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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:T-6G Texan
    Last Military Serial:49-3179 USAAF
    Construction Number:168-283
    Last Civil Registration:N52419
    Compressed ID:NA T-6G sn 49-3179 USAAF cn 168-283...
    Latest Owner or Location:Jac Air Llc, Covington, LA

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a T-6G.

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 49-3179.

    1966

    To Darrell D. Mallard, Shelley, ID with new c/r N5289V.

    From 1968 to 1969

    To Cloud Modification Service Inc, Minot, ND keeping c/r N5289V.

    17 April 1968

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5289V (AT-6G, 49-3179) issued.

    From 1976 to 1977

    To Charles Faken, Bloomington, IL keeping c/r N5289V.

    From 1986 to 1988

    To Compton and Associates/Jim Compton, Griffin, GA keeping c/r N5289V.

    By March 1986


    Photographer: William B Slate

    By March 1986


    Photographer: William B Slate

    August 1986


    Photographer: William B Slate

    From January 1988 to 1995

    To Aero Dynamics Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N5289V.

    From 16 March 1999 to 2001

    To T S Bass Inc, Clarkesville, GA keeping c/r N5289V.

    From November 2001 to 2002

    To Gary Applebaum, Wilmette, IL keeping c/r N5289V.

    Markings Applied: 102
    Flown in US Navy markings.

    From October 2002 to 2003

    To Kurt M. Wein, West Ossipee, NH keeping c/r N5289V.

    3 September 2003

    To Donald C. Wheeler, Eureka, CA keeping c/r N5289V.

    5 January 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N5289V.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Eureka, CA.

    22 March 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N5289V.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Eureka, CA.

    16 June 2011

    To Wheeler Donald Craig Trustee, Eureka, CA keeping c/r N5289V.
    Markings added: 102

    6 March 2014


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Tulare CA

    3 December 2020

    To Jac Air Llc, Covington, LA keeping c/r N5289V.

    31 March 2021

    To Jac Air Llc, Covington, LA with new c/r N52419.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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