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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6D Texan
    Last Military Serial:44-81517 USAAF
    Construction Number:121-422-39
    Last Civil Registration:N45CK
    Compressed ID:NA AT-6D sn 44-81517 USAAF cn 121-4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lyon Air Museum, John Wayne International Airport (Orange County Airport), Santa Ana, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6D.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-81517.

    21 March 1960

    Certificate of airworthiness for N45CK (SNJ-6, 121-422-39) issued.

    15 March 1989

    To Kohs Gary, Birmingham, MI with new c/r N45CK.

    22 May 2006


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At Rockford Int, IL

    3 June 2006

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at American Falls, ID, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. The pilot reported that it was cold at a cruise altitude of 8500 feet MSL and he decided to descend to warmer altitudes. He descended to follow a river. He checked his aeronautical chart and did not observe any charted power lines crossing on the segment of the river that he was flying. He descended to about 100 feet above the river and followed the river...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    18 August 2006

    To Rudy and Sylvia Airways Llc, San Diego, CA keeping c/r N45CK.

    5 April 2012

    To Rudy and Sylvia Airways Llc, Santa Monica, CA keeping c/r N45CK.

    26 August 2013

    To Martin Aviation Inc, Santa Ana, CA keeping c/r N45CK.

    Based at Lyon Air Museum, John Wayne International Airport (Orange County Airport), Santa Ana, CA.
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    21 July 2018


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Lyon Air Museum, John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA.
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    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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