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    Airframe Family: North American T-28 Trojan / Fennec / Nomad
    Latest Model:T-28B Trojan
    Last Military Serial:138245 USN
    Construction Number:200-316
    Last Civil Registration:N65491
    Compressed ID:NA T-28B sn 138245 USN cn 200-316 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:David M. Tondi, Sterling, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-28B.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 138245.

    By July 1990

    To Air Acres Museum, Cartersville, GA.
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    July 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    July 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    23 February 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX65491 (T-28B, 138245) issued.

    6 March 1996

    To Gordon M Bowers Investment Partners Six LC, Midlothian, VA with new c/r N65491.

    16 March 1999

    To Gordon M Bowers Investment Partners Six, Midlothian, VA keeping c/r N65491.

    22 August 2008

    To Gordon M. Bowers, Chesterfield, VA keeping c/r N65491.

    To Chesterfield County Airport, Chesterfield, VA.
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    Markings Applied: 090, NAVY VA-122, N65491 T-28B 138245, 90, NJ 8245

    28 July 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2011 Oshkosh

    20 April 2017

    To David M. Tondi, Sterling, VA keeping c/r N65491.

    21 July 2023


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Sheboygan County Memorial Airport, WI, July 21, 2023

    20 October 2023

    To David M. Tondi, Sterling, VA keeping c/r N65491.
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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
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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