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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-17 Cobra / F-18 Hornet
    Latest Model:F/A-18A- 2-MC Hornet
    Last Military Serial:840 NASA
    Construction Number:6
    Last Civil Registration:N840NA
    Compressed ID:McDD F/A-18A- 2-MC sn 840 NASA cn 6...
    Latest Owner or Location:Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F/A-18A- 2-MC by McDonnell Douglas.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160780.

    17 May 1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 840.
    Used 1987 to 1996 as High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) with thrust-vectoring vanes, research flight control system and forward fuselage strakes.

    1992


    Photographer: Unknown

    23 July 2001

    To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Edwards, CA with new c/r N840NA.

    To Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA.
    View the Location Dossier

    8 December 2011

    Civil registration, N840NA, cancelled.

    18 January 2013


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: At Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia
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     US Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ken Wardle
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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