Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-6 Texan
    Last Military Serial:112322 USN
    Construction Number:121-43285
    Last Civil Registration:PP-BRW
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-6 sn 112322 USN cn 121-43285...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wings Over Miami Air Museum, Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, Florida

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-82456.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 112322 as a SNJ-6.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force.

    Circa 1990

    Recovered.
    Returned to the United States in the early 1990s.

    From 1 January 1995 to 2001

    To Mitchell J. Zahler, Stillwater, MN with new c/r N2118X.

    14 June 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2118X (SNJ-6, 112322) issued.

    Restored.
    Assembled, licensed and flown.

    4 April 2002

    To J Bird Enterprises Inc, Miami Lakes, FL keeping c/r N2118X.

    Contracted to Phoenix Aviation Services/Vincent Tirado, Inc Miami, FL for work on the airframe.

    From 2002 to 2005

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 45 Marines JM
    Fully restored by Phoenix Aviation and finished in a glossy sea blue.

    13 April 2005


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun 2005, Lakeland FL

    Based at Wings Over Miami Museum, Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    30 June 2012


    Photographer: Vincent Tirado III

    8 August 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N2118X.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Miami, FL.

    14 August 2013


    Photographer: Vincent Tirado III
    Notes: Being dissassembled for container shipment to Brazil

    14 August 2013


    Photographer: Vincent Tirado III

    20 September 2013

    To Alj Engines Supply Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N2118X.

    29 October 2013

    Civil registration, N2118X, cancelled.
    Exported to Brazil.

    October 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r PP-BRW.

    1 January 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2118X (SNJ-6, 112322) issued.

    To Wings Over Miami Air Museum, Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, FL.
    View the Location Dossier
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Vincent Tirado III
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12161][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - North American SNJ-6 Texan, s/n 112322 USN, c/n 121-43285, c/r PP-BRW[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12161
    Copyright 1993-2025 m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.