N4453 - 1967 GRUMMAN G44 WIDGEON

1967

GRUMMAN

G44 WIDGEON

31

N4453

Used

Huge price drop!! The one and only Fantasy Island TV show "De Plane." 1967 Grumman Type 30 Super Widgeon N4453. Just 915 hours total time, last Widgeon ever built (Scan, by Mansdorf), Lycoming R680 300HP engines, most McKinnon updates. Fully restored in 2003, fresh annual. $359,000. History: The last Widgeon ever built, this in 1967 by the Lee Mansdorf Company from the Scan Company’s remaining Widgeon inventory, and of only three remaining in this highly upgraded configuration. Aaron Spelling’s Hollywood production company leased N4453 from its then British Columbia’s owners in 1976 and N4453 became one of the “Fantasy Island’s” hit TV series stars. After it’s huge show fame, ‘4453 ended up with different owners, and in the mid-1980’s was confiscated by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics for drug smuggling. Sold at auction, the plane was then rescued and by 2001 was completely refurbished and restored to its present immaculate, better –than-new condition. In 2003, N4453 was voted best “Contemporary Aircraft” at the Tulsa Regional Fly-in. Delivery in Branson, Missouri

Very Low Total Time Since New: 915 Hours Total Time Weights: 4356 lbs EW, 5500 lbs GW (Land & Water), 158 USG Total Fuel

Engine Type: Lycoming R680-E3, 300HP , s/n’s 10869, 11442 Left Engine Time: 915 Hours Since Overhaul (Aero Engines, 6/64) Right Engine Time: 478 Hours Since Overhaul (Monarch Aviation, 10/75)

3 Bladed, Full Feathering Propellers Type: Hartzell 93Z20-2D1, s/n’s 1172A, 1552A Times: 217/217 Hours Since Overhaul (Palm Beach Propeller, 5/86)

IFR Enroute/Approach GPS/Map: Bendix/King KLN89B #1 Com/Nav/GS : Bendix/King KX155 (w/KI-109 Indicator) #2 Com: Bendix/King KY196 #2 Nav/GS: Bendix/King KY53 (w/KI-109 Indicator) DME: Bendix/King KN62 ADF: Bendix/King KR87 (w/KI227 Indicator & KA44 Loop Antenna) Transponder/Encoder: Bendix/King KT76A/Narco AR850 Audio Panel/Marker Beacon Bendix/King KMA24/Bendix/King KRA21 Intercom: Sigtronics SPA400

Large 32” x 32” Entry Door Most McKinnon Upgrades Emergency Exit Hull Skegs Aft 24 Volt Battery System Certified Bilge Pump Alcor EGT Gauge Sherman Aero Depth Finder Dual Whelen Strobes Davtron Electronic Temp Gauge

Outstanding overall Jetglo in sunfast red, with Acryglo Las Vegas gold and light burgundy trim.

Outstanding condition, 3 individual seats plus a 4 place couch in overall tan and burgundy vinyl, w/ burgundy curtains (Aero Mod Services, Midland,TX 12/01, the 3 individual seats are certified for take-off /landing). Modernized instrument panels, aft baggage compartment, forward docking hatch.

US Certification: New Standard Category issued on 8/7/1967 (Type Certificate A-734) Logs/Damage: Complete Logs Since New/No Damage History After Restoration Annual, Oil Change, IFR: Fresh