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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:PV-2 Harpoon
    Last Military Serial:37270 USN
    Last Civil Registration:N7257C
    Compressed ID:Lockheed PV-2 sn 37270 USN cr N7257...
    Latest Owner or Location:Robert A. Kropp, Mesa, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PV-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 37270.

    16 April 1969

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR7257C (PV-2, 37270) issued.

    22 August 1979

    To Ralco, Cheyenne, WY with new c/r N7257C.

    23 January 1980

    To Zellner Marvin T MD, Bisbee, AZ keeping c/r N7257C.

    From Unknown to 27 December 2007

    To Memorial Airport, Chandler, AZ.
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    7 April 1983


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: N7257C Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon of Biegert Aviation Fitted with spray equipment. Parked at Memorial Field/Gila River, Arizona.

    29 April 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N7257C in front of DC-7C N90804 African Queen at Chandler, AZ

    17 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Chandler Memorial, AZ, USA

    27 December 2007

    To Falcon Field (KFFZ), Phoenix, AZ.
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    3 November 2011

    To Zellner Marvin T MD, Bisbee, AZ keeping c/r NR7257C.

    30 January 2012

    To Robert A. Kropp, Mesa, AZ with new c/r N7257C.

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR7257C (PV-2, 37270) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2016

    To Ralco, Cheyenne, WY keeping c/r N7257C.

    10 October 2017

    To Robert A. Kropp, Mesa, AZ keeping c/r N7257C.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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