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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft A / J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:L-21A Super Cub
    Last Military Serial:R-214 KLu
    Construction Number:18849
    Last Civil Registration:G-BKVM
    Compressed ID:Piper L-21A sn R-214 KLu cn 18849 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Michael John Medland, Stretton Lane, Houghton-On-The-Hill, Leicester

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-21A by Piper.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 51-15684.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Koninklijke Luchtmacht / Royal Netherlands Air Force with s/n R-214.

    To unknown owner with c/r PH-KAZ.

    To unknown owner with c/r G-BKVM.

    Markings Applied: 115684, 849
    USAAC colors.

    To unknown owner with c/r PH-KAZ.

    4 August 1954

    Certificate of airworthiness for N98628 (J3C-65, 18849) issued.

    From 18 April 1984 to 7 December 1988

    To William Richard Christopher Mervyn Foyle with new c/r G-BKVM.

    From 7 December 1988 to 8 May 2014

    To Derek George Caffrey keeping c/r G-BKVM.

    19 April 1995

    To George L. Wald, Coral Springs, FL with new c/r N98628.

    8 May 2014

    To Michael John Medland, Stretton Lane, Houghton-On-The-Hill, Leicester keeping c/r G-BKVM.

    29 August 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Arriving at the 2014 Light Aircraft Association Rally at Sywell in the UK

    26 October 2017

    Civil registration, N98628, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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