Beech E18S (Hamilton Westwind III), N38L / 6323, Private
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Registration: N38L
Construction Number: 6323
Model Beech E18S (Hamilton Westwind III)
Operator: Private
Airport: Bridgewater Air Park (VBW / KVBW), USA - Virginia
Photographer: Chris England
Date Taken: 24/09/2007
Date Submitted: 27/12/2011
Built as US Navy SNB-2C Navigator 51132, and upgraded by Beech as a TC-45J/SNB-5 in the early 1950s. Sold as N16008 26/7/65. Converted to Westwind III in 1974. Became C-GBLI in April 1989, and then N38L. Destroyed in December 2010 when it crashed into the sea off Nassau with the loss of two lives. (NB The registration N38L was previously carried by Beech E18S c/n BA-223, cancelled in 1989.)
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