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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:51-4805 USAF
    Last Civil Registration:N37WM
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1A sn 51-4805 USAF cr N37W...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wiley Sanders Warbird Collection, Troy Municipal, Troy, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-19A-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-4805.

    1962

    Redesignated as O-1A.

    10 November 1971

    Certificate of airworthiness for N37WM (305A, 21690) issued.

    19 November 1997

    To Wiley C. Sanders, Troy, AL with new c/r N37WM.

    17 April 2001

    To Wiley C. Sanders Jr, Troy, AL keeping c/r N37WM.

    Based at Wiley Sanders Warbird Collection, Troy Municipal, Troy, AL.
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    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N37WM (305A, 21690) issued.
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