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    Airframe Family: Cessna T-50/AT-17/C-78 Bobcat / Crane
    Latest Model:UC-78B Bobcat
    Last Military Serial:43-32247 USAAF
    Construction Number:6185
    Last Civil Registration:N78UC
    Compressed ID:Cessna UC-78B sn 43-32247 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UC-78B.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-32247.

    10 April 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N78UC (T-50, 6185) issued.

    14 November 1986

    To Dwain Pittenger, Hereford, TX with new c/r N78UC.

    18 February 2003

    To Pittenger Dwain, Hereford, TX keeping c/r N78UC.

    28 May 2008

    To Dennis J. Winegarner, Richmond, TX keeping c/r N78UC.

    30 March 2010

    To Dennis J. Winegarner, Richmond, TX keeping c/r N78UC.

    27 September 2010

    To Dennis J. Winegarner, Katy, TX keeping c/r N78UC.

    10 December 2014

    To Dennis J. Winegarner, New Braunfels, TX keeping c/r N78UC.

    Based at William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, TX.
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    11 November 2015


    Photographer: Ruud Leeuw
    Notes: 2015 photo at The 1940 Terminal Museum at Houston Hobby Airfield - the aircraft is on loan from a Museum Volunteer - Michael Bludworth

    2 August 2020

    Civil registration, N78UC, cancelled.

    December 2022


    Photographer: Javier Vera
    Notes: Outside The 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Houston Hobby Airport
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