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Wildchild
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Oops, ment to say last factory built N3N on floats...

But i must be wrong :P

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Jeff,

Is that Chilean one the last N3N-1 left, or are there any others that I am not aware of?

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Eric Presten wrote:
Jeff,

Is that Chilean one the last N3N-1 left, or are there any others that I am not aware of?

Eric P.


There is one here in the USA!!! Ive been trying to track it down, its last sighting was in the early 80's and I have a couple of bad pics of the fuselage.

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BTW, Kermits N3N......................still dont know the Bureau Number!!!!
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Wildchild wrote:
Oops, ment to say last factory built N3N on floats...

But i must be wrong :P


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Me with where we found our center float.
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Oh MAN that had to be a sight going down the road.

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