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Black Hills Aviation pre-1969. Photo source unkown
  
44-85813 Approximate History
Curtiss-Wright Corp 1945-1957
Fifth engine added to nose, XT-35 turboprop
Curtiss-Wright Corp 1957-1966
Designated N6694C, flown for propeller research
Ewing Aviation Co 1966-1969.
Ewing-Kolb Aircraft 1969-1970.
Arnold Kolb of Black Hills Aviation 1970-1980
Crashed on approach Bear Pen, NC, 1980
Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft, Kissimee, FL 1985-2005
Purchased by Tech II, Inc./Shiffer Family
Being Restored at Grimes Airport in Urbana, OH

Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Matt Gunsch