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Circa April 1954 |
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Constructed as a C-119G. |
23 April 1954 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3144. |
From 1954 to 1971 |
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Served troop carrier assignments in both active and reserve units in Japan, Oregon, Texas, and Rhode Island. |
28 January 1971 |
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Transferred to MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. |
18 June 1971 |
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Transferred to HACDA (Hayes Aircraft Corporation, Dothan, Alabama), Napier.
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Transferred to 143rd Special Operations Group, Theodore Francis Green Airport, Warwick, RI. |
1973 |
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Converted to a C-119L. |
Circa 1975 |
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Transferred to MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. |
1975 |
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Civil registration N8512N reserved but not taken up.
Dross Metals, Tucson, AZ. |
25 June 1980 |
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To Dross Metals Inc, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N37484. |
18 March 1981 |
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To Arbor Air, Columbus, NE keeping c/r N37484. |
May 1981 |
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To El Marc Air, Columbus, NE keeping c/r N37484. |
4 November 1981 |
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Photographer: Guy Visele |
16 November 1981 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX37484 (C-119L, 11155) issued. |
January 1983 |
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To Louis P. Minkoff, Ypsilanti, MI keeping c/r N37484. |
April 1983 |
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To Buds Flying Service, Shelby, NE keeping c/r N37484. |
January 1984 |
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To Texas Aerial Applicators, Laredo, TX keeping c/r N37484. |
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According to Hurlburt, the plane operated as an agricultural sprayer for grasshoppers until that became unprofitable. The owners then flew contraband TV sets from Texas to Mexico, selling them out of the plane. On its 6th flight in that occupation it struck a cactus on landing and suffered damage. It was then returned to Laredo, TX to sit in open storage. |
1987 |
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To American Air Freight Co, Laredo, TX keeping c/r N37484. |
23 September 1987 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
The airframe was donated to Hurburt Field by an individual.
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September 1987 |
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Pilot failed to file flight plan and had no radios; after radar picked up the aircraft, it was considered a drug smuggler and US Customs and DEA aircraft followed it to Hurlburt. |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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Loaned to 1 SOMSG/CD, Hurlburt Field, FL. |
28 June 1988 |
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Placed on display. |
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Markings Applied: Shadow
Marked as AC-119G. |
25 March 1991 |
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To unknown owner with c/r N37484.
Sale reported to a new owner in Tucson, AZ. |
Circa 2003 |
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Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: A Hurlburt Field memorial park. |
Circa 2003 |
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Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: A Hurlburt Field memorial park. |
12 September 2003 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
12 September 2012 |
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Civil registration, N37484, cancelled. |
7 September 2015 |
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Photographer: Luis Sanchez |
1 January 2016 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX37484 (C-119L, 11155) issued. |
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