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    Airframe Family: Aero L-39
    Latest Model:L-39ZA Albatros
    Last Military Serial:121 red FARo
    Construction Number:132021
    Last Civil Registration:N839RS
    Compressed ID:Aero L-39ZA sn 121 red FARo cn 1320...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tailwinds Llc, Houston, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-39ZA.

    1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fortele Aeriene Romane with s/n 121 red.

    4 March 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX392ZA (L-39, 132021) issued.

    12 July 2004

    To Smith Michael, Scottsdale, AZ with new c/r N392ZA.

    29 September 2004

    Civil registration, N392ZA, cancelled.
    Sold to Canada.

    7 December 2005

    To Maple Leaf Warbirds Inc, Calgary, AB with new c/r C-FMCS.

    Based at Calgary International Airport, Calgary, AB.
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    3 April 2015


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: On the U.S. Customs ramp, Great Falls International Airport, Montana.

    14 June 2018

    To RSW Group Llc, Phoenix, AZ with new c/r N839RS.

    2 August 2023

    To Tailwinds Llc, Houston, TX keeping c/r N839RS.

    11 September 2023


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races at Stead Field, near Reno, NV.

    11 September 2023


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races at Stead Field, near Reno, NV.
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