| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N39JR |
| Alternate Registration: | NX39JR |
| Fleet number: | 18 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boland Tsunami |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boland Tsunami |
| Aircraft Version: | Boland Tsunami |
| C/n (msn): | 001 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Reno - Reno / SteadMap |
| Region / Country: | Nevada, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: RTS Other: - |
| Photo Date: | September 1991 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 537500 |
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This aircraft was designed by Bruce Boland and financed by John Sandberg. It made its first flight 17-Aug-1986. It was powerd by a 2400hp Rolls Royce V-1650-7 Merlin engine. The manufacturer was listed in the US register as Aviation Engineering and Development Associates. The aircraft crashed 25-Sep-1991 while landing at Pierre-Muncipal, SD, because one of the flaps did not come out correctly. Unfortunately John Sandberg was killed. The registration was cancelled 01-Jul-2014. Here it was photographed just days before the crash. Photo by: withheld This photo was added on 8 January 2023, and has since been viewed 474 times. |