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    Airframe Family: Ling-Temco-Vought C-142
    Latest Model:XC-142A
    Last Military Serial:522 NASA
    Compressed ID:Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A sn 522 NA...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    1964

    Constructed as a XC-142A.

    Circa 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-5924.

    From May 1966 to May 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 522.

    4 May 1970

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    4 May 1970

    Ferry flight.
    Landed Wright Field for storage until new museum opened.

    4 August 1971

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    21 May 1973


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: As displayed at the USAF Museum in the summer of 1973.

    28 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    18 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    17 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: In new 4th building
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