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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Taylorcraft A / J-2 / J-3 / J-4 / J-5 / L-4/O-59/C-83 Grasshopper / L-18 Super Cub / L-21 Super Grasshopper / PA-11/PA-18/PA-19
    Latest Model:L-18C Super Cub
    Last Military Serial:51-15629 AdT
    Construction Number:18-1629
    Last Civil Registration:N7238X
    Compressed ID:Piper L-18C sn 51-15629 AdT cn 18-1...
    Latest Owner or Location:International Air Services Inc Trustee, Carson City, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1953

    Constructed as a L-18C by Piper.
    Piper L-18C 18-1629

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 51-15629.

    October 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de Terre with s/n 51-15629 and operated with these markings: F-MCBT.

    Civil registration OO-HNG reserved but not taken up.

    1972

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-MEU.

    From 9 July 1996 to 19 November 1996

    To Mark Russell Masters with new c/r G-BWUO.

    19 November 1996

    To Lee Herbert Marsh, Thetford keeping c/r G-BWUO.

    25 April 1997

    Civil registration, G-BWUO, cancelled.

    6 May 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7238X (L-18C, 18-1629) issued.

    1 June 1998

    To Koegel John, Sarasota, FL with new c/r N7238X.

    April 1999


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: At Tibenham

    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7238X (L-18C, 18-1629) issued.

    15 May 2008

    To International Air Services Inc Trustee, Leicestershire keeping c/r N7238X.

    22 August 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2011 Sywell Air Show in the UK

    7 February 2014

    To International Air Services Inc Trustee, Carson City, NV keeping c/r N7238X.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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