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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:250
    Last Military Serial:30149 USN
    Construction Number:2178
    Last Civil Registration:N177L
    Compressed ID:Howard 250 sn 30149 USN cn 2178 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lone Star Flight Museum, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R5O-5.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 30149.

    Converted to a 250 by Howard.

    By 1965

    To Houston Aircraft Sales, Houston, TX with new c/r N177L.

    6 November 1965

    Certificate of airworthiness for N177L (18-56, 2178) issued.

    By 1971

    To APF Co. Detroit, MI keeping c/r N177L.

    14 October 1988

    To Air Museum, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N177L.

    Circa 1995


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airport, CA.

    By 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airport, CA

    20 January 2004

    To Air Museum, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N177L.

    8 October 2008

    To Robert L. Button, Winters, CA keeping c/r N177L.

    Based at Van Nuys Airport, Los Angeles, CA.
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    12 May 2014

    To 250 Logistics Llc, Mount Pleasant, TX keeping c/r N177L.

    13 December 2019

    To 250 Logistics Llc, Mount Pleasant, TX keeping c/r N177L.

    27 October 2021

    To Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston, TX keeping c/r N177L.

    Placed on display with Lone Star Flight Museum, Ellington Field, Houston, TX.
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    10 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Houston - Ellington Field, TX, USA
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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
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
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