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    Airframe Family: Stinson SR/V-77/AT-19/C-81/L-9 Reliant
    Latest Model:Reliant I
    Last Military Serial:FK849 RAF
    Construction Number:77-0036
    Last Civil Registration:N79458
    Compressed ID:Stinson Reliant I sn FK849 RAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Reliant I.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-46675.

    21 April 1969

    Certificate of airworthiness for N79458 (V77, 77-36) issued.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FK849.

    26 September 1980


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1980 photo at Ryan Field, Tuscon AZ - of a Stinson V-77 Reliant

    23 November 1988

    To Donald R. Rogers, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N79458.

    25 June 1998

    Based at Alaska Aviation Museum, Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK.
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    25 June 1998

    To Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N79458.

    21 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum

    13 May 2009


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Logo of Alaska Airlines on N79458 at the Alaska Aviation Museum, Lake Hood, AK

    10 June 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska

    9 July 2012

    To Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N79458.

    10 July 2012

    To Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N79458.

    17 February 2021

    To Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N79458.

    20 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N79458 with a new logo at the Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK

    20 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Alaska Aviation Museum logo on Stinson N79458
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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