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51-16492 • N2499D • N49GS • N207GB • N9041X

N328JV

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• 51-16492 USAF #1075. Delivered 22-May-1952. L-20A No: 76. Command AF-1. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.

• N2499D Fairways Corporation, Washington National, DC. Circa. 1970. CIA front company!

• N49GS Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Reston, VA.

• N207GB Regd Jun-1976.

• N207GB Frasca International Inc., Urbana, IL. Regd May-1981.

Airworthiness Cert: 13-Apr-1983.

• (N49GS) ntu on USCAR at 03-Nov-1990.

• N9041X Frasca International Inc., Urbana, IL. Named “Majimaji Ndoto”. Regd 26-Apr-1991. Canx 27-Nov-1991.

• N9041X Seaplane USA Inc., Wilmington, DE. Regd Dec-1993.

Note: For sale Feb-1994 for $190,000.

Total time: 4,100 hours.

• N9041X Talmor USA Inc., Teton Village, WY. Regd Aug-1994. On USCAR at Dec-1995.

• N9041X Talmor USA Inc., Wilmington, DE. Regd 13-Sep-1996. Canx 28-Feb-2005.

Note: Pictures between mid 1997 and May 2005 show stylised “WD” markings. Also marked “Majimaji Ndoto” Presumably another owner between Talmor & Miller.

• N9041X Jim Andie, Missoula, MT.  Regd 02-Mar-2005. Canx 01-Aug-2005.

• N9041X Earl Miller, Port Ludlow, (Prev. Indianola, WA) WA. Regd 24-Aug-2005. Canx 04-Dec-2012!!.

Note: Apr-2009 noted for sale at Calderwood Aircraft Sales for $498K.

Total Time 4,710 hours. Refurbished 2008, dual control, bubble windows, forward battery, tip tanks, Aerocet 5850 floats.

• N9041X Robert K. Goff, San Diego, CA. Regd 22-Dec-2009. Expiry date 30-Jun-2016.

• N9041X 212 Investments LLC., Owasso, OK • Regd 19-Nov-2015.

• N328JV 212 Investments LLC., Owasso, OK • Regd 19-Nov-2015. Extensive mods by Kenmore.

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USAF History

51-16492 was made available on 02-May-1952 and accepted by the by AMO 6600^th Air Depot (Air Material Overseas Unit), at Downsview, ON., on 15-May-1952 and delivered to the Tactical Air Command at Langley AFB., Newfoundland on 22-May-1952. It was attached to the 405^th Fighter Bomber wing until 09-Nov-1952 and was designated as a Special Operations Aircraft.

On 09-Nov-1952 it was assigned to the TAC Headquarters Command and the 1100^th Air Base Wing at Bolling AFB., Washington, DC.

Apart from two weeks back at Langley with the 405^th Fighter Bomber Wing between 01-Jul and 13-Jul-1954 it remained at Bolling at least up to 30-Jul-1962.

At Bolling the aircraft was attached to the 1100^th Air Base Group up to 01-Feb-1953 and then the 1100^th Maintenance & Supply Unit until 21-Jun-1953. Next it was allocated to the 1100^th Flight Operations Group until sometime in 1957 (the record card was damaged at this section) but with the short period at Langley as mentioned above during this time.

Emblem of 1100^th Air Base Group

The next confirmed Bolling allocation was back with the 1100^th Maintenance & Supply Unit from 30-Jun-1957 through to 01-Jul-1959. Next it was with the 1100^th Air Base Group until 29-Apr-1962 after which it was re-designated as the 1061^st Air Base Group on 29-Apr-1962 through to 30-Jul-1962.

It possibly remained at this location from this date before moving to Warner Robins AFB with the WRAAR on 09-Aug-1973. It was subsequently photographed still in USAF markings dated as 1978, however this must be in doubt as it is reported as passed th the US Army prior to that date and also reported as being on the Civil register before that date. So we will still need to research this aircraft's history.

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