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    Airframe Family: Grumman TBF / TBM Avenger
    Latest Model:TBM-3E Avenger
    Last Military Serial:91726 USN
    Construction Number:4631
    Last Civil Registration:N5260V
    Compressed ID:General Motors TBM-3E sn 91726 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:CBS Aviation Llc, Jackson, MS

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TBM-3E by General Motors.

    September 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 91726.

    1958

    To William Morrow[and] Henry Barron/Riverside Aircraft Co, Riverside, CA with new c/r N5260V.

    1958

    Operated as fire service #E65.

    1966

    To Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA keeping c/r N5260V.

    1972

    To Capitol Aire Inc, Carson City, NV keeping c/r N5260V.

    1977

    To Bernard Hinman, Liberal, KS keeping c/r N5260V.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 91726/32NE
    Restored by Terry Morrison and James Seals, Los Lunas, NM.

    1987

    To Ridge Grande Contract Furnishing, Albuquerque, NM keeping c/r N5260V.

    18 January 1989


    Photographer: Bob Trenneri

    6 February 1989

    To Evergreen Ventures/Evergreen Vintage Aircraft/Evergreen Heritage Collection, Marana AZ keeping c/r N5260V.
    Markings added: 91726/32

    23 August 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL5260V (TBM-3E, 91726) issued.

    21 April 1999

    To Evergreen Vintage Aircraft Inc, McMinnville, OR keeping c/r N5260V.

    Based at Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, OR.
    View the Location Dossier

    2002

    To Evergreen Aviation Educational Institute, McMinnville, OR keeping c/r N5260V.
    Static display.

    23 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 Photo at Evergreen Air and Space Museum

    29 May 2013

    To Evergreen Holdings Inc, McMinnville, OR keeping c/r N5260V.

    3 June 2014

    To Pleasant Aviation Llc, Mount Pleasant, TX keeping c/r N5260V.

    28 June 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N5260V.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Jackson, M.

    31 July 2017

    To CBS Aviation Llc, Jackson, MS keeping c/r N5260V.

    By May 2018

    Markings Applied: 96
    Lightning bolt on the verical tail.

    19 May 2018


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport/KVYS

    4 April 2019


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Sun-N-Fun, Lakeland, FL.

    15 May 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    15 May 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    15 May 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL
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