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    Airframe Family: Fairchild C-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar
    Latest Model:C-119L Flying Boxcar
    Last Military Serial:53-8076 USAF
    Construction Number:179
    Last Civil Registration:N8505A
    Compressed ID:Fairchild C-119L sn 53-8076 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, Wyoming

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1954

    Constructed as a C-119G-KM by Kaiser at Willow Run, Michigan, USA.

    Circa 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-8076.

    From Circa 1968 to 1 January 1975

    Transferred to 129th Troop Carrier Group, California Air National Guard, Hayward ANGB, CA.

    1973

    Converted to a C-119L.

    1 January 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CJ456.

    13 November 1979

    To Dross Metals Inc, Tucson, AZ.

    December 1980

    To Dross Metals Inc, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N8505A.

    1984

    To J. D. Gifford (and) Associates, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N8505A.

    February 1985

    To Alaska Commercial Fishing (and) Agricultural Bank, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N8505A.

    1986

    To Northern Pacific Transport, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N8505A.

    July 1987

    To Alaska Aircraft Leasing Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N8505A.

    August 1989


    Photographer: Peter Garwood
    Notes: Seen at Anchorage, AK, N8505As previous identity is on display. U.S. AIR FORCE can be seen on the forward fuselage, with TROOP CARRIER clearly visible above. 076 can just be seen on the nose, and 38076 on the fin.

    26 June 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR8505A (C-119L, 179) issued.

    9 September 1992

    To Hawkins and Powers, Greybull, WY keeping c/r N8505A.

    Based at Hawkins and Powers, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, WY.
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    1992

    Withdrawn from use.
    Open storage at Greybull, WY.

    24 August 2000

    To D (and) G Inc, Greybull, WY keeping c/r N8505A.

    28 September 2005

    To Pride Capital Group, Deerfield, IL.
    Did not relocate from Greybull when the ownership transferred.

    2 August 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed through a chain-link fence with 600 mm lens

    9 November 2006

    To Harold Sheppard Jr., Riverton, WY keeping c/r N8505A.
    Did not relocate from Greybull when the ownership transferred. Mr. Sheppard intended to make one of his two C-119s airworthy.

    By 9 October 2009

    Based at The Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, WY.
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