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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-5800
    Last Military Serial:140993 USN
    Construction Number:340-276
    Last Civil Registration:N381FL
    Compressed ID:Kelowna Flightcraft CV-5800 sn 1409...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ifl Group Inc, Waterford, MI

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    Dates

    Event

    1955

    Constructed as a R4Y-1.

    1 August 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 140993.

    Redesignated as C-131F.

    July 1980

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, AZ.

    February 1984

    To International Field Studies with new c/r N3982Y (C-131F, 140993).

    25 January 1988

    To Trans-Air-Link Corporation keeping c/r N3982Y.

    17 April 1989

    Civil registration, N3982Y, cancelled.

    25 May 1989

    To Kelowna Flightcraft Charter with new c/r C-GKFS {1}.

    September 1991

    Converted to a CV-5800 by Kelowna Flightcraft at Canada.

    19 November 1991

    To International Trading Company of Yukon Inc, Bethany, OK with new c/r N5800.

    1993


    Photographer: Chris Redford
    Notes: At Abbotsford BC, Canada

    15 December 1993

    Civil registration, N5800, cancelled.

    16 December 1993

    To Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter with new c/r C-FKFS {1}.

    16 July 1998

    Certificate of airworthiness for N381FL (340, 276) issued.

    To Ifl Group Inc, Waterford, MI with new c/r N381FL.

    To Oakland County International Airport, Pontiac, MI.
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    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N381FL (340, 276) issued.

    8 February 2017

    To Ifl Group Inc, Waterford, MI keeping c/r N381FL.
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    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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