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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:41-20798 USAAF
    Construction Number:2007
    Last Civil Registration:N780SR
    Compressed ID:Ryan PT-22 sn 41-20798 USAAF cn 200...
    Latest Owner or Location:August Aero Llc, Kalispell, MT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-22.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-20798.

    19 August 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N780SR (ST3KR, 2007) issued.

    To Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum/Tom Reilly, Kissimmee Municipal Airport, Kissimmee, FL.
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    1 June 1987

    To William B. Burch, Winter Garden, FL with new c/r N780SR.

    10 March 1990


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: N780SR I-343 (41-20798) Ryan ST3KR PT-22 Recruit, at Tico 10-3-90

    March 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum in Kissimmee, Florida.

    19 February 1997

    To William B. Burch, Winter Garden, FL with new c/r N780SR.

    March 1997


    Photographer: Tom Roberts
    Notes: Photographed at the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum, in Kissimmee, Florida.

    20 October 2007

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Unadilla, GA, United States while on decent. The damage was substantial. The pilot was flying the recently-acquired airplane on a cross-country flight. During the descent for landing, the engine shook violently followed by the wooden propeller blades separating at the hub. The pilot landed the airplane in a field, resulting in substantial damage...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    26 August 2008

    To Gecko Air Llc, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N780SR.

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N780SR (ST3KR, 2007) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2019

    To William B. Burch, Winter Garden, FL keeping c/r N780SR.

    8 May 2020

    To August Aero Llc, Kalispell, MT keeping c/r N780SR.
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