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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:62-3838 US
    Construction Number:LF.36
    Latest Owner or Location:Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita McConnell Airport (West Side), Wichita, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an U-8F.

    Circa 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 62-3838.

    Circa 1985

    Excalibur Aviation Company modified this aircraft to Queen Air 800 standards with uprated engines, new engine mounts, three-bladed props, and other detail changes.

    By February 1986

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

    September 1992

    To Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita McConnell Airport (West Side), Wichita, KS.
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    8 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield


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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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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