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    Airframe Family: Cessna 172 Skyhawk / T-41 Mescalero
    Latest Model:T-41A Mescalero
    Last Military Serial:65-5251 USAF
    Construction Number:172-53351
    Last Civil Registration:N5251F
    Compressed ID:Cessna T-41A sn 65-5251 USAF cn 172...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-41A.

    March 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-5251.

    24 March 1965

    To U. S. Air Force, Headquarters Air Training Command, Randolph AFB, TX with new c/r N5251F.

    24 March 1965

    To U S Air Force HQ Atc DMMMR, Randolph AFB, TX with new c/r N5251F.

    1965

    Transferred to Undergraduate Pilot Training School, Hondo AFB, TX.

    April 1993

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    16 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    21 August 1998

    Civil registration, N5251F, cancelled.

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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