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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4L Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:147793 USN
    Construction Number:12557
    Last Civil Registration:N148AT
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-4L sn 147793 USN cn 12557...
    Latest Owner or Location:ATW Aviation / Bill Muzsala, Marana Northwest Regional Airport (formerly Avra Valley Airport), Marana, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A4D-2N.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 147793.

    1962

    Redesignated as A-4C.

    Converted to an A-4L.

    Markings Applied: QP, 102

    9 September 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3A0413.

    12 January 1976

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3A04565.

    From 1995 to By 2004

    Stored unconverted in a contractor yard at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    From 7 November 1997 to By 2002

    To Aviation Technologies Ltd, Sparks, NV with new c/r N148AT.

    28 August 2000

    To DMI Aviation, Tucson, AZ.

    5 February 2004

    To Merle Maine Enterprises Inc, Ontario, OR keeping c/r N148AT.
    Was not likely moved out of Arizona.

    In the inventory of Merle H. Maine Collection, Ontario, OR.
    View the Location Dossier

    February 2004

    Moved to Avra Valley, AZ.

    By October 2004

    To ATW Aviation/Bill Muzsala, Marana Northwest Regional Airport (formerly Avra Valley Airport), Marana, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    From By 2004 to By 2006

    Stored unrestored at Avra Valley, AZ.

    21 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Marana Northwest Regional Airport, AZ, USA

    7 December 2010

    Civil registration, N148AT, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fort Myers, FL.

    By 8 September 2011

    Markings Applied: 7793, MARINES, A-4L 147793, 3A456
    Repainted in false markings while in civilian ownership.

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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