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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:L-19A-CE Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:51-12373 US
    Construction Number:22713
    Last Civil Registration:N5170G
    Compressed ID:Cessna L-19A-CE sn 51-12373 US cn 2...
    Latest Owner or Location:Steven C. Vihlen, Locust Grove, GA

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a L-19A-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-12373.

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-12373.

    July 1971

    To Civil Air Patrol, Maxwell AFB, AL with new c/r N5170G.

    27 July 1971

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5170G (305A, 22713) issued.

    13 October 1995

    To Conrad H. Reed, Centre, AL keeping c/r N5170G.

    3 April 2007

    To Rooair Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N5170G.

    9 April 2008


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun. Lakeland FL

    19 January 2010

    To Team Vihlen Llc, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N5170G.

    23 July 2019


    Photographer: VIN (V77RFC)
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI.

    31 March 2020

    To Steven C. Vihlen, Locust Grove, GA keeping c/r N5170G.
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