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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-26 / P2V / P-2 Neptune
    Latest Model:P-2H Neptune
    Last Military Serial:147959 USN
    Construction Number:726-7209
    Last Civil Registration:N717AU
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P-2H sn 147959 USN cn 726-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Neptune Aviation, Missoula International Airport, Missoula, Montana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P2V-7.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 147959.

    Redesignated as P-2H.

    Markings Applied: LZ/10

    21 September 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1P0392.

    29 May 1978

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    October 1986

    To Allied Aircraft Sales, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N959LH.

    3 November 1986

    To Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA keeping c/r N959LH.

    From July 1987 to By 2000

    Assigned civil registration: N717AU

    By 1996

    To Western International, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    Stored unconverted here.
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    2 September 1997

    To Aero Union Corporation, Chico, CA keeping c/r N717AU.

    From 11 April 2000 to By 2006

    To Neptune Aviation Services, Missoula, MT keeping c/r N717AU.
    Not likely moved from Tucson.

    In the inventory of Neptune Aviation, Missoula International Airport, Missoula, MT.
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    26 June 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r N717AU.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Gardnerville, NV, but not likely moved from Tucson.

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    2 April 2013

    Civil registration, N717AU, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Gardnerville, NV.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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