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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:PV-2 Harpoon
    Last Military Serial:37507 USN
    Construction Number:15-1473
    Last Civil Registration:N86492
    Compressed ID:Lockheed PV-2 sn 37507 USN cn 15-14...
    Latest Owner or Location:Reid Bob, Mesa, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PV-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 37507.

    From February 1946 to By 1957

    To NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
    Placed in storage where with a total of only eight hours on the airframe.

    From 12 August 1957 to By 1960

    To Trade Ayer Inc, Linden, NJ with new c/r N6643D.
    Obtained by Trade Ayer via Navy disposals.

    From 9 February 1960 to By 1962

    To D. U. Howard, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N6643D.

    25 October 1962

    To Robert A. Gallaher, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N6643D.

    From November 1962 to By 1979

    To Master Equipment Co./Ralph S. Johnson, Cheyenne, WY with new c/r N86492.

    August 1963

    Converted from a military configuration to a sprayer.

    22 August 1963

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR86492 (PV-2, 15-1473) issued.

    Circa October 1973


    Photographer: Don Enlow
    Notes: At La Grange, Georgia

    From February 1979 to By 1987

    To RALCO Inc/Ralph S. Johnson, Cheyenne, WY keeping c/r N86492.

    1982


    Photographer: Unknown

    From 21 April 1987 to By 1995

    To Quarry Products Inc, Richmond, CA keeping c/r N86492.

    12 June 1987

    To Quarry Products Inc, Richmond, CA keeping c/r N86492.

    From By 1989 to By 1993

    Placed in open storage at Mesa AZ.

    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Falcon Field, Mesa, AZ

    From 10 April 1995 to By 2005

    To Randsburg Corp, Portland, OR keeping c/r N86492.

    From By 1995 to By 2005

    Markings Applied: 492, BJ K
    Restored to military configuration at Mesa, AZ. Painted as a RAF Hudson with glasshouse nose.

    1 May 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Under reconstruction, without markings at Meza Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ

    From 2005 to After 2008

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Commemorative Air Force-Arizona Wing, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    From 28 February 2006 to By 2007

    To Delaware Warbirds Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N86492.

    28 February 2006

    To Dellaware Warbirds Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N86492.

    23 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Mesa - Falcon Field, AZ, USA

    13 November 2007

    Civil registration, N86492, cancelled.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Wingspan Air Heritage Foundation/Robert Kropp, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    By 23 October 2009

    Civil registration, N86492, cancelled.

    10 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    10 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 March 2017


    Photographer: Steffen Rhode

    1 March 2019

    To Reid Bob, Mesa, AZ with new c/r N86492.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    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
     Terry Fletcher
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