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    Airframe Family: North American T3J/T-39 Sabreliner
    Latest Model:T-39D Sabreliner
    Last Military Serial:151338 USN
    Construction Number:285-27
    Compressed ID:NA T-39D sn 151338 USN cn 285-27
    Latest Owner or Location:Wedell-Williams Memorial Museum, Patterson, LA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T3J-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 151338.

    Redesignated as T-39D.

    To National Museum of Naval Aviation.

    Operated by National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    From By 1994 to By 1999

    Loaned to USS Lexington, Corpus Christi, TX.
    Displayed on the aircraft carrier.
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    Markings Applied: 151338, AD300

    By October 2003

    Loaned to Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, AL.
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    By 2004

    In open storage on the airfield in, weathered paint.

    Markings Applied: 1338, AD 000

    15 February 2005


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    To Wedell-Williams Memorial Museum, Patterson, LA.
    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 2007 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    World Military Out of Service 2008 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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