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    Airframe Family: Yakovlev Yak-18 (1946) / CJ-4 / CJ-5 / CJ-6
    Latest Model:CJ-6
    Last Military Serial:72181 PLAAF
    Construction Number:3051216
    Last Civil Registration:VH-CJX
    Compressed ID:Nanchang CJ-6 sn 72181 PLAAF cn 305...
    Latest Owner or Location:Egon Joe Mahr, Joadja, NSW

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    Dates

    Event

    1975

    Constructed as a CJ-6 by Nanchang at China.
    CJ-6 3051216

    1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force with s/n 72181.

    24 February 1995

    To Egon Mahr, Joadja, NSW with new c/r VH-CJX.

    13 October 1995

    To Egon Joe Mahr, Joadja, NSW with new c/r VH-CJX.

    6 November 2001

    To Egon Mahr, Joadja, NSW with new c/r VH-CJX.

    12 December 2005

    Assigned civil registration: VH-CJX (CJ-6, 3051216)

    13 May 2006

    To Highland Warbird Holdings Pty Ltd, Joadja, NSW keeping c/r VH-CJX.
    Markings added: 72181

    22 February 2009


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 2009 photo at Albion Park, Illawarra, NSW

    12 November 2012

    To Egon Mahr, Joadja, NSW keeping c/r VH-CJX.

    27 November 2012

    To Egon Joe Mahr, Joadja, NSW keeping c/r VH-CJX.

    30 April 2016


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: A member of the Russian Roolettes team displaying at 2016 Wings Over Illawarra Airshow in New South Wales, Australia

    30 April 2016


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: A member of the Russian Roolettes team displaying at 2016 Wings Over Illawarra Airshow in New South Wales, Australia


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