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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-26 / P2V / P-2 Neptune
    Latest Model:SP-2H Neptune
    Last Military Serial:145917 USN
    Construction Number:726-7184
    Last Civil Registration:N720AU
    Compressed ID:Lockheed SP-2H sn 145917 USN cn 726...
    Latest Owner or Location:Minden Corporation / Janet Shephardson, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P2V-7.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145917.

    January 1960

    Converted to a P2V-7S.

    1962

    Redesignated as SP-2H.

    Markings Applied: 14, NAVY, VP-94, 145917, LZ

    22 September 1974

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1P0375.

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number PA014.

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    From 20 July 1987 to By 1997

    To Aero Union Corporation, Chico, CA with new c/r N720AU (P2V-7, 145917).

    Based at Aero Union Corporation, Chico Municipal Airport, Chico, CA.
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    20 October 1987

    To Aero Union Corporation, Chico, CA with new c/r N720AU.

    From By 1996 to By 2007

    To Minden Corporation/Janet Shephardson, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    Placed in open storage here.
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    25 June 1998

    Civil registration, N720AU, cancelled.

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
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    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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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