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    Airframe Family: Beech 50 Twin Bonanza / L-23/U-8/U-21 Seminole
    Latest Model:U-8F Seminole
    Last Military Serial:62-3864 US
    Construction Number:LF-62
    Last Civil Registration:N777GA
    Compressed ID:Beech U-8F sn 62-3864 US cn LF-62 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Millennium Aviation Inc, Miami, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1962

    Constructed as an U-8F.

    Circa 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 62-3864.

    1964

    Transferred to U. S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Fort Rucker, AL.

    From September 1964 to October 1964

    Under Product Improvement tests with Beech, this aircraft tested anti-icing and deicing equipment which would be retrofitted to other U-8F aircraft.

    Transferred to U. S. Army Reserve.

    May 1982


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed from the control tower at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    August 1984

    Transferred to 89th Army Reserve Command, Wichita, KS.

    9 August 1984


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    Circa 1985

    Converted to Excalibur Queen Air 800 standard with new engines, engine mounts, 3-bladed props, and other details.

    23 September 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL, after Excaliber modifications.

    To unknown owner with c/r N777ZA.

    30 March 2001

    To Millennium Aviation Inc, Miami, FL with new c/r N777GA.

    21 February 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N777GA (65 (LF-23F), LF-62) issued.

    12 June 2003

    Civil registration, N777GA, cancelled.
    Exported to Venezuela.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947 by Stephen Harding GC
    Internet Sources
     Defense Technical Information Center
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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