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    Airframe Family: Cessna 185 Skywagon / U-17
    Latest Model:A185F Skywagon
    Construction Number:18504029
    Last Civil Registration:N851AK
    Compressed ID:Cessna A185F cn 18504029 cr N851AK
    Latest Owner or Location:Incline Tahoe Ventures Llc, Incline Village, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    1980

    Constructed as an A185F.

    17 March 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for N851JS issued.

    To unknown owner with c/r N851JS.

    11 March 2006


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow, Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville FL

    5 April 2006


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

    2023

    To Incline Tahoe Ventures Llc, Incline Village, NV with new c/r N851AK.

    Markings Applied: 85-04029, JS
    Markings represent Southeast Asian operations. James Eubanks comments (23 February 2023): I can find no records of the military serial number 85-04029. I believe this is a fictitious number for the sake of the paint scheme.
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