Boeing Stearman PT-13 Kaydet

S/N 75045. 45th Example of Stearman built and one of only 92 PT13A's constructed.UK C of A. Fresh annual will be completed in November 2025Engine Lycoming R680-17Ground up restoration by Vintage Fabrics 2010Top End Overhaul by Vintech 2010Pre-War & Wartime HistoryOctober 1937. Delivered from Boeing s Wichita Plant and assigned to D Flight, 2332nd Base Unit Randolph Field, Texas, and given ID 466August 1939. Assigned to Contract Pilot School (CPS) Curtis Reynolds Field. IllinoisMarch 1941. Assigned to Spartan School of Aeronautics, Muskogee, Oklahoma.21st May 1941. Assigned to CPS, 3051st Base Unit, Hemet Field, California.25th October 1941 Assigned to the C.P.S. Visalia-Dinuba School of Aeronautics, 3051st Base Unit, Sequoia Field, California28th March 1942. Assigned to CPS at Hancock Field, California18th August 1943. Returned to Hemet Field, California.Early December 1944. Assigned to Army Air Force Base Napier Field, Alabama.18th December 1944. Nosed over on landing to avoid a collision. Pilot 2nd Lt George D Brannon uninjured.6th July 1945. Assigned to Georgia Aero Tech C.P.S., Bush Field, Augusta, Georgia10th July 1945. Struck off charge and handed to US Aeroplane Carriers Inc.30th November 1945. Sold to Maryland Airlines Inc. for $800.00 and acquired the civil registration N60658, changing to N731 in 1953. The aircraft remained as N731 until being placed on the UK register in 2016 as G-PTBA.Airplane time state:Total Time Airframe 6169 hoursTotal Time Engine 900 hours (300 since TEOH)