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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:Harvard 4
    Last Military Serial:20385 CAF
    Construction Number:CCF-4-176
    Last Civil Registration:N7520U
    Compressed ID:Canadian Car and Foundry Harvard 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Paul Z. Besterveld, Austin, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Harvard 4 by Canadian Car and Foundry at Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Can.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 20385.

    30 December 1976

    To Bell John H II, Northridge, CA with new c/r N7520U.

    Circa September 1994


    Photographer: Roger Cain Photography
    Notes: I do not have the exact date but this was during the 1994 Reno Air Races, my notes are that it was between Sept. 15-18th, 1994

    9 March 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX7520U (HARVARD MK IV, CCF-4-176) issued.

    18 August 1999

    To Michael L. Seal, Chandler, AZ with new c/r N7520U.

    30 June 2006

    To Holland Holdings Llc, Las Vegas, NV with new c/r N7520U.

    1 January 2009

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX7520U (HARVARD MK IV, CCF-4-176) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2009

    To Michael L. Seal, Chandler, AZ keeping c/r N7520U.

    9 June 2010

    To unknown owner.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Corpus Christi, TX.

    2 September 2010

    To Besterveld Paul, Corpus Christi, TX keeping c/r NX7520U.

    25 May 2012

    To unknown owner.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Camarillo, CA.

    16 August 2012

    To Top 5 Media Llc, Camarillo, CA with new c/r N7520U.

    30 September 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N7520U.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Austin, TX.

    5 November 2015

    To Paul Z. Besterveld, Austin, TX keeping c/r N7520U.

    14 March 2019

    Civil registration, N7520U, cancelled.

    2 July 2019

    To Paul Z. Besterveld, Austin, TX with new c/r N7520U.
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