TEXAN/44-80910
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Serial #: 44-80911 Construction #: 121-41633 Civil Registration: N2266Z N1038A
Model(s):
AT-6D Texan SNJ-5 Name: War Dog Status: Airworthy Last info: 2003
History:
Delivered to USN as Bu. 90917 Delivered to JMSDF as 201-6193 (later 90917), June 1957. Kanai-Shoji Co, Kanagawaken, Japan, July 1, 1976. - Acquired as scrap. Dennis Buehn, Long Beach, May 1978. - Registration candidate as N2266Z. - Recovered from Japanese scrapyard, May 1978. - Shipped to Compton, CA. Dennis G. Buehn/Warbirds West, Compton, CA, May 1979-1980. - Registered as N1038A. - Restored to airworthy Certificate Of Airworthiness issued December 19, 1979. - Flew as Marines/90917. Howard L. Gribble & John Collver, Lomita, CA, January 1980-1986. John Collver, Lomita, CA, 1987-2003. - Flown as "War Dog".
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. |
