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    Airframe Family: North American T-28 Trojan / Fennec / Nomad
    Latest Model:T-28A Trojan
    Last Military Serial:49-1557 USAF
    Construction Number:159-69
    Last Civil Registration:N1557A
    Compressed ID:NA T-28A sn 49-1557 USAF cn 159-69...
    Latest Owner or Location:L N L Aviation Inc, Grandville, MI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-28A.

    Circa 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 49-1557.

    Circa 1949

    Transferred to 3575th Pilot Training Group, Vance AFB, OK.

    17 November 1950

    Crashed.
    Crash landing due to engine failure 3 miles SW of Vance AFB, OK.

    November 1950

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    1 July 1958

    Reclaimed at MASDC.

    9 October 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 49-1557.

    1959

    To Hamilton Aircraft Company, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N3469G.

    1959

    Converted to a T-28R-2 by Hamilton Aircraft.
    New construction number, 1300DM, assigned to the airframe.
    5-seat transport.

    25 May 1967

    Civil registration, N9460Z, cancelled.
    Exported to Ecuador.

    4 June 1970

    Civil registration, N3469G, cancelled.
    Probably exported to a foreign military.

    9 December 1976

    To Dean Martin/Warplanes Inc, East Middlebury, VT.

    From December 1976 to June 1977

    Converted to a T-28A.
    Returned to stock military configuration.

    22 February 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3469G issued.

    19 June 1977

    To Dean Martin/Warplanes Inc, East Middlebury, VT with new c/r N3469G.

    June 1977

    To Dean Martin/Warplanes Inc, East Middlebury, VT with new c/r N800DM.

    20 April 1978

    Certificate of airworthiness for N800DM (T-28A, 1300DM) issued.

    5 December 1978

    Civil registration, N800DM, cancelled.

    December 1979

    To Jimmie R. McMillan, Breckenridge TX keeping c/r N800DM.

    From January 1980 to After 1981

    To Donald J. Anklin, Mooresville, NC with new c/r N1557A.

    31 July 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    By 1984

    To Peter G. Knox, Mooresville, NC keeping c/r N1557A.

    From December 1984 to After 1995

    To Richard D. Ervin, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N1557A.

    Markings Applied: TL-596

    March 1987


    Photographer: Tom Roberts Collection
    Notes: Photographed at Sun N Fun.

    8 July 1998

    To L N L Aviation Inc, Spring Lake, MI keeping c/r N1557A.

    Based at Oakland County International Airport, Pontiac, MI.
    View the Location Dossier

    14 April 2004


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland FL

    9 August 2010

    To L N L Aviation Inc, Holton, MI keeping c/r N1557A.

    12 April 2011

    To L N L Aviation Inc, Grandville, MI keeping c/r N1557A.

    6 March 2021

    Civil registration, N1557A, cancelled.

    12 April 2021

    To L N L Aviation Inc, Grandville, MI with new c/r N1557A.
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     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
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Southeast Asia T-28s
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wiek Dwudziesty
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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