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    Airframe Family: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
    Latest Model:XV-6A Kestrel
    Last Military Serial:521 NASA
    Last Civil Registration:N521NA
    Compressed ID:Hawker Siddeley XV-6A sn 521 NASA c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Kestrel FGA.1 by Hawker Siddeley at Dunsfold.

    28 May 1964

    First flight.

    15 July 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XS689.

    15 July 1964

    Transferred to RAF Tripartite Squadron, RAF West Raynham, Norfolk.

    19 February 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-18263 as a XV-6A.

    19 February 1966

    Transferred to Edwards AFB, CA.

    From 23 July 1966 to 20 June 1974

    Transferred to NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.

    February 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 521.

    25 February 1971

    To NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA with new c/r N521NA.

    31 July 1974

    Civil registration, N521NA, cancelled.

    Circa 1976

    To Smithsonian-National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
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    10 June 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

    By August 1995

    To Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA.
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    18 January 2013


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: At Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia
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    Internet Sources
     1000 Aircraft Photos (Aeroplane Photo Supply) by Ron Dupas and Johan Visschedijk
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson
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