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    Airframe Family: Cessna 172 Skyhawk / T-41 Mescalero
    Latest Model:T-41A Mescalero
    Last Military Serial:65-5100 USAF
    Construction Number:172-51947
    Last Civil Registration:N5100F
    Compressed ID:Cessna T-41A sn 65-5100 USAF cn 172...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air and Space Education Instittute Inc, Pine Knot, KY

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    Dates

    Event

    1964

    Constructed as a T-41A.

    Circa 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-5100.

    1 September 1964

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5100F (172F, 172-51947) issued.

    Based at Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru-Kokomo, IN.
    Survives here stored dismantled.
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    22 December 1989

    To unknown owner with c/r N5100F.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Kokomo, IN.

    24 April 2017

    To Oneida Special School District, Oneida, TN keeping c/r N5100F.

    8 January 2022

    To Air and Space Education Instittute Inc, Pine Knot, KY keeping c/r N5100F.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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