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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:O-1A Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:51-4897 US
    Construction Number:21789
    Last Civil Registration:N300VH
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1A sn 51-4897 US cn 21789...
    Latest Owner or Location:Jeffrey L. Pattison, Glasgow, MT

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a L-19A-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    1951

    Accepted by the USAF for transfer to the US Army.

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-4897.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as O-1A.

    15 May 1971

    Last report by U.S. Army.

    5 July 1972

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5203G (305A, 21789) issued.

    July 1972

    To Headquarters, Civil Air Patrol, Maxwell AFB, AL with new c/r N5203G.
    Assigned to Mississippi Wing.

    By November 1981

    To unknown owner with c/r N5203G.

    December 1981


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Palwaukee Airport, Chicago, IL

    30 November 1993

    To Constance V. Heurlin Trustee, Arlington Heights, IL with new c/r N300VH.

    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N300VH (305A, 21789) issued.

    4 December 2007

    To unknown owner with c/r N300VH.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Paris, TX.

    24 May 2010

    To Paul G. Whitaker, Paris, TX keeping c/r N300VH.

    16 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    14 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    12 September 2012


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada.

    2 May 2017

    To Paul G. Whitaker, San Anselmo, CA keeping c/r N300VH.

    15 January 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N300VH.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Glasgow, MT.

    22 April 2023

    To Jeffrey L. Pattison, Glasgow, MT keeping c/r N300VH.
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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