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    Airframe Family: Beech 50 Twin Bonanza / L-23/U-8/U-21 Seminole
    Latest Model:RU-8D Seminole
    Last Military Serial:58-3086 US
    Construction Number:LH-39
    Last Civil Registration:N56233
    Compressed ID:Beech RU-8D sn 58-3086 US cn LH-39...
    Latest Owner or Location:Christopher D. Prevost, Sonoma, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-23A.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 52-6200.

    Converted to a L-23D-BH by Beech at Whichita, Kansas, USA.

    Circa 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 58-3086.

    1962

    Converted to a RU-8D.
    New construction number, RLH-87, assigned to the airframe.

    By September 1979

    Transferred to Utah Army National Guard.

    27 September 1979

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number UB0085.

    By August 1991

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Mesa, AZ.

    10 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Mesa, AZ

    26 February 1998

    To Oldham C Richard, Quartzsite, AZ with new c/r N130AZ.

    Based at Boeing, Yuma MCAS, Yuma, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    To WASP Museum, Quartzsite, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    19 November 2010

    Civil registration revised, N56233 (D75N1, 75-3909), indicating ownership by Christopher D. Prevost, Sonoma, CA.
    Civil registration reserved.

    7 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    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
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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