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Serial #: 45-8835 Construction #: 108-47586 Civil Registration: NX69345 N69345 CF-DKU C-FDKU N5672V |
Model(s): B-25J Mitchell Name: Betty's Dream Status: Airworthy Last info: 2015 |
Built for U.S. Army Air Force as 45-8835, August 1945.
- Not accepted by U.S. Army Air Force.
- Delivered new to RFC, Walnut Ridge, AR, October 31, 1945.
Lodwick Aircraft Industries, Lakeland, FL, February 28, 1946.
- Registered as NX69345.
Bendix Aviation Corp, Teterboro, NJ, June 1946-1966.
- Registered as N69345, 1948.
- Radar & avionics testing, modified radar nose.
Bendix Field Engineering Corp, Columbia, MD, November 1967-1972.
Ernest H. Koons, Edmonton, Alberta, August 1972.
- Registered as CF-DKU.
Aurora Aviation Ltd, Edmonton, Alberta, December 1972-1978.
G&M Aircraft Ltd, St. Albert, Alberta, 1978-1993.
- Registered as C-FDKU.
- Flew as tanker #1 (later #336).
Aero Trader Inc, Chino, CA, September 1993.
- Delivered for resale.
Chris & Patrick Harker/C&P Aviation Services/Betty's Dream LLC, St. Paul, MN, June 1994-2004.
- Restored to airworthy, Chino, CA, 1994-1999.
-- Bombay doors fitted.
- First flight, March 1999.
- Flew as Betty's Dream.
- Registered as N5672V.
Betty's Dream LLC, St Paul-Anoka County, MN, March 11, 2011-2015.
- Operated by Fighter Hangar 1, Houston TX, 2011.
- Flown as Betty's Dream.
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. Federal Aviation Administration. |
Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group Dan Johnson. Dennis Thompson Caz Caswell Terry Fletcher Research Assistance: - |
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