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T-6J TEXAN/52-8543
T-6J TEXAN 52-8543
Serial #: 52-8543
Construction #: CCF4-464
Civil Registration:
  G-BUKY
  N455V
  D-FSIX
Model(s):
  T-6J Texan
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
History:
Delivered to United States Air Force as 52-8543
- BOC: Unknown.
- SOC: Unknown.
Delivered to Luftwaffe as AA+068 (later BF+068).
- BOC: Unknown.
- SOC: Unknown.
Delivered to Força Aérea Portuguesa as 1766.
- BOC: July 30, 1975.
- SOC: 1990.
- Used as instructional airframe, Ota AB.
Museo do Ar, November 12, 1990.
AJD Engineering, Sudbury, UK, 1991.
-Arrived dismantled, Stansted, by FAP C-130, july 27, 1991.
Peter F. Monk & Andrew C. Savage, Maidstone, UK, July 13, 1992-1993.
- Registered as G-BUKY.
- Restored, West Malling, 1992-1993.
- First flight, 1993.
- Flew in USAF scheeme as "52-8543").
Robert Fleming/Real Aeroplane Co, Breighton, UK, June 4, 1997-2001.
Struck-off civil registry as sold to USA, October 23, 2001.
Trucked from Breighton for shipping to USA, November 20, 2001.
Real Aero Trust Inc, Wilmington, DE, January 16, 2002-2007.
- Registered as N455V.
- Shipped back to UK.
- Arrived dismantled, Breighton, UK, April 26, 2007.
- Painted in blue USN scheme as “52-8543/66”.
Struck-off USCR as exported to UK, March 6, 2007.
Robert A. Fleming/ Real Aeroplane Co, Breighton, UK, May 30, 2007-2012.
- Registered as G-BUKY.
Neil T. Oakman, Saffron Walden, UK, March 21, 2012-2016.
Alexander Stendel/Quax-Flieger, Berlin, Germany, November 21, 2016-2019.
Alexander Stendel, Bienenfarm, Germany, March 4, 2019-2024.
- Registered as D-FSIX.
Photo Source(s):
Grady Lisk

Research Assistance:
None.