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    Airframe Family: Stinson SR/V-77/AT-19/C-81/L-9 Reliant
    Latest Model:V-77 Reliant
    Construction Number:77-0104
    Last Civil Registration:N9280H
    Compressed ID:Vultee V-77 cn 77-0104 cr N9280H
    Latest Owner or Location:Santa Maria Museum of Flight, Santa Maria, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a V-77 by Vultee.

    5 December 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9280H (V77, 77-104) issued.

    29 July 1971


    Photographer: Kenneth Clyde Jenkins, upload by George Mihal
    Notes: Crissy Field Fly-In, Kenneth Clyde Jenkins was an amature Photographer. I purchased a very large group of negatives that were left in his estate. I believe he would much rather see his work on sites like this rather than rotting away in some closet.

    19 May 1992

    To Santa Maria Museum of Flight Inc, Santa Maria, CA with new c/r N9280H.

    15 April 1998

    To Santa Maria Museum of Flight Inc, Santa Maria, CA keeping c/r N9280H.

    Placed on display with Santa Maria Museum of Flight, Santa Maria, CA.
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    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9280H (V77, 77-104) issued.

    30 October 2010


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: 2010 photo at Santa Maria Museum of Flight, CA

    19 September 2013

    Civil registration, N9280H, cancelled.

    9 May 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight.

    9 May 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight.
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