Contact Information
Aircraft Details
- Price: Call for Price
- Year: 1937
- Make/Model: Boeing PT-13 Kaydet E75
- Registration Number: G-PTBA
- Power: Piston
- Engines: 1 Engine
- Listing ID: 6874924
- Partner ID: 62282
- Posted On: Apr 22, 2025
- Updated On: Jun 22, 2025
Description
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 July 2025
Engine Lycoming R680-17
Ground up restoration by Vintage Fabrics 2010
Top End Overhaul by Vintech 2010
Pre-War & Wartime History
October 1937. Delivered from Boeing s Wichita Plant and assigned to D Flight, 2332nd Base Unit Randolph Field, Texas, and given ID 466
August 1939. Assigned to Contract Pilot School (CPS) Curtis Reynolds Field. Illinois
March 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, California
28th March 1942. Assigned to CPS at Hancock Field, California
18th 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, Georgia
10th 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 hours
Total Time Engine 900 hours (300 since TEOH)
Avionics
Trig VHF Radio
Transponder
Interior
9/10
Exterior
9/10
Additional Features
Includes the following:
2No.Seat Parachutes
Cockpit Cover
Tow Bar
Spares
Sensible offers will be considered.