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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-159 / G-1159 Gulfstream
    Latest Model:Gulfstream II
    Last Military Serial:948 NASA
    Construction Number:222
    Last Civil Registration:N948NA
    Compressed ID:Grumman Gulfstream II sn 948 NASA c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    1978

    Constructed as a Gulfstream II.

    21 February 1992

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 948.

    21 February 1992

    To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX with new c/r N948NA.

    13 December 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX948NA (G-1159, 222) issued.

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    Remains in the markings of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, in 2007.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    22 May 2019


    Photographer: Richard Talley

    22 May 2019


    Photographer: Richard Talley
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Pima Air and Space Museum
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