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1953 |
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Constructed as a SNB-5.
New-build SNB-5s for French Navy under MAP |
1953 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 134706.
Not TOS with USN, BuNo assigned for supply to French Navy under MAP. |
29 May 1953 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Marine Nationale with s/n 706. |
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Transferred to Nimes-Garons AB, Fance. |
March 1973 |
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To Joseph V. Masin Aircraft Sales, Cologne, West Germany. |
15 June 1973 |
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Assigned civil registration: N61912 |
10 September 1973 |
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Photographer: Paul J. Hooper.
Notes: Photographed at Maastricht/Aachen Airport, The Netherlands. |
From 1 April 1975 to 1991 |
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To Lee C. Hoffecker, Grossostheim, West Germany keeping c/r N61912. |
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Hoffecker was an US Army officer serving in the Coleman Education Centre, Coleman Barracks Army airfield at Mannheim, West Germany. Used for parachuting until 1981 when US Army stopped its parachute dropping operations at the airfield and N61912 was moved to nearby Worms civil airfield. Offered for sale but no buyer found reportedly due corrosion. |
9 June 1975 |
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Civil registration, N61912, cancelled.
Registration cancelled as destroyed. |
By 18 August 1976 |
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Assigned civil registration: N61912 |
18 August 1976 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N61912 (18D, 134706) issued. |
April 1984 |
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Withdrawn from use.
Flown by Hoffecker from Worms to Speyer for extended storage. |
From 12 February 1991 to 2001 |
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To Arthur A. Williams, Augsburg/Gunzburg, West Germany keeping c/r N61912. |
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Restored.
Restored at Augsburg by Arthur Williams and advertised for sale. |
August 2001 |
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To Johnathan Arnold, Chicago, IL keeping c/r N61912. |
28 August 2001 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown from Germany to the USA with J.Arnold as co-pilot, via Prestwick, polished metallic, US flag on tail ferried Prestwick-Vagar, ferried via Reykjavik, Iceland. |
19 October 2001 |
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To Jonathan Arnold/Chicago Air Inc, Pal-Waukee Airport, Chicago, IL keeping c/r N61912. |
21 May 2004 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Janesville, WI |
23 May 2008 |
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To unknown owner with c/r N61912.
Sale reported to a new owner in Chicago, IL. |
From 2008 to 2015 |
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To Black Hawk Technical College, Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport (JVL), Janesville, WI.
For use as an instructional airframe.
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11 February 2013 |
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Civil registration, N61912, cancelled.
Sale reported to a new owner in Chicago, IL. |
25 July 2014 |
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Noted Janesville WI, parked outside, outer wings and engines removed, good condition. |
1 January 2018 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N61912 (18D, 134706) issued. |
19 July 2019 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Janesville, WI |
8 September 2021 |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: In Janesville, WI. |
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