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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6D Texan
    Last Military Serial:7435 SAAF
    Construction Number:88-14666
    Last Civil Registration:N7435U
    Compressed ID:NA AT-6D sn 7435 SAAF cn 88-14666 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Dragon Leasing Corporation, Naperville, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6D.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-33872.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n EX899.

    November 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 7435.

    From Unknown to By 1995

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the South African Air Force.

    10 February 1964

    Crashed.
    Crash landing at Louis Botha.

    Repaired.
    Rebuilt.

    21 August 1972

    Crashed.
    Crash landing at Bloemfontein AB.

    17 September 1996

    To Longmont Aviation Co, Longmont, CO with new c/r N7435U.

    1996

    Transported by ship.
    Moved crated to Huntington IN, for assembly and US civil certification.

    19 September 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7435U (AT-6D, 8814666) issued.

    9 February 1998

    To Dragon Leasing Corporation, Naperville, IL keeping c/r N7435U.

    To Lima-Lima, Naper Aero Club Field, Chicago, IL.
    View the Location Dossier

    23 April 2009


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun Fly-in, 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

    13 September 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r N7435U.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Heathrow, FL.

    9 November 2010

    To Palmer George J III, Heathrow, FL keeping c/r N7435U.

    Markings Applied: LTA-686

    24 July 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2011 Oshkosh

    By 13 August 2011

    To unknown owner.

    13 August 2011

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at airport NA near Canon, GA, United States while on decent. The damage was substantial. The pilot stated that the airplanes fuel tanks were full prior to departing on the 2 1/2 hour cross-country flight. About 20 miles north of the destination, the pilot observed a low fuel caution...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    7 August 2013

    Civil registration, N7435U, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Tucson, AZ.

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7435U (AT-6D, 8814666) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2019

    To Dragon Leasing Corporation, Naperville, IL keeping c/r N7435U.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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