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    Airframe Family: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N
    Latest Model:N3N-3
    Last Military Serial:02986 USN
    Construction Number:2986
    Last Civil Registration:N45131
    Compressed ID:Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 sn 029...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sanders Aeronautics, Eagles Nest Airport, Ione, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a N3N-3.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 02986.

    29 January 1996

    To unknown owner with c/r N45131 (N3N-3, 2986).

    To Sanders Aviation, Eagles Nest Airport, Ione, CA.
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    Restoration continued.
    A series of 150 plus photos during the restoration process can be viewed at - http://www.sandersaeronautics.com/restoration_n3n-sanders.asp.

    8 January 2008

    Civil registration N45131 reserved.

    8 January 2008

    To DB Aero Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N45131.

    2 September 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX45131 (N3N-3, 2986) issued.

    3 September 2008

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: 986
    By Sanders Aeronautics - Bernie Vasquez, of Whites Aircraft Restoration in Vacaville, CA, covered the N3Ns wings and fuselage and then the complete N3N was loaded into the trailer and transported to Don Copland at Arizona Aeropainting in Eloy, Arizona. After receiving its beautiful paint scheme, it was again loaded into the trailer and transported back to Ione, CA where it was unloaded and assembly commenced.

    5 September 2008


    Photographer: Sanders Aeronautics
    Notes: First post restoration flight of the N3N took place on September 5, 2008 with Dennis Sanders at the controls overhead Eagles Nest airport in Ione, CA.

    23 July 2013

    To DB Aero Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N45131.
    Last CR action date noted here.

    5 November 2020


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Sanders Aeronautics, Eagles Nest Airport, Ione, CA.

    To Sanders Aeronautics, Eagles Nest Airport, Ione, CA.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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