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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-5 Texan
    Last Military Serial:90794 USN
    Construction Number:88-18072
    Last Civil Registration:ZS-WFD
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-5 sn 90794 USN cn 88-18072 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:B. C. Venter

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SNJ-5.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-86291.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 90794.

    From 1963 to 1964

    To Civil Air Patrol (NH Wing), Manchester NH with new c/r N7998C.

    From 1966 to 1970

    To Robert Gardner, Sunderland MA keeping c/r N7998C.

    From 1976 to 1986

    To Lawrence J. Donnerberg, Sandpoint ID keeping c/r N7998C.

    1988

    To David Lehman, Athol ID keeping c/r N7998C.

    4 October 1988

    Civil registration, N7998C, cancelled.

    3 March 1989

    To D. deVos, Wonderboom with new c/r ZS-WFD.

    From 19 November 1996 to 2006

    To Grumble Guts Syndicate, Brooklyn keeping c/r ZS-WFD.

    From 10 May 2006 to 2009

    To Federated Projects and Trading keeping c/r ZS-WFD.

    22 May 2013

    To B. C. Venter keeping c/r ZS-WFD.

    16 July 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r ZS-WFD.
    Markings added: 7689
    Wears South African AF Serial - although aircraft never operated for South African Air Force.

    10 November 2015


    Photographer: Mike Ward
    Notes: 2015 photo taken at Rand Airport in Germiston, Johannesburg
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