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    Airframe Family: Ryan ST / PT-16 / PT-20 / PT-21 / PT-22 Recruit / PT-23 / PT-25
    Latest Model:PT-22 Recruit
    Last Military Serial:41-20700 USAAC
    Construction Number:1909
    Last Civil Registration:N53071
    Compressed ID:Ryan PT-22 sn 41-20700 USAAC cn 190...
    Latest Owner or Location:Richard C. Keyt, Granbury, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a PT-22.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 41-20700.

    13 February 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N53071 (ST3KR, 1909) issued.

    2 July 1970

    To William D. Mette, Campbell, CA with new c/r N53071.

    17 February 1999

    To William D. Mette, Campbell, CA keeping c/r N53071.

    Markings Applied: 178

    20 December 2011

    To William D. Mette, Saratoga, CA keeping c/r N53071.

    20 May 2014

    To Richard C. Keyt, Granbury, TX keeping c/r N53071.

    3 September 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Warbirds on Parade Airshow, Lancaster Airport, TX.

    3 September 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Warbirds on Parade Airshow, Lancaster Airport, TX.

    3 September 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Warbirds on Parade Airshow, Lancaster Airport, TX.

    October 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At the Flying M Ranch, Reklaw, Texas

    27 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: at 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    23 January 2020

    To Richard C. Keyt, Granbury, TX keeping c/r N53071.
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