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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-26 / P2V / P-2 Neptune
    Latest Model:SP-2H Neptune
    Last Military Serial:144681 USN
    Construction Number:726-7158
    Last Civil Registration:N4235N
    Compressed ID:Lockheed SP-2H sn 144681 USN cn 726...
    Latest Owner or Location:Neptune Inc, Missoula, MT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SP-2H.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 144681.

    28 March 1965


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland

    5 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Alamogordo, NM of a Lockheed SP-2H Neptune

    To unknown owner with c/r N4235N.

    Operated as fire service #10.

    14 July 1988

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4235N (SP-2H, 144681) issued.

    August 1991


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: East Wenatchee, WA

    13 September 1993

    To Neptune Aviation Services Inc, Missoula, MT keeping c/r N4235N.

    Based at Neptune Aviation, Missoula International Airport, Missoula, MT.
    View the Location Dossier

    Operated as fire service #10.

    17 April 1998

    To Neptune Inc, Missoula, MT keeping c/r N4235N.

    12 July 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR4235N (SP-2H, 144681) issued.

    16 November 2008


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: On a fire dispatch out of San Bernardino

    1 January 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4235N (SP-2H, 144681) issued.

    6 March 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N4235N.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Missoula, MT.

    7 May 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N4235N.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Missoula, MT.

    15 November 2019


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Taken at the Missoula airport, Missoula, Montana, where she has been a gate guard since June 20, 2017.

    15 November 2019


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Gate guard at the Missoula, Montana airport since June 20, 2017.

    15 November 2019


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Gate guard at the Missoula, Montana airport since June 20, 2017.

    5 August 2020


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Missoula, MT.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Ruud Leeuw.com by Ruud Leeuw
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     Mike Henniger
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