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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6A-NT Texan
    Last Military Serial:7640 SAAF
    Construction Number:78-5976
    Last Civil Registration:VH-LNT
    Compressed ID:NA AT-6A-NT sn 7640 SAAF cn 78-5976...
    Latest Owner or Location:Jace Alan Harrison, Sunbury, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as an AT-6A-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.
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    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-0710.

    1946

    To Thorne Engineering Corp, Los Angeles, CA with new c/r N63051.

    1952

    To Babb Co, Glendale, CA keeping c/r N63051.

    From 1952 to 1996

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 7640.

    28 May 1997

    To Ian Silvester/Trojan Air-Tech, Melbourne VIC with new c/r VH-LNT.

    23 June 2005

    To Trojan Air-Tech Pty Ltd, Armadale, VIC keeping c/r VH-LNT.

    1 October 2010

    To Anthony Freer, East Toowoomba, QLD keeping c/r VH-LNT.
    Markings added: 7640
    Painted in South African Air Force colours.

    2 November 2010

    To Anthony Robert James Freer, East Toowoomba, QLD keeping c/r VH-LNT.

    29 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Temora, NSW, during the 40th Anniversary Fly-In of the Australian Antique Aircraft Association.

    29 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Temora, NSW, during the 40th Anniversary Fly-In of the Australian Antique Aircraft Association.

    25 May 2016

    To Trinity Leamay Freer, East Toowoomba, QLD keeping c/r VH-LNT.

    27 April 2018

    To Jace Alan Harrison, Sunbury, VIC keeping c/r VH-LNT.
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     Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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