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    Airframe Family: Beech 45/T-34 Mentor
    Latest Model:D45
    Last Military Serial:140871 USN
    Construction Number:BG-205
    Last Civil Registration:N87979
    Compressed ID:Beech D45 sn 140871 USN cn BG-205 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Whidbey Island Navy Flying Club, Whidbey Island NAS, Oak Harbor, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a D45.
    BEECH D-45 BG-205

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 140871.

    30 August 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for N87979 (D-45, BG-205) issued.

    18 November 1998

    To Whidbey Island Navy Flying Club, Oak Harbor, WA with new c/r N87979.

    19 November 2004

    To unknown owner with c/r N87979.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Battle Creek, MI.

    To Whidbey Island Navy Flying Club, Whidbey Island NAS, Oak Harbor, WA.
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    3 February 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N87979.

    3 February 2012

    Civil registration, N87979, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Battle Creek, MI.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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