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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6D Texan
    Last Military Serial:41-34154 USAAF
    Construction Number:88-15356
    Last Civil Registration:N3286
    Compressed ID:NA AT-6D sn 41-34154 USAAF cn 88-15...
    Latest Owner or Location:Eastern Stearman Inc Trustee, Leesburg, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6D.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-34154.

    31 August 1998

    To James W. Dorris, Ocala, FL with new c/r N3286.

    To Herndon/Orlando Executive Airport, Orlando, FL.
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    25 March 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3286 (SNJ-5, 88-15356) issued.

    8 March 2003


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow 2003, Titusville FL

    12 March 2005


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow 2005, Titusville FL

    17 March 2007


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow 2007, Titusville FL

    13 March 2010


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow 2010, Titusville FL

    15 August 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N3286.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Ocala, FL.

    19 September 2011

    To Patricia M. Dorris, Ocala, FL keeping c/r N3286.

    Based at Ocala Regional Airport, Ocala, FL.
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    8 June 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N3286.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Evansville, IN.

    13 August 2015

    To Dorris Aviation Llc, Evansville, IN keeping c/r N3286.

    12 November 2019

    To Bravo Zulu Aviation Leasing Llc, Portage, MI keeping c/r N3286.

    16 September 2021

    To Eastern Stearman Inc Trustee, Leesburg, VA keeping c/r N3286.

    18 March 2022


    Photographer: Jos Schoofs
    Notes: N3286 landing at the former Brustem Air Base after a commemorative flight over the Ardennes with Ed Cottrell as a passenger. Ed is a former 9th Air Force/48th Fighter Group/493rd Fighter Squadron P-47 Thunderbolt pilot operating from Brustem/Saint-Trond Air Base during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 - January 1945.N3286 is based at Brustem since 8 October 2021 and is owned by Lieven Buyse and Vincent Carpentier.

    18 March 2022


    Photographer: Jos Schoofs
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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