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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:T-6G Texan
    Last Military Serial:49-3186 USAF
    Construction Number:88-11257
    Last Civil Registration:VH-HAJ
    Compressed ID:NA T-6G sn 49-3186 USAF cn 88-11257...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pays Air Service Vintage Fighter Restorations, Scone, New South Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1941

    Constructed as an AT-6C-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-32862.

    Remanufactured as a T-6G by North American at Downey, CA.
    New construction number, 168-290, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 49-3186.

    From 1963 to 1966

    To Lonnie D. Clark, Brownfield TX with new c/r N2893G.

    1969

    To Clarks Aerial Service, Brownsville TX keeping c/r N2893G.

    1972

    To Sharon A. Sharp, Southfield, MI keeping c/r N2893G.

    From 1976 to 1984

    To Steven Seghetti, Vacaville, CA with new c/r N1751.

    Markings Applied: NAVY, MOFFETT FIELD, 3186

    20 October 1979


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Photographed at Travis AFB.

    20 October 1979


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Photographed at Travis AFB.

    5 June 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Merced, CA.

    1984

    To Col Pay, Scone, NSW.

    2 July 1984

    Transported by ship.
    Arrived at the Sydney docks in Australia.

    19 September 1984

    To Pays Air Service/Col Pay, Scone, NSW with new c/r VH-HAJ.

    12 October 1988


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Col Pay taxies his T-6G VH-HAJ at RAAF Richmond NSW in October 1988.Despite the US Navy paint scheme, this was a USAF post-war Texan, remanufactured and modernised in 1950

    20 June 2005

    To Colin Pay, Scone, NSW keeping c/r VH-HAJ.

    20 June 2005

    Operated by Pays Air Service Pty Ltd.

    2008

    To Dianne Pay/Pays Air Service, Scone, NSW keeping c/r VH-HAJ.

    Markings Applied: NAVY, MOFFETT FIELD, 3186
    Flown in USN markings.

    18 July 2008

    To Dianne Pay, Scone, NSW keeping c/r VH-HAJ.

    18 July 2008

    Operated by Pays Air Service Pty Ltd.

    7 August 2008

    Operated by Pays Air Service Holdings Pty Ltd.

    13 October 2010


    Photographer: Brian Gibbens
    Notes: 2010 photo at Scone, NSW

    Based at Pays Flying Museum, Scone, New South Wales.
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    To Vintage Fighter Restorations., Scone, New South Wales.
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    To Pays Air Service Vintage Fighter Restorations, Scone, New South Wales.
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    Photographer: Nick Veronico Collection
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    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
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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