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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft A / J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:L-4B Grasshopper
    Last Military Serial:43-1439 USAAF
    Construction Number:10300
    Last Civil Registration:N50364
    Compressed ID:Piper L-4B sn 43-1439 USAAF cn 1030...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kriegsman Transfer Co, Pekin, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a L-4B by Piper.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-1439.

    6 April 1943

    Certificate of airworthiness for N50364 (J-3, 10300) issued.

    8 January 1945

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

    By 1971

    To Betty Moore, Wayne, NB with new c/r N50364.

    17 August 1989

    To Richard W. Brown, Excelsior, MN keeping c/r N50364.

    From By October 1989 to After September 2015

    Placed on display with American Wings Air Museum, Anoka County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
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    By 2001

    To Richard W. Brown and Richard E. Brown, Excelsior, MN keeping c/r N50364.

    By July 2001

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 116
    Restored at Pekin, IL; Brodie landing system installed on upper wing.

    2004


    Photographer: David Miller
    Notes: At Oshkosh AirVenture in 2004

    15 November 2011

    To Kriegsman Transfer Company, Pekin, IL keeping c/r N50364.

    26 September 2015


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA

    26 September 2015


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA

    26 September 2015


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA

    May 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Blakesburg, Iowa

    18 July 2017

    To Kriegsman Transfer Co, Pekin, IL keeping c/r N50364.

    17 June 2020

    To Kriegsman Transfer Co, Pekin, IL keeping c/r N50364.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Experimental Aircraft Association
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
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