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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:T-6G Texan
    Last Military Serial:MM53652 AMI
    Construction Number:188-06
    Last Civil Registration:VH-YVI
    Compressed ID:NA T-6G sn MM53652 AMI cn 188-06 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:KMD Aviation Pty Ltd, Albury, NSW

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1951

    Constructed as a T-6G.
    Re-manufactured aircraft - original unknown

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 51-15202.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Aeronautica Militare Italiana with s/n MM53652.

    1979

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Aeronautica Militare Italiana.

    From 1981 to 1986

    Shipped to the UK and stored.

    1982

    Stored at a private airstrip at Lower Upham in Hampshire, UK.

    1986

    Shipped to Australia.

    2 February 2001

    To Childorna Pty Limited, Narromine, NSW with new c/r VH-YVI.

    25 January 2005

    To KMD Aviation Pty Ltd, Albury, NSW keeping c/r VH-YVI.

    13 February 2006

    To Childorna Pty Ltd, Narromine, NSW with new c/r VH-YVI.

    24 June 2009

    To KMD Aviation Pty Ltd, Albury, NSW with new c/r VH-YVI.

    2011

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: TA-202

    29 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Temora, NSW during 40th Anniversary Fly-In of Australian Antique Aircraft Assocition
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