Aircraft Photo of NC997E | Command Aire 5C3 | AirHistory.net #607744
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:NC997E
Aircraft Original Type:Command Aire 5C3
Aircraft Generic Type:Command Aire 5C3
Aircraft Version:Command Aire 5C3
C/n (msn):W-136
Location
City / Airport:BrodheadMap
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: C37   Other: -
Event:MAAC Grassroots Fly in 2023
 
Photo Date:9 September 2023
Photo by:Tim Spearman
Photo ID: 607744
Photo Comment

Built in 1929 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Sold to the Curtiss Flying Service of Delaware and used by them largely for crop dusting being registered briefly as NR997E for this purpose. Sold in 1932 to the Eagle Aircraft Company of North Carolina who subsequently sold it in 1942 to a Florida based owner who once again converted it for use as a crop duster. Last flown circa 1955 and then spent many years in storage in California before being restored in a project that ran from 1978 until the aircraft flew again in 2006. Purchased by its current owner in February 2023

This photo is copyright © Tim Spearman, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

It was added on 3 October 2023, and has since been viewed 495 times.


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