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    Airframe Family: Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
    Latest Model:C-1A Trader
    Last Military Serial:136752 USN
    Construction Number:G-96-05
    Last Civil Registration:N71456
    Compressed ID:Grumman C-1A sn 136752 USN cn G-96-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hans O. Lauridsen, Phoenix, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TF-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 136752.

    1962

    Redesignated as C-1A.

    9 April 1980

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 7C0005.

    May 1990

    To J. C. Janes and Associates Inc with new c/r N71456.

    2 November 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX71456 (C-1A, 136752) issued.

    1 January 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX71456 (C-1A, 136752) issued.

    20 July 2005

    To Hans O. Lauridsen, Carefree, AZ keeping c/r N71456.

    Based at Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Glendale Municipal Airport, Phoenix, AZ.
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    To Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye Municipal Airport, Buckeye, AZ.
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    7 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    7 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    24 February 2016

    To Hans O. Lauridsen, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N71456.

    5 July 2019

    Civil registration, N71456, cancelled.
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