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    Airframe Family: Yakovlev Yak-18 (1946) / CJ-4 / CJ-5 / CJ-6
    Latest Model:CJ-5
    Construction Number:1432030
    Last Civil Registration:VH-NNM
    Compressed ID:Nanchang CJ-5 cn 1432030 cr VH-NNM
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame - Grand Canyon, Valle Airport, Grand Canyon, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1956

    Constructed as a CJ-5 by Nanchang at China.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force.

    To Warren Sessler/China Technologies Inc, USA.

    1988

    To James A. Gardner, Sacramento, California, USA.

    23 May 1989

    Assigned civil registration: N7013S

    29 June 1989

    To James A. Gardner, Santa Rosa, California, USA with new c/r N18YK.

    1991

    Placed on display with Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    By 1992

    Markings Applied: white 06
    Chinese AAF color scheme.

    By December 1997

    Markings Applied: white 30
    North Korean markings.

    4 December 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame in Chino, California.

    4 April 2008

    Civil registration, N18YK, cancelled.

    2008

    Civil registration D-EJAC reserved but not taken up.
    Reportedly sold to Germany but apparently the aircraft never left Planes of Fame Air Museum.

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    2 September 2014

    To Feilong Training School Pty Ltd, Parkdale, VIC with new c/r VH-NNM.

    18 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA, USA.

    Placed on display with Planes of Fame-Grand Canyon, Valle Airport, Grand Canyon, AZ.
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    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
    Internet Sources
     Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Old Wings by Aad van der Voet
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Adam Estes
    Marcin Rogowski
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