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    Airframe Family: Cessna 190 / 195 Businessliner / LC-126
    Latest Model:195B Businessliner
    Construction Number:7955
    Last Civil Registration:N3071B
    Compressed ID:Cessna 195B cn 7955 cr N3071B
    Latest Owner or Location:Swing Shift Aviation Llc, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a 190.

    29 August 1952

    To Johnston Aircraft Corporation, Atlanta, GA with new c/r N3071B.

    19 September 1952

    To Henry F. Ambos, Thunderbolt, GA keeping c/r N3071B.

    11 October 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3071B (190, 7955) issued.

    24 January 1956

    To Cruise Aviation, Inc, Houston, TX keeping c/r N3071B.

    8 October 1956

    To A G Flying Service, Galveston, TX keeping c/r N3071B.

    14 March 1957

    To Chester R. Bolin, Fort Pierce, FL keeping c/r N3071B.

    14 May 1959

    To Dan Futrell, Nashville, AR keeping c/r N3071B.

    23 July 1959

    To Vest Aircraft and Finance Co., Denver, CO keeping c/r N3071B.

    31 July 1959

    To Darnell Flying Service, Glasgow, MT keeping c/r N3071B.

    1 March 1960

    To A. A. Kotaki, Glasgow, MT keeping c/r N3071B.

    13 June 1961

    To Gerald O. Smith, Bismark, ND keeping c/r N3071B.

    29 June 1963

    To Roderick W. Nell, Minot, ND keeping c/r N3071B.

    28 September 1965

    To Chales F. Brown, Decatur, AL keeping c/r N3071B.

    26 February 1968

    To William T. Given, Huntsville, AL keeping c/r N3071B.

    20 June 1969

    To William T. Leatham, Huntsville, AL keeping c/r N3071B.

    25 June 1969

    To Washburn, Elton DBA Decatur-Athens Aero Services, Decatur, AL keeping c/r N3071B.

    1 July 1969

    To Doctor L. L. Hardy, Decatur, AL keeping c/r N3071B.

    16 January 1974

    To James B. Caba DBA Plane Classics, Santa Barbara, CA keeping c/r N3071B.

    19 March 1976

    To Allen P. Sawtelle, Fresno, CA keeping c/r N3071B.

    13 July 1978

    To Donald J. Holley, Madera, CA with new c/r N190.

    2001

    Converted to a 195B.
    Reconfigured with the installation of a Jacobs R-755 B2 275hp engine and associated 195 firewall-forward parts.

    29 April 2001


    Photographer: Norm Jukes
    Notes: Photographed at Half Moon Bay, CA.

    10 May 2016

    To Swing Shift Aviation/Bela Havasreti, Kent, WA with new c/r N3071B.


    Photographer: Terry Green

    By 29 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Green
    Notes: 1952 Cessna 190 Five N3071B leaving the 2017 Concrete fly-in on July 29, 2017(airport identifier = 3W5, Concrete, WA)

    16 June 2022

    To Swing Shift Aviation Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N3071B.

    4 July 2022


    Photographer: Bela Havasreti
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