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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130A Hercules
    Last Military Serial:57-0459 USAF
    Construction Number:3166
    Last Civil Registration:NR135HP
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130A sn 57-0459 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

    Constructed as a C-130A.

    To Didion Edgar, Houston 10, TX with new c/r N4765.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0459.

    To unknown owner with c/r N135HP.

    To Hawkins and Powers, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, WY.
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    16 February 1990

    To Hawkins and Powers Aviation Inc, Greybull, WY keeping c/r N135HP.

    26 March 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR135HP (C-130A, 57-459) issued.

    17 December 2002

    To Hawkins and Powers Aviation Inc, Greybull, WY keeping c/r N135HP.

    By 2005

    The wings had been removed.

    5 October 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r NR135HP.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Navarre, FL.

    By 2008

    In outside storage. It is assumed only the fuselage was stored, but this may not be accurate.

    To The Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, WY.
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    13 February 2013

    Civil registration, N135HP, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Navarre, FL.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Ruud Leeuw.com by Ruud Leeuw
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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