RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 77. Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird (CF-BGZ c/n 1, NC16793 c/n 1)
Top: Photographed at Portland Internation Airport, Oregon, USA, August 1970, by Ron Dupas
Third: APS No. 1638B (No. 1638 was used twice)
Fourth: APS No. 1639

Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird
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08/31/2007. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Flown in 1936 the sole four-seat amphibian F-4 (also known as F-401) was registered as NX16793.

Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird
APS No. 1638A (Steve Carle Collection)

Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird
APS No. 1638B

Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird
APS No. 1639

Subsequently it was sold to a mining company in Canada were it was registered as CF-BGZ.

Fleetwings F-4 Sea Bird
NC16793 (Phil Gies Collection)

In 1940 it returned to the USA, registered as NC16793 it is still on the register as of this day."


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