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Serial number
1-051
Manufacture date
July 8, 1955
Original airframe identity
NAV-4-2323B (NC5423K)
Current status
Destroyed (scrapped)
N480E
July 1954 - October 1956
Cameron Iron Works, Inc.
Galveston, TX, USA
Cameron Iron Works, Inc.
Galveston, TX, USA
- May 31, 1955 - FAA Certificate of Airworthiness issued in the experimental category for demonstration flights only.
- June 30, 1955 - FAA issues a standard category Certificate of Airworthiness.
- Operated as the Camair demonstrator.
This factory promotion photo shows a beautifully painted N480E.
Photo courtesy of Camair via Sierra Hotel Aero
And in another view, this time in black and white.
Photo courtesy of Camair
October 1956 - October 1957
Thomas Wright Jr. and Richard Wright III
Durham, NC, USA
Thomas Wright Jr. and Richard Wright III
Durham, NC, USA
October 1957 - October 1957
Graubart Aviation, Inc.
Chicago, IL, USA
Graubart Aviation, Inc.
Chicago, IL, USA
October 1957 - June 1958
T.C. Williams Jr., L.L. Hicks and L. Turner
Kenosha, WI, USA
T.C. Williams Jr., L.L. Hicks and L. Turner
Kenosha, WI, USA
June 1958 - June 1958
Vest Aircraft and Finance Co.
Denver, CO, USA
Vest Aircraft and Finance Co.
Denver, CO, USA
June 1958 - March 1959
Ranger Oil Co.
Lusk, WY, USA
Ranger Oil Co.
Lusk, WY, USA
- Based in Calgary, AB, Canada.
N408E, seen at Edmonton, AB back in the mid-1950s.
Photo courtesy of Ron Dupas via 1000aircraftphotos.com
N480E, captured in an air-to-air shot from the cockpit of a Beech 18.
Photo courtesy of Franz McTavish via Ken McTavish
March 1959 - April 1959
Combs Aircraft, Inc.
Denver, CO, USA
Combs Aircraft, Inc.
Denver, CO, USA
- April 6, 1959 - Purchased for $17,541.50
April 1959 - May 1965
Mid-Continent Leasing Co. Inc.
Amarillo, TX, USA
Mid-Continent Leasing Co. Inc.
Amarillo, TX, USA
- May 18, 1965 - FAA records indicate the aircraft as being "dismantled or salvaged" and "totally destroyed or scrapped."