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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-5 Texan
    Last Military Serial:43639 USN
    Construction Number:88-15304
    Last Civil Registration:N8151
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-5 sn 43639 USN cn 88-15304 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:High Planes Aviation Llc, Goodland, KS

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SNJ-5.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 43639.

    19 December 1958

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8151 (AT-6D, 43639) issued.

    24 January 1992

    To Byrne Aviation, Bloomfield Hills, MI with new c/r N8151.

    23 October 1998

    To Hans O. Lauridsen, Carefree, AZ keeping c/r N8151.

    Based at Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye Municipal Airport, Buckeye, AZ.
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    13 May 2013

    To Hans O. Lauridsen, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N8151.

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8151 (AT-6D, 43639) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2019

    To Lauridsen Hans, Carefree, AZ keeping c/r N8151.

    24 April 2019

    To Hans O. Lauridsen, Cave Creek, AZ keeping c/r N8151.

    9 July 2022

    To Valdez25 Llc, Saint Charles, MO keeping c/r N8151.

    17 July 2023

    To High Planes Aviation Llc, Goodland, KS keeping c/r N8151.
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