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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-4 Texan
    Last Military Serial:27560 USN
    Construction Number:88-12956
    Last Civil Registration:N30CE
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-4 sn 27560 USN cn 88-12956 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Thai Air Force Museum, Don Mueang International Airport (DMK), Bangkok, Bangkok

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SNJ-4.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 27560.

    Circa 1942

    Transferred to General Inspector of Naval Aircraft, Western District, Los Angeles, CA.

    14 January 1986

    To Kal Aero Service, Inc with new c/r N30CE.

    1986

    To Carl Schmieder, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N30CE.

    From 1986 to 1990

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: USAAC 12596
    Rebuilt at Deer Valley, AZ as replica of a North American P-64 using HU-16 Albatross engine and cowling. registered as North American-Schmieder AT-6.

    28 October 1990

    First post-restoration Flight.

    30 July 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    30 July 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    September 1991

    To Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX keeping c/r N30CE.

    15 October 1991

    Delivered to Lone Star Flight Museum.

    26 July 1994

    To V. Didyasarin/Tango Corp, Potomac, MD keeping c/r N30CE.
    Markings added: 4300

    October 1994


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy
    Notes: P-64 Replica (SNJ-4) at Wings Over Houston Airshow, Ellington Field, Houston, Tx. Oct. 1994.

    October 1994


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy
    Notes: P-64 Replica (SNJ-4) at Wings Over Houston Airshow, Ellington Field, Houston, Tx. Oct. 1994.

    12 August 1997

    Civil registration, N30CE, cancelled.
    Exported to Thailand.

    August 1997

    To Government of Thailand.

    1997

    To Foundation for the Preservation and Development of Thai Aircraft/Tango Squadron, Chiang Mai AB, Thailand.

    2004

    To Royal Thai Air Force Museum, Don Mueang International Airport (DMK), Bangkok, Bangkok.
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    22 July 2009


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    13 January 2024


    Photographer: kazuya wada
    Notes: taken at DMK 2024 Childrens day
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     World Military Out of Service 2008 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Thomas Delvoye
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