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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-6 Texan
    Last Military Serial:112148 USN
    Construction Number:121-43111
    Last Civil Registration:N3639F
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-6 sn 112148 USN cn 121-43111...
    Latest Owner or Location:Break Even Aircraft Resourcing Llc, Olathe, KS

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6F-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-82389.
    Not TOS but ordered as such and diverted directly to USN.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 112148 as a SNJ-6.

    1945

    Transferred to Basic Training Unit 2 (BTU-2), NAAS Corry Field, Pensacola, FL.

    12 August 1952

    Damaged.
    Substantially damaged in collision while parked by SNJ-5 BuAer 43955 taxying at NAAS Corry Field.

    By May 1959

    To unknown owner with c/r N3639F.

    11 May 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3639F (SNJ-6, 112148) issued.

    1963

    To F. W. Hughes, Fairhope, AL keeping c/r N3639F.

    1969

    To John E. Dorr, Merigold, MS keeping c/r N3639F.

    1976

    To Robert W. Speed, Monroe, LA keeping c/r N3639F.

    26 September 1977

    To William R. Albers, Fairfax VA, Annapolis, MD keeping c/r N3639F.

    22 November 1999

    To Thomas J. Slaney, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N3639F.

    27 October 2005

    To Philip A. Butcher, Rogers, AR keeping c/r N3639F.

    23 April 2009


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland FL

    23 April 2009


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland FL

    23 April 2009


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland FL

    1 January 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3639F (SNJ-6, 112148) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2011

    To Robert A. Younkin, Fayetteville, AR keeping c/r N3639F.

    26 March 2013

    To Jeffry W. Shetterly, Overland Park, KS keeping c/r N3639F.

    Markings Applied: 39F, Navy, F

    9 August 2014


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    By June 2016

    Markings Applied: 39F, NAVY
    Carries erroneous BuNo 148112. Black and white checkered Nose, tip of tail and tips of wings.

    26 June 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    26 June 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    26 June 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA

    5 October 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N3639F.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Overland Park, KS.

    19 December 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N3639F.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Overland Park, KS.

    24 January 2018

    To Break Even Aircraft Resourcing Llc, Overland Park, KS keeping c/r N3639F.

    29 June 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA

    29 June 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA

    29 June 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA

    16 October 2020

    Damaged.
    Substantial damage incurred when gear collapsed landing at Olathe, KS.

    8 May 2021

    Civil registration, N3639F, cancelled.

    22 September 2021

    To Jeffry W. Shetterly, Overland Park, KS with new c/r N3639F.

    11 January 2022

    Damaged.
    Substantial damage incurred when gear collapsed landing at Olathe, KS.

    24 June 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA

    29 January 2025

    To Break Even Aircraft Resourcing Llc, Olathe, KS keeping c/r N3639F.


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    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Glenn Chatfield

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