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PV-1 Ventura/Bu. 34607



Bureau #: 34607
Construction #:
  237-5497
Civil Registration:
  N75382
  N100M
  N510N
  N501N
  N2ES
  N52ES
Model(s):
  PV-1
  GR Mk.V
  Howard 400
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: ?
  History:
Delivered to Royal Canadian AF as 2228.
- BOC: July 22, 1943.
- SOC: Feb. 28, 1951.
Spartan Air Services Ltd, Ottawa, Ontario, Sept. 24, 1952-1955.
Howard Aero Service, San Antonio, TX, June 14, 1955-1960.
- Registered as N75382 .
- Reregistered as N100M, Aug. 1959.
- Flew with "Howard 500" titles for publicity, 1959.
- Converted to pressurized Ventura, model renamed Howard 400, completed Jan. 27, 1960.
-- Line #28 Northern Natural Gas, Omaha, NE, Jan. 15, 1960-1961.
- Damaged when undercarriage collapsed on landing, Billings, MT, Apr. 12, 1961.
- Registered as N501N, May 22, 1961.
Nello L.Teer Co, Durham, NC, Mar. 17, 1965-1972.
Dee Howard Co, San Antonio TX 31.1.72 A. P. St.Philip Inc, Tampa FL 2.6.72/75 Casey Aviation Inc, Pittsburgh PA 1.75/76 Transecutive Aviation, Pittsburgh, PA, Aug. 11, 1976-1984.
- Registered as N2ES, July 1977.
- Registered as N52ES, June 2, 1984.
R. M. Richards/ Onyx Aviation, Miami, FL, Oct. 1984.
Clifton F. Albright, Memphis, TN, Oct. 29, 1984.
Incomplete sale to Edwin B. Dearborn, Kenner, LA, Nov. 1984.

Unconfirmed report spotted aircraft derelict in Bogata, Columbia in Venezeulan registration.
Reported transfered to Aeronautical Museum, Catam AFB, Eldorado, Columbia.
- Displayed in 1940s Colombian Air Force markings to represent the Presidential Lodestar.


Source(s):
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2004.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Lockheed Twins Site
Photo Source(s):
None