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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-5 Texan
    Last Military Serial:C.6-130 EdA
    Construction Number:88-15239
    Last Civil Registration:N29941
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-5 sn C.6-130 EdA cn 88-15239...
    Latest Owner or Location:Robert I. Connelly, Blowing Rock, NC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SNJ-5.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 52026.

    1961

    To Coastal Aviation Corp, Alexandria, VA with new c/r N8159H.

    April 1961

    Arrived Santander, Spain, transported by ship from USA. Transported by road to Maestranza Aerea de Madrid, Cuatro Vientos, Madrid.

    May 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n E.16-130.

    May 1961

    Transferred to Aeronautica Industrial SA, Cuatro Vientos.
    Reconditioned and assembled, then modified with machine guns, rocket launchers and an auxiliary fuel tank in the rear cockpit.

    Circa June 1961

    Transferred to 33 Squadron, Number 3 Wing, Villanubla Air Base, Valladolid, Spain.
    Operated with markings: 3-130

    18 March 1962

    Departed Villanubla to Jerez dela Frontera enroute to Sidi Ifni Morocco for Counter Insurgency (COIN) operations in Morocco.

    January 1963

    Transferred to Aeronautica Industrial SA, Cuatro Vientos.
    Reconfigured to unarmed condition.

    March 1963

    Transferred to Central Air Region Squadron, Number 3 Mixed Wing, Villanubla Air Base.
    Operated with markings: 3-130

    1 April 1965

    New serial number assigned: C.6-130 EdA

    Transferred to 593 Squadron.
    Operated with markings: 793-9

    Markings Applied: 421-44

    1 July 1981

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Ejercito de Aire.

    19 April 1982

    To Combat Aircraft Inc, Elkhart, IN with new c/r N29941.

    21 April 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for N29941 (AT-6D, 52026) issued.

    18 November 1983

    To David Fain, Glencoe, IL keeping c/r N29941.

    January 1984

    To David Fain, Glencoe, IL with new c/r N144L.

    30 April 1984


    Photographer: Unknown

    June 1984


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL, photographed from the control tower.

    1986

    To David Fain, Aspen, CO (later Denver) with new c/r N29941.

    28 August 1997

    To Walter H. Orth, Miami, FL keeping c/r N29941.

    2004

    Placed on display with Wings Over Miami Museum, Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, FL.
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    28 February 2008

    To At-6D Oldtimer Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N29941.

    8 December 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N29941.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Raleigh, NC.

    10 February 2016

    To Cloudtop Aviation Llc, Raleigh, NC keeping c/r N29941.

    4 February 2017

    Civil registration, N8159H, cancelled.

    18 January 2019

    To Cloudtop Aviation II Llc, Blowing Rock, NC keeping c/r N29941.

    13 April 2023

    To Robert I. Connelly, Blowing Rock, NC keeping c/r N29941.


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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson

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