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    Airframe Family: Pilatus P-3 / PC-7
    Latest Model:P-3-05
    Last Military Serial:A-848 SwiAF
    Construction Number:486-35
    Last Civil Registration:N848AD
    Compressed ID:Pilatus P-3-05 sn A-848 SwiAF cn 48...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fliegermuseum (Swiss Flying Museum), Altenrhein Airport, Altenrhein, Saint Gallen

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1959

    Constructed as a P-3-05.

    17 March 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n A-848.

    22 April 1995

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Swiss Air Force.

    February 1997

    To unknown owner with c/r HB-RCO.

    19 November 2001

    To unknown owner with c/r N848AD.

    29 November 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX848AD (P3-05, 486-35) issued.

    20 April 2004

    To Richard G. Mayfield, Hickory, NC with new c/r N848AD.

    15 November 2005

    To Eric R. Bartsch, Champaign, IL keeping c/r N848AD.

    27 July 2009


    Photographer: Todd Royer

    14 February 2011

    To Cresta Aviation Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N848AD.

    5 June 2011


    Photographer: Mario Richard
    Notes: departure at Grenchen LSZG

    6 June 2015


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Haslital Air Day, Meiringen AFB, Switzerland

    12 April 2017

    To Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee, Albuquerque, NM keeping c/r N848AD.

    Placed on display with Fliegermuseum (Swiss Flying Museum), Altenrhein Airport, Altenrhein, Saint Gallen.
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    1 April 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Altenrhein, Switzerland

    3 June 2022

    Civil registration, N848AD, cancelled.
    Exported to Switzerland.

    2 September 2022


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: HB-RCO without nose art, but with prominent reg and Fliegermuseum Altenrhein logo on the tail at Airpower 2022, Zeltweg, Austria

    17 February 2023


    Photographer: Mario Richard
    Notes: at Fliegermuseum Altenrhein

    20 July 2024


    Photographer: Mario Richard
    Notes: Stanserhorn Flugparade Switzerland
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