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Old 1st Jun 2013, 17:46
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Please could anyone with information on the early life of this aircraft, a Pa18a 150 supercub serial number 18-2517 point me at it? I would like to have it for her birthday party in september. i've tried on spotter's forum and supercub.org, not much info yet. I know she was OO LUL and maybe PH NEV and was built as a 135.
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Yes, well. i did say early life. Right now it is in the hangar at Chauvigny. My husband and I (er, the owners) are in Antigny, just down the road. History, anyone?
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Airframe Info

Manufacturer: Piper
Model: L-18C Super Cub* * Search all Piper L-18C Super Cub
Year built: 1953
Construction Number (C/N): 18-2517
Aircraft Type: Fixed wing single engine
Number of Seats: 2
Number of Engines: 1
Engine Type: Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model: Lycoming O-320-A2C
Also Registered As:
G-BPUL*
MM52-2417* De-registered
I-EIRU* De-registered
OO-LUL* De-registered
Aircraft

Registration Number: 52-2417
Current Status: De-registered
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United States
The information above comes from another website. PH NEV comes from a spotter site I found some years ago, and I don't have it bookmarked
I believe the upgrade to 150 spec happened after the second or third cropspraying crash, and the new wings came from an Italian cub. The cub was based at Kortrijk when we bought it as OO LUL
I don't think she was ever an airforce aircraft.
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There is a definite conflict of information. I have another source giving I EIRU as the civil registration after service with the Italian airforce as Mm52-2417

1952 USAF Serial Numbers

But this gives 18-2017 as the constructor's number

No docs beore OO LL

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PC, is that Antigny, near Vouvant?
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Antigny near Poitiers and Chauvigny, 86310 Vienne
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Shouldn't really post same question on two different threads

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