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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:O-1A Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:50-1524 USAF
    Construction Number:21198
    Last Civil Registration:N5022K
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1A sn 50-1524 USAF cn 2119...
    Latest Owner or Location:William S. Elkins, Santa Fe, NM

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an O-1A.

    Circa 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 50-1524.

    6 May 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5022K (CESSNA L-19A, 21198) issued.

    1985


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airport, TX

    April 1997


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At MCAS El Toro, CA Open House

    20 May 1998

    To Harold B. Loomis, Manhattan Beach, CA with new c/r N5022K.

    6 May 2008

    To William C. Elkins, Tesuque, NM keeping c/r N5022K.

    Based at Jet Warbird Training Center, Sante Fe County Municipal, Santa Fe, NM.
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    27 July 2010


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: Airventure 2010

    23 July 2011

    To William C. Elkins, Aiken, SC keeping c/r N5022K.

    6 September 2011

    To Aviation Heritage Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N5022K.

    22 October 2012

    To William S. Elkins, Amarillo, TX keeping c/r N5022K.

    27 July 2018


    Photographer: Mario Richard
    Notes: Oshkosh

    1 November 2019

    To William S. Elkins, Santa Fe, NM keeping c/r N5022K.

    19 May 2023

    To William S. Elkins, Santa Fe, NM keeping c/r N5022K.

    24 July 2024


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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