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    Airframe Family: Cessna 318 / 405 / T-37 Tweet / A-37 Dragonfly
    Latest Model:A-37B Dragonfly
    Last Military Serial:68-10779 USAF
    Construction Number:43130
    Last Civil Registration:VH-XVA
    Compressed ID:Cessna A-37B sn 68-10779 USAF cn 43...
    Latest Owner or Location:Commonwealth of Australia Represented By Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Base Point Cook, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-37B.

    1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-10779.

    April 1975

    Captured in Vietnam.

    1989

    To Colin Pay and Noel Vinson.
    For restoration.

    15 June 1994

    To Temora Aviation Museum Inc, Temora, NSW with new c/r VH-XVA.

    15 June 1994

    Operated by Temora Aviation Museum Engineering P/L.

    22 March 2011

    To Temora Aviation Museum Inc, Temora, NSW keeping c/r VH-XVA.
    Last CR action date noted here.

    27 August 2019

    To RAAF Museum, RAAF Base Point Cook, VIC keeping c/r VH-XVA.

    27 August 2019

    To Commonwealth of Australia Represented By Royal Australian Air Force 100 Squadron, Raaf Base Point Cook, VIC with new c/r VH-XVA.

    27 August 2019

    To Commonwealth of Australia Represented By Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Base Point Cook, VIC keeping c/r VH-XVA.

    November 2019


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At the RAAF Edinburgh Australia Airshow

    20 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Dragonfly VH-XVA at Warbirds Downunder 2024, Temora, NSW
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