This aircraft was en route to Dearborn, Michigan to participate in the 2003 National Air Tour. The tour was from 8 September to 24 September 2003. It started and ended in Dearborn, circling the eastern half of the U.S. The tour covered 27 cities and 4000 miles. The original National Air Tours were held from 1925 through 1931. This a/c, assigned #4 for the tour, was owned by Mr. Henry Galpin of Montana.

Built in 1928 and attending the fly-in at Blakesburg from its base at Kalispell, Montana.