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AT-6D TEXAN/42-84266
AT-6D Texan 42-84266
Serial #: 42-84266
Construction #: 88-6047
Civil Registration:
  N5199V
Model(s):
  AT-6D Texan
  SNJ-5
Name: Gotcha!
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as SNJ-5 as Bu. 43875.
- BOC: Unknown.
- SOC: Unknown.
Private Owner, 19??.
- Registered as N5199V.
Certificate of Airworthiness issued March 2, 1960.
Leo J. Demers, Madras, OR, 1963-1964.
Chuck Drake, Seattle, WA, 1966
Professional Planning Group, Seattle, WA, 1969-1970.
- Flew as race #6.
Aviation Unlimited, Renton, WA, 1972.
- Flew as race #9/"Gotcha!".
West Pacific Electric, Grants Pass, OR, 1976-1977.
Marshal Wells, 1977-1978
- Flew as race #9 "Cum'n Thru!".
Wilbert L. Mehrer, Portland,OR, November 2, 1983-2002.
- Flew as race #9/"Lickety Split".
Kent I. Mehrer/Lickety Split Race Team Inc, Portland, OR, August 2003-2015.
- Flown as race #9/"Lickety Split".
Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum, Hood River, OR, 2014-2015/
- Displayed.
Shadow Ventures LLC, Chesapeake, VA, January 20, 2017-2019.
Forgotten Heroes Foundfation, Chesapeake, VA, March 20, 2019-2022.
V2 Aviation LLC, Mishawaka, IN, September 12, 2022-2025.
- Flown in red and white scheme as race $9/ "Gotcha!".
AT-6D Texan 42-84266
AT-6D Texan 42-84266
AT-6D Texan 42-84266
AT-6D Texan 42-84266
AT-6D Texan 42-84266
AT-6D Texan 42-84266
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2006.
Photo Source(s):
William T. Larkins

Research Assistance:
None.