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N218GB gets transported.

Photo: Dirk Septer © 02 June 2025 - Aird Archives

N218GB on the ramp at Lake Hood, Anchorage.

Photo: Joe Joe Prince © 23 May 2025 - Aird Archives

N218GB snug on the ramp at Merrill Field, Anchorage.

Photos: Fred Wallis © 23 February 2006 - Aird Archives

N218GB at Cordova, AK.

Photo: David Lednicer © 23 June 2005 - Aird Archives

56-4426 with friends at MASDC.

Photo: Peter Keating © 08 May 1976 - Aird Archives - via aflyinghistory.com - Aird Archives

56-4426 with Michigan Army National Guard at Battle Creek.

Photo: Unknown photographer © slide dated September 1967 - Aird Archives

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56-4426

N218GB

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• 56-4426 US Army # 1740. L-20 No. 741. Command A-12. Delivered 30-Oct-1957. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.

• 56-4426 Michigan ANG. Dates unknown.

• 56-4426 Stored at MASDC., Davis Monthan AFB., AZ. 23-Apr-1974 to 20-Jul-1976 PCN (Product Control Number) UD055.

• N218GB US Department of Agriculture, Mission, TX. Regd Jul-1976.

• Independent School District 564. Thief River Falls, MN. On USCAR at 02-Mar-1990.

• N218GB Cordova Air Service Inc., Eyak Lake / Cordova, AK. Regd 29-Jan-1991.

Airworthiness date: 20-May-1991. Category – Normal.

Accident: Mar-1992. Crashed, details unknown; rebuilt.

• N218GB Salted Caramel LLC., Wilmington, DE. Regd 04-Jan-2025.

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