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    Airframe Family: Lockheed Vega / C-12 / C-101
    Latest Model:Vega 5C
    Construction Number:72
    Last Civil Registration:N105W
    Compressed ID:Lockheed Vega 5C cn 72 cr N105W
    Latest Owner or Location:Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1929

    Constructed as a Vega 5C.

    1929

    To Independant Oil and Gas with new c/r NC898E.

    To Cia Red Aerea Mexicana with new c/r XA-DOK.

    To L. Struck/Mexico DF with new c/r XB-MAA.


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    To unknown owner with c/r N174D.

    To unknown owner with c/r N105D.

    8 July 1969

    Certificate of airworthiness for N105W (VEGA 5C, 72) issued.

    Circa 29 July 1973


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at the EAA Fly-In in Oshkosh, WI.

    31 July 1979


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1979 photo at Oshkosh WI - of a Lockheed 5C Vega

    4 November 1992

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL with new c/r N105W.

    7 April 1997


    Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
    Notes: Photographed at the Weeks Air Museum in Florida.

    To Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: WINNIE MAE OF OKLAHOMA, NC-105-W

    1 January 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for N105W (VEGA 5C, 72) issued.

    31 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher

    15 July 2012

    Restoration started.
    Posted in Kermits blog, under restoration with Kevin Kimball in Mt. Dora, FL.
    Your Assistance is Needed: http://blog.kermitweeks.com/
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    12 November 2018

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL keeping c/r N105W.
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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