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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:VC-131H Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:550299 USN
    Construction Number:440-326
    Last Civil Registration:N191FL
    Latest Owner or Location:Oakland County International Airport, Pontiac, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-131D.

    To unknown owner with c/r N8442H.

    Circa 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-0299 {2}.

    Converted to a VC-131H.

    17 May 1958

    Civil registration, N8442H, cancelled.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 550299.

    To unknown owner with c/r N4276C.

    To unknown owner with c/r N923DR.

    18 October 1979

    Certificate of airworthiness for N191FL (580, 326) issued.

    29 October 1998

    To Ifl Group Inc, Waterford, MI with new c/r N191FL.

    To Oakland County International Airport, Pontiac, MI.
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    5 April 2013


    Photographer: Chris Wood
    Notes: Seen departing from Miami FL
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