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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:VT-29B Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:51-7906 USN
    Construction Number:240-318
    Compressed ID:Convair VT-29B sn 51-7906 USN cn 24...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-29B.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7906.

    Converted to a VT-29B.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 51-7906.

    Transferred to VT-29, NAS Corpus Christi, Texas,.

    Markings Applied: 51, D
    Aerial Visuals originally asked for help *The 91 on the nose is indistict and appears to have been painted over. Could also have been 21, 51 or 81? Does anyone know the correct code worn?* Ron Smith was very helpful with his reply (11 March 2020): I photographed this aircraft in February 1982, at Pima Museum when it had clear marking 51 on the nose.

    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air Museum, AZ

    By 1991

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    16 October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    By 9 September 2011

    Markings Applied: 21 U.S. NAVY, 3C, 51-7906
    In the markings of U.S. Navy, Training Squadron 29 (VT-29), Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, 1966.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
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