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T-28 TROJAN/51-3588



Serial #: 51-3588
Construction #:
  174-126
Civil Registration:
  VH-WPA
  VH-PFM
  Model(s):
  T-28A Trojan
  T-28D Trojan
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2016

History:
Delivered to United States Air Force as 51-3588, 19??.
North American Aviation, Columbus, OH, 19??.
- Converted to AT-28D
Delivered to Royal Lao AF as 3405, 19??.
- Stored, derelict, at Thong Hi Hin AB, Xieng Khouang, Laos, 1975-1988.
Col Pay & Noel Vinson syndicate, Scone, NSW, 1988.
- One of 16 aircraft recovered from Thong Hi Hin AB, Lao.
- Trucked overland to Bangkok.
- Shipped to Australia, December 1988.
F.W. Pike, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1989-1994.
- Registration VH-WPA, reserved but not taken up.
- Registered as VH-PFM, September 30, 1993.
- Restored to airworthy, Sydney-Bankstown NSW, Australia, 1990-1994.
- First flight, July 6, 1994.
- Flew as 49543/TO.
William J. R. Hamilton, Sydney, NSW, Australia, February 1994-2007.
Anthony Mitchell, Perth, WA, July 30, 2008-2013.
Christopher Godfrey, Riddells Creek, Victoria, Austtralia, November 7, 2014-2016.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013.
Australian Civil Aviation Safetly Authority.
Photo Source(s):
Ian McDonell

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