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    Airframe Family: Cessna 172 Skyhawk / T-41 Mescalero
    Latest Model:T-41B Mescalero
    Last Military Serial:67-15131 US
    Construction Number:R172-0132
    Last Civil Registration:N88779
    Compressed ID:Cessna T-41B sn 67-15131 US cn R172...
    Latest Owner or Location:Daniel L. Drexler, Harrison, TN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-41B.

    1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 67-15131.

    By 1970

    Transferred to Lawson Army Airfield, Fort Benning, GA.

    December 1970


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Lawson Army Airfield, Ft. Benning, GA

    Circa 1973

    To unknown owner with c/r N8879U {1}.

    28 June 1973

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8879U {1} (R172E, R172-0132) issued.

    From 16 June 1988 to 14 November 1990

    To Dean A. Richardson, Madison, WI with new c/r N88779.

    2 August 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    26 November 2003

    To Robert C. Haynes DBA, Mont Vernon, NH keeping c/r N88779.

    26 November 2003

    To Robert C. Haynes, Mount Vernon, NH keeping c/r N88779.

    9 April 2019

    To Robert C. Haynes DBA, Mont Vernon, NH keeping c/r N88779.

    3 December 2022

    Civil registration, N88779, cancelled.

    14 June 2023

    To Daniel L. Drexler, Harrison, TN with new c/r N88779.

    27 July 2023


    Photographer: David Rickwood
    Notes: Seen during EAA2023 at Oshkosh

    24 July 2024


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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