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    Airframe Family: Beech 45/T-34 Mentor
    Latest Model:D45
    Last Military Serial:144082 USN
    Construction Number:BG-389
    Last Civil Registration:N7YS
    Compressed ID:Beech D45 sn 144082 USN cn BG-389 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mentor Aviation Llc, Las Vegas, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a D45 with USN BuNo 144082.

    31 October 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7YS (D-45, BG-389) issued.

    20 June 1996

    To Patricia A. Bowen, Moscow, ID with new c/r N7YS.

    15 June 1999

    To Patricia A. Bowen, Carson City, NV with new c/r N7YS.

    4 May 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N7YS.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Post Falls, ID.

    26 July 2016

    To Suite B Llc, Post Falls, ID keeping c/r N7YS.

    27 October 2018

    To Patricia A. Bowen, Moscow, ID keeping c/r N7YS.

    24 February 2020

    To Mentor Aviation Llc, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N7YS.

    25 July 2022


    Photographer: Steven Dennis
    Notes: Taken at EAA Airventure Oshkosh, WI

    16 April 2025


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Southern California Air Show at March ARB, Riverside, CA.

    16 April 2025


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Southern California Air Show at March ARB, Riverside, CA.
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