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    Airframe Family: Yakovlev Yak-18 (1946) / CJ-4 / CJ-5 / CJ-6
    Latest Model:CJ-6A
    Last Military Serial:3051201 PLAAF
    Construction Number:3051201
    Last Civil Registration:N53HM
    Compressed ID:Nanchang CJ-6A sn 3051201 PLAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Nanchang N53HM Llc, Sedona, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CJ-6A by Nanchang at China.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force with s/n 3051201.

    2 December 1992

    To Middleton Harold, Austin, TX with new c/r N53HM.

    Based at San Marcos Airport, San Marcos, TX.
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    Markings Applied: HM

    22 January 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX53HM (YAK-18A, 3051201) issued.

    9 October 1993


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At the Confederate Air Force Air Show at Midland, Texas

    17 January 2013

    To Middleton Harold, Austin, TX keeping c/r N53HM.

    29 July 2013

    To Lacy D. Long, Cedar Hill, TX keeping c/r N53HM.

    12 March 2014

    To United States Postal Inspection Service, Washington, DC keeping c/r N53HM.

    To Lancaster Municipal Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    Markings Applied: HM

    18 May 2018

    To Nanchang N53HM Llc, Fort Worth, TX keeping c/r N53HM.

    10 October 2020


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At the TXAAA Annual Fly-in; Gainesville, TX [KGLE]

    2 August 2023

    To Nanchang N53HM Llc, Sedona, AZ keeping c/r N53HM.
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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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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