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    Airframe Family: Cessna 172 Skyhawk / T-41 Mescalero
    Latest Model:T-41A Mescalero
    Last Military Serial:67-14983 USAF
    Construction Number:172-56337
    Last Civil Registration:N4983R
    Compressed ID:Cessna T-41A sn 67-14983 USAF cn 17...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aero Club, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-41A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 67-14983.

    18 July 1967

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4983R (172H, 172-56337) issued.

    19 January 2018

    Civil registration, N4983R, cancelled.

    12 June 2019

    To American Flight Museum, Topeka, KS with new c/r N4983R.

    To Aero Club, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL.
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    12 October 2024


    Photographer: Pete Cole/Eclat Studio
    Notes: Pictured on the ramp at Forbes Field, Topeka. KS. supporting the Thunder over the Heartland Airshow.
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