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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft A / J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:J-3C-65
    Construction Number:4196
    Last Civil Registration:N26815
    Compressed ID:Piper J-3C-65 cn 4196 cr N26815
    Latest Owner or Location:City of Liberal Kansas, Liberal, KS

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a J-3C-65 by Piper.

    1940

    To Graham Flying Service, Sioux City, IA.

    1941

    Skis installed.

    1944

    To Defense Plant Corporation.

    1946

    To unknown owner.
    Sold to private individual in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

    1948

    Sold to fractional owners, Malvern, Iowa.

    9 August 1948

    Skis installed.

    1949

    Sold to private individual in Malvern, Iowa.

    1958

    To Desert Sky Riders, Phoenix, AZ.

    1960

    To Thunderbird Flyers, Phoenix, AZ.

    1963

    To Valley Manufacturing Company, Phoenix, AZ.

    15 April 1964

    Involved in an incident.
    Minor damage was sustained in a crash between two aircraft, one of which was airborne.

    1973

    To unknown owner.
    Sold to a private individual in Denver, Colorado.

    1975

    To unknown owner.
    Sold to private individual in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

    17 July 1975

    Certificate of airworthiness for N26815 (J3C-65, 4196) issued.

    1980

    To unknown owner.
    Sold to private individual in Littleton, Colorado.

    1982

    Sold to private individual in Riverton, Wyoming.

    1984

    To Tom A. Thomas, Jr with new c/r N26815.

    9 July 1988

    Loaned to Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, KS.
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    1997

    Formally donated to the museum.

    27 September 2002

    To City of Liberal Kansas, Liberal, KS with new c/r N26815.

    12 July 2017

    Civil registration, N26815, cancelled.

    11 August 2018


    Photographer: Mid-America Air Museum

    30 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Liberal Municipal, KS, USA
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