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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-2 Texan
    Last Military Serial:02025 USN
    Construction Number:65-2014
    Last Civil Registration:N61563
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-2 sn 02025 USN cn 65-2014 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Training Services Inc T/A, Virginia Beach, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SNJ-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 02025.

    1946

    To Dayton Aero Discount Inc, Dayton OH with new c/r NC61563.

    1963

    To Anthony Stinis/Stinis Air Service/Skytypers Inc, La Guardia Airport NY and Cypress CA with new c/r N61563.
    Operated with markings: 1

    2 December 1964

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR61563 (SNJ-2, 2025) issued.

    25 September 1965


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Andy Stinnis in cockpit. Concord, CA, Sept 25, 1965.

    1984

    To Skytypers Inc, Los Alamitos CA keeping c/r N61563.

    January 1987

    To SNJ-2 Corp, Farmingdale-Republic Airport NY keeping c/r N61563.

    By August 1990

    To Bruce Redding/National Diversified Services, Scottsdale AZ keeping c/r N61563.

    15 October 1993

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at the Skaneatles Airport (6B9) Skaneateles, NY, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. The pilot departed on a cross country flight in his world war ii vintage airplane, about 360 pounds over the maximum gross take-off weight. Approximately 30 minutes after takeoff, the airplane was observed, by witnesses, flying in a northeasterly direction toward the departure airport...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    28 January 1998

    To Training Services Inc T/A, Virginia Beach, VA keeping c/r N61563.

    Based at Military Aviation Museum and Fighter Factory, Virginia Beach Airport, Virginia Beach, VA.
    View the Location Dossier

    2001

    To Achim and Elmar Meier/MDM Aviation, Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Germany keeping c/r N61563.

    13 November 2018

    To Training Services Inc T/A, Virginia Beach, VA keeping c/r N61563.
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