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LOCKHEED PV-2 HARPOON/Bu. 37499

History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37480.

• Brought On Charge: N/A
• Struck Off Charge: N/A
• Stored, awaiting disposal, NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, December 1955-1957.

B. Vallon, San Francisco, CA, March 28, 1957.

• Registered as N7080C.

E. D. Weiner, Van Nuys, CA, March 28, 1957.
A. S. Murphy, Yerington, NV, December 1957-1961.

• Civil conversion by Oakland Airmotive, Oakland, CA, completed May 20, 1958.

Howard Aero Inc, San Antonio, TX, June 19, 1961-1963.

• Operated as a corporate transport.

Business Aircraft Corp, San Antonio, TX, April 20, 1963.
Ralph S. Johnson/Master Equipment Co, Cheyenne, WY, December 1963-1979.

• Certificate of airworthiness renewed in agricultural category, May 18, 1965.
• Later configured as a fire tanker with 1200 gallon tank.
• Flew as tanker #C39 (later #39)

Ralph S. Johnson/RALCO Inc, Cheyenne, WY, February 1979.
Russell G. Comstock, Danville, CA, August 26, 1981-1989.

• Leased by T & G Aviation Inc, Chandler, AZ, 1981-1983.

John W. Hirth/Hirth Air Tankers, Dothan, AL, (later Buffalo, WY,), November 1989-1998.

• Flew as tanker #39.

Constance C. Hirth, Buffalo, WY, March 9, 1998-2005.

• Flew as tanker #39.
• Withdrawn from use and placed into storage, Buffalo, WY, 1998-2008.

Aubie Pearman, Tupelo, MS, May 2005-2008.

• Purchased at auction.

Free Flite LLC, Felton, DE, July 7, 2011-2020.
Removed from U.S. Civil registry on February 03, 2020.

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