Beech AT-11 Information

AT-11 Aircraft Histories, from Bob Parmerter

3815 (3906), SNB-1 C-GICC, ex BuNo 51025, N7275C, later N145SC (usually incorrectly identified as cn 3906) 3815 SNB-1 51025 USN accepted 17Aug43. To NAS Denver ‘47. To Naval Air Ordinance Training Station, Chincoteague Naval Auxiliary Air Station, VA ‘50. To Bureau of Aeronautics Maintenance & Supply, Pensacola ‘51. To Detroit Bureau of Aeronautics Representative, Naval Reserve Air Base, Detroit ‘51-’53. Struck 24Jul57 with 3807 hrs TT and stored at NAF Litchfield Park, Phoenix, AZ. Sold by the USN Contracting Officer NAS North Island, San Diego to Thurman E. Yates, Gila, NM for $5,625. Invoice dated 121Oct57 but BS dated 18May58 (FAA forms have erroneous c/n 3906). CofA & reg’d as SNB-1 N7275C on12Feb58. Exterior cabin door enlarged & jump step for smoke jumpers installed using US Forest Service drawings 10Feb59. Hartzell 3 bladed props installed 3Feb62. To Jimmie M. Grimes, Silver City, NM BS 19Aug63 for $5,400 incld spare engine & parts. [Carried El Paso Skydivers to 15,500 ft for drop at dedication of Silver City, NM Arpt 25Oct64]. To Robert Iozia, El Paso, TX/Miami Shores, FL BS 7Nov68. To James F. Peterson, El Paso, TX BS 23May69. To Custom Welding & Fabricating Inc, Mooringsport, LA BS 2Feb80. Canx 6Mar81 as exported to Canada. To Jerry C. James, Vancouver, BC BS 4Mar81 as C-GICC. It had Navy, Caddo Lake, Swamp Chicken markings. To Courtesy Aircraft, Rockford, IL BS 6Jan84. Canx CCAR 23Jan84. To Wm Russell, Raybourne Thompson, & Douglas L. Scott, Houston, TX BS 18Jan84. Reg’d 30Jan84 as N145SC & CofA 14Feb84. Douglas L. Scott to Russell & Thompson BS Aug84. Seen Mar85 in “San Diego NAS 25” markings. By Oct86 in Chinese AF marks. By '88 modified with working bomb bay doors, porthole cabin windows, smoke system, gun turret with propane sound effects & turret fairings. US Navy “C-55” markings seen by Oct95. For sale by Stetson Aircraft, Kenedy, TX in ‘06. Paul Walton, Indianapolis, IN reg’d 19Sep06.