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Constructed as a Harrier 50. |
16 February 1971 |
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First flight. |
12 March 1971 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XW647.
It was likely only assigned a RAF serial for the purposes of facilitating the foreign military sale. |
16 March 1971 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 158387 as a AV-8A and operated with these markings: VMA-513, WF, 158387, MARINES.
The date provided is the delivery date to Patuxent River. |
19 March 1971 |
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Redesignated as JAV-8A. |
15 April 1971 |
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Redesignated as AV-8A. |
16 April 1971 |
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Transferred to VMA-513 Beaufort. |
Circa 31 May 1972 |
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Photographer: Chris Kennedy
Notes: In colors of VMA-513 |
27 July 1973 |
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Transferred to VMA-231 Cherry Point. |
28 May 1975 |
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Transferred to NARF Cherry Point. |
19 January 1977 |
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Transferred to AFPRO Saint Louis. |
8 February 1979 |
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Transferred to NATC RDT and E Patuxent River. |
12 June 1979 |
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Converted to an AV-8C. |
20 November 1979 |
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Transferred to VX-5 China Lake. |
18 January 1980 |
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Transferred to AFPRO Saint Louis. |
9 May 1980 |
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Transferred to NATC RDT and E Patuxent River. |
17 September 1980 |
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Redesignated as JAV-8C. |
6 February 1981 |
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Converted to an AV-8C. |
Circa 1990 |
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Photographer: Mike Woodley
Notes: NASA Ames Open House Circa 1990 |
Circa 1990 |
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Photographer: Mike Woodley
Notes: NASA Ames Open House Circa 1990 |
Circa 1990 |
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Photographer: Mike Woodley
Notes: NASA Ames Open House Circa 1990 |
Circa 1990 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 719. |
18 September 1997 |
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Photographer: Nigel Roling
Notes: N719NA (158387) AV-8C at NASA Ames, CA 18-09-97. Simultaneously NASA 701 (159831) TAV-8 was at Western Aerospace Museum in Oakland which I speculate may have caused some confusion to others. |
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Assigned civil registration: N719NA |
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In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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Loaned to NASA Exploration Center, Moffett Federal Airfield, San Francisco, CA.
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To unknown owner.
Your Assistance is Needed: Apparently this airframe was displayed at a museum in Oakland, CA, after being displayed at Moffett and before going to the Flying Leathernecks Museum. Can you confirm? If so where was that museum?
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September 2008 |
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To Flying Leatherneck Aviation Musem, Miramar MCAS, San Diego, CA.
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27 February 2009 |
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Photographer: Bill Kistler |
From By May 2009 to By 7 September 2011 |
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Removed from display for repainting. |
7 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
31 May 2013 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Displayed at Flying Leatherneck Aviation Musem, Miramar MCAS, San Diego, California |
20 April 2017 |
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Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
Notes: At the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, MCAS Miramar, San Diego, CA, USA. |
17 April 2021 |
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To Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, TX.
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26 April 2024 |
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Photographer: John Bennett
Notes: Taken at Fort Worth - Meacham Field, TX, USA |
29 November 2024 |
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Photographer: Max Sabin |
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