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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-4 Texan
    Last Military Serial:51819 USN
    Construction Number:88-14713
    Last Civil Registration:N2965S
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-4 sn 51819 USN cn 88-14713 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Dominion Ventures Inc, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SNJ-4.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 51819.

    3 December 1958

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7804B (AT-6D, 51819) issued.

    To Plane Fun Inc, Grossostheim with new c/r N2965S.

    To Gulf Airbatics Ltd, Jennings, LA with new c/r N7804B.

    From 13 February 1969 to 16 February 1969

    Raced as #8.
    Competed at the Florida National Air Races in the T-6 class. The primary pilot was Bill Lumley. Qualified in 7th place with an average speed of 177.63 mph. Raced in Heat 1. Finished in 5th place with an average speed of 158.20 mph. Raced in Heat B. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 170.08 mph. Raced in the Reserve race. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 175.18 mph.

    19 August 1983


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N2965S in WW II-FW190-colors together with sister ship D-FHGK on the evening of an airshow at Linz-Hoersching, Austria

    5 August 1987

    Returned from lease.
    Markings changed to: RR-819
    Navy.

    14 October 1988


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Jennings Airport, Louisiana

    14 October 1988


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Jennings, LA.

    10 August 1992

    To Plane Fun Inc, Grossostheim with new c/r N2965S.

    1 May 1993


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N2965S in US Navy-c/s at Aero 93, Friedrichshafen, Germany

    22 December 1997

    Civil registration, N2965S, cancelled.
    Exported to Germany.

    23 December 1997

    To Walter Eichhorn with new c/r D-FHGL.

    Markings Applied: 08
    Red Bull colour scheme.

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7804B (AT-6D, 51819) issued.

    2006

    At Munich.

    30 April 2007

    Civil registration, N7804B, cancelled.

    15 September 2012


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2012 photo at ILA Berlin Airshow

    10 March 2022

    To Dominion Ventures Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N2965S.

    26 April 2023

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2965S (T-6D, 51819) issued.
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