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    Airframe Family: Aero L-29
    Latest Model:L-29 Delfin (Maya NATO)
    Last Military Serial:31 r BBC
    Construction Number:691942
    Last Civil Registration:N6171M
    Compressed ID:Aero L-29 sn 31 r BBC cn 691942 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:James E. Nikodem, Crystal Lake, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-29.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Bulgarian Air Force with s/n 31 r.

    6 July 1999

    To Andrea K. Coker, Dallas, TX with new c/r N6171M.

    Based at Cold War Air Museum, Lancaster Municipal Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    29 September 1999

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX6171M (L-29 DELFIN, 691942) issued.

    17 November 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N6171M.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Ovilla, TX.

    25 January 2012

    To Roma L. Skinner, Ovilla, TX keeping c/r N6171M.

    8 March 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N6171M.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Las Vegas, NV.

    10 May 2012

    To Amil29one Llc, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N6171M.

    12 March 2014

    To United States Postal Inspection Service, Washington, DC keeping c/r N6171M.

    7 October 2014

    To Roma L. Skinner, Ovilla, TX keeping c/r N6171M.

    14 August 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N6171M.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Crystal Lake, IL.

    7 September 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX6171M (L-29 DELFIN, 691942) issued.

    19 September 2017

    To James E. Nikodem, Crystal Lake, IL keeping c/r N6171M.

    28 July 2022


    Photographer: Robin MORET
    Notes: EAA AirVenture 2022, Oshkosh, WI

    24 June 2023


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: At Rockford International Airport/KRFD
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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