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SNJ-2/Bu. 2027
SNJ-2 Bu. 2027
Bureau #: 2027
Construction #: 65-2016
Civil Registration:
  NC63641
  N63641
  N2137E
  N40HS
Model(s):
  SNJ-2
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 2027
- BOC: Unknown.
- SOC: Unknown.
W. P. O’Brien, Chicago, IL, 1946.
- Registered as NC63641.
Aero Enterprises Inc, Elkhart, IN, 1963-1964.
- Registered as N63641.
Dell L. Shady, Huntsville, AL, 1966-1984.
- Registered as N2137E.
Reported in open storage in derelict condition, Huntsville, AL, 1972-1982.
Re-added to U.S. Civil Register, August 1990.
Hangar 6 Inc, Cincinatti-Lunkin Airport, OH, July 1991-1992.
- Registered as N40HS.
Neal T. Schaefer/SSS Inc, Cincinatti, OH, September 1992-1995.
- Restored to airworthy, first flight 1993.
- Flew as USN Scheme as Bu.2027.
Bill Spurling, Evansville, IN, February 5, 1996-2002.
Spur Leasing Inc, Evansville, IN, December 10, 2018.
Brian Henderson, Colorado Springs, CA, July 15, 2024-2025.
SNJ-2 Bu. 2027
SNJ-2 Bu. 2027
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Photo Source(s):
Grady Lisk.
Rian Olsen collection.
James W. Eubanks.

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