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    Airframe Family: North American T-28 Trojan / Fennec / Nomad
    Latest Model:T-28C Trojan
    Last Military Serial:146254 USN
    Construction Number:252-17
    Last Civil Registration:N28CQ
    Compressed ID:NA T-28C sn 146254 USN cn 252-17 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:John H. Shell Jr, Morganton, NC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-28C.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 146254.

    26 September 1989

    To Seahorse Avn Inc, Rye, NE with new c/r N254PJ.

    21 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Oceana Airshow

    21 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Oceana Airshow

    28 March 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX28CQ (T-28C, 146254) issued.

    25 March 2005

    To James T. Ostrich, La Mesa, CA with new c/r N28CQ.

    Markings Applied: 2S/371

    Based at Gillespie Field, San Diego, CA.
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    Based at Western Museum of Flight, Torrance Municipal Airport-Zamperini Field, Los Angeles, CA.
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    10 May 2010


    Photographer: Todd Royer

    To Warbirds West Air Museum, Gillespie Field, San Diego, CA.
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    10 February 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX28CQ (T-28C, 146254) issued.

    31 August 2016

    To Hattaway Nelson, Blakely, GA keeping c/r N28CQ.

    2 December 2022

    To John H. Shell Jr, Morganton, NC keeping c/r N28CQ.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Mike Henniger
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