well?

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=50250

I see what you did there.

[CoastieJohn]

I don't suppose anyone has anymore info on this one?? I have some calls into the school and the people there are not familiar with it. It went to the school in Petaluma on 7/16/79. It's out there somewhere.....

4231 SNB-2 39202 USN deliv 8Jan43
NAS Sanford, Chief AOTC Jacksonville. OTU VF-1 Green Cove Springs, FL Aug44.Radar School
St Simon,GA Oct45 - 46.
NARTU Anacostia Aug47 - 48. All-weather instrument panel installed ’49 (new c/n N-439).
NATS VR-6 Westover Fld May50.
Pool Buaer M&S Wichita 5Jul51.
Remanuf by Beech to SNB-5 (new c/n N-894) deliv 24Apr52.
ATC R&D Pax River May52.
PRNC Pax River Oct52.
NART NAS Minneapolis Nov54.
O&R Buaer FA Pensacola Aug57.
NAATC Corpus Christi Nov57.
O&R Buaer FR Pensacola Oct60.
NAS Anacostia May61.
NAF Andrews Feb62.
Redesig TC-45J 18Sep62.
O&R Buaer FR Pensacola Jul64.
Redesig UC-45J 14Oct64.
NART NAS Willow Grove ’65.
Photog marked VT-10 6N (NAS Lakehurst).
Davis-Monthan AFB for storage & disposition, seen there 9May70 with inventory #1 C2356N & still marked 9N.
Stricken there 21Mar73.
Regis N40080 allocated by FAA in ’73. Transf to US Dept of Agriculture, EMT School, CA. Regis canx 4Mar74.
Donated to USCG Training School, Petaluma, CA. Nothing Further Known.

[CoastieJohn]

Just got a pic of the suspect aircraft at Petaluma. No one knows where it went after the CG was thru with it. For some reason, it uploads correctly up to Photobucket but posts vertical here.

[Viking]

My dad was one of the owners of this old Beech ("Erling N. Rikansrud dba Rikansrud Boat Works, Madeira Beach (later Dunedin), FL BS 27Jun79." When I was a teenager, I remember helping him get the aircraft in flying condition. With the exception of the missing control surfaces and flight tires, it doesn't look much different. He bought it for a business venture. My dad and his friend were manufacturing electrical parts (toroid windings) in Florida and planned to fly them to Central America to have them wound with copper wiring and flown back for sale here. But, my dad blew an engine on his first flight before he even got over the Caribbean. He limped home on one engine, but, he realized that if he had been over water at the time, he might not have made it back. So, that was the last time that flight was attempted and the end of the business venture.

It's funny seeing these photos, especially the cockpit, because I remember my dad placing the tape labels on the instrument panel like he did in all the airplanes he ever owned. You can still see them in the cockpit photo. Brought me back to the 70's for a moment...