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    Airframe Family: Aero Design and Engineering Company 360 / 500 / 600 / 700 / 800 / 900 / U-4 / U-9 / L-26 Commander
    Latest Model:680F
    Last Military Serial:63-7948 USAF
    Construction Number:1060-58
    Last Civil Registration:N37948
    Compressed ID:Aero Commander 680F sn 63-7948 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:US Customs Service

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 680F by Aero Commander.

    To unknown owner with c/r N6185X.

    5 September 1975

    Had accident in New Mexico on Sept 5, 1975. Seized by US Marshals after having been used to transport marijuana.

    September 1977

    To Johnson Aviation Inc, TX.

    March 1980

    To US Customs Service with new c/r N37948.

    March 1980

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7948.
    Operated by US Customs Service.
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    Markings Applied: 37948

    To Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
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    12 March 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    9 April 2005

    To US Customs Service with new c/r N37948.
    FAA website states that C/n was taken up in 1980-09-23 but not cancelled until 2008.

    11 September 2008

    Civil registration, N37948, cancelled.

    Circa 2013

    Scrapped.
    Scrapped at Warner Robins museum of aviation.
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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...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
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