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    Airframe Family: North American T-28 Trojan / Fennec / Nomad
    Latest Model:NA-260 Nomad
    Last Military Serial:51-7700 USAF
    Construction Number:174-553
    Last Civil Registration:N100JE
    Compressed ID:NA NA-260 sn 51-7700 USAF cn 174-55...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-28A.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7700.

    Circa 1952

    Transferred to Air National Guard.

    Transferred to Air Force Reserves.

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 51-7700.

    1 August 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7700.

    From 1963 to 1966

    To Daniel Ninburg, Anaheim, CA with new c/r N8088H.

    Converted to a NA-260.

    1969

    To Waco-Pacific Inc, Van Nuys, CA keeping c/r N8088H.

    From 1970 to 1972

    To Richard M. Vartanian, Arcadia, CA keeping c/r N8088H.

    19 March 1975

    Certificate of airworthiness for N100JE (NOMAD NA-260, 51-7700N) issued.

    By May 1976

    To unknown owner with c/r N100JE.
    Markings added: Blue Angels, U.S. NAVY, 1

    30 May 1976


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Rickenbacker AFB, OH

    From 1978 to 1985

    To John M. Ellis/Kal-Aero Inc, Kalamazoo, MI keeping c/r N100JE.

    6 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: On display at the 1978 Confederate Air Force Airshow at Harlingen, Texas.

    July 1979


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Oshkosh.

    29 January 1985

    To Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Portage, MI keeping c/r N100JE.

    In the inventory of Air Zoo, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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    22 July 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 May 2015

    Civil registration, N100JE, cancelled.

    To Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N100JE (NOMAD NA-260, 51-7700N) issued.

    1 January 2019

    To Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI with new c/r N100JE.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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