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T-6J TEXAN/51-17179
T-6J Texan 51-17179
Serial #: 51-17179
Construction #: CCF4-361
Civil Registration:
  N1363W
  N36FC
Model(s):
  T-6J Texan
Name: None
Status: Airworthy (2019)
Last info: 2025
History:
Delivered to United States Air Force as 51-17179
- BOC: Unknown.
- SOC: Unknown.
Delivered to Italian Air Force/AMI as MM53816.
- BOC: 1976.
- SOC: 1981.
- Coded as SC-63.
- Open storage, derelict, Grottaglie AB, Taranto, Italy, 1976-1981.
Offered for sale by US Defense Logistics Agency, May 1981.
Warbirds West, Torrance, CA, November 1981.
- Registered as N1363W.
Frank G. Compton, Torrance, CA, 1986-2008.
- Rebuilt with geared R1340-61
-- Fitted with 3 bladed prop.
- Flew in red target drone scheme as "SNJ-6K NAVY 28".
- Registered as N36FC, July 1995.
Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee, Onalaska, TX, August 27, 2012-2020.
- Based in Czech Republic as blue ”US Navy 135/PT”.
Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee, Oklahoma City, OK, January 27, 2020.
Aerospace Trust Management LLC, Wilmington, DE, January 13, 2023-2025.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Photo Source(s):
William T. Larkins

Research Assistance:
Lukas Schatzmann