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Bureau #: 48426 Construction #: 1788 Civilian Registration: N31235 Model(s): PBY-5A Steward-Davis Super Cat Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2003 |
History: USN Department, Washington, DC, 1952-1955. - Registered as N31235. - Operated by Transocean Airlines, Oakland, CA, Apr. 1952. - Operated for Trust Territory Air services, Guam, 1952-1955. -- Forced landing, 275 mi. west of San Francisco, Sept. 30, 1955. -- Recovered by ship and badly damaged. Long Beach Aeromotive Inc, CA, 1956. - Rebuilt. C.S. Bearson, 1956. R. Lyle Golding, Long Beach, CA, 1956-1958. Pacific Airlines, /San Francisco, CA, 1958-1961. Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines, Juneau, AK, 1961. Alaska Coastal Airlines, Juneau, AK, 1963-1966. Alaska Airline, Inc, Seattle, WA, 1969. Robert P. Schlaefli/SLAFCO, Moses Lake, WA, 1972-1999. - Flown as tanker #80 (later #98). Carmacks Commercial Corp, Anchorage, AK, Nov. 2003. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2006. |
Photo Source(s): Nicolai Musante Research Assistance: N/A |
