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    Airframe Family: Cessna 310 / 320 / L-27/U-3 Blue Canoe
    Latest Model:GU-3A Blue Canoe
    Last Military Serial:58-2107 USAF
    Construction Number:38081
    Compressed ID:Cessna GU-3A sn 58-2107 USAF cn 380...
    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 L-27A-CE by Cessna at Wichita, KS, USA.

    Circa 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 58-2107.


    Photographer: Mort Brown Special Collection
    Notes: Mort Brown was a chief test pilot for Cessna from 1937-1972. He was responsible for most of Cessnas production flight tests.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as U-3A.

    12 July 1968

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    Circa 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-2107.

    Converted to a GU-3A.

    25 August 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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