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    Airframe Family: Cessna T-50/AT-17/C-78 Bobcat / Crane
    Latest Model:AT-17B Bobcat
    Last Military Serial:42-38875 USAAF
    Construction Number:3084
    Last Civil Registration:N59188
    Compressed ID:Cessna AT-17B sn 42-38875 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Edgar T. Newberg, Hector, MN

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    Dates

    Event

    13 November 1942

    Constructed as an AT-17B.

    Circa November 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-38875.

    24 May 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N59188 (T-50, 3084) issued.

    From By 1963 to After 1972

    To WTD Flying Services, McCamey, TX with new c/r N59188.

    1976

    To Donald R. Sharp, Pauls Valley, OK keeping c/r N59188.

    To unknown owner.
    Two owners previous to Mather, one of who restored the aircraft in 1977.

    1977

    Restored.

    14 July 1986

    To Don Mather, Sandusky, OH keeping c/r N59188.

    18 April 2007


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

    25 April 2008

    To Edgar T. Newberg, Hector, MN keeping c/r N59188.

    Based at Commemorative Air Force-Arizona Wing, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    By 10 September 2011

    Markings Applied: 12, NC59188

    10 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    10 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    4 March 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At the 2016 Cactus Fly-In at Casa Grande, Arizona

    23 August 2019

    To Edgar T. Newberg, Hector, MN keeping c/r N59188.
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