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    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft BC / BF / BL / DC / DCO / DF / DL / L-2 Grasshopper
    Latest Model:L-2A Grasshopper
    Last Military Serial:42-36005 USAAF
    Construction Number:04466
    Last Civil Registration:N57504
    Compressed ID:Taylorcraft L-2A sn 42-36005 USAAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mark T. Watson, Pensacola, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-2A.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-36005.

    25 June 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N57504 (DCO-65, 0-4466) issued.

    From 11 November 1974 to After 1992

    To Daniel Nelson, Caldwell ID with new c/r N57504.

    26 February 1998

    To Icarus Inc, Caldwell, ID keeping c/r N57504.

    5 June 2007

    To Edward I. Obrien, Denver, CO keeping c/r N57504.

    1 February 2010

    To Mark T. Watson, Pensacola, FL keeping c/r N57504.

    29 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2011 Sun n Fun at Lakeland, Florida

    29 March 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2012 Sun N Fun

    To Caldwell Industrial Airport, Caldwell, ID.
    View the Location Dossier

    27 September 2021

    To Mark T. Watson, Pensacola, FL keeping c/r N57504.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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