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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:VT-29B Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:51-5145 USAF
    Construction Number:240-276
    Last Civil Registration:N1178Q
    Compressed ID:Convair VT-29B sn 51-5145 USAF cn 2...
    Latest Owner or Location:World Aircraft Museum, Mercer Field, Calhoun, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-29B.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-5145.

    Converted to a VT-29B.

    Transferred to 3535 Bombardment Training Wing.

    1954

    Transferred to 3565 Bombardment Training Wing.

    Transferred to 3565 Amarillo Training Wing.

    Loaned to the US Navy.

    29 January 1963

    Transferred to Training Squadron VT-29.

    Assigned to Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC), Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.

    18 August 1970

    To World Aircraft Museum Inc, Calhoun, GA with new c/r N1178Q (240, 51-5145).

    21 August 1981

    Ferry flight.
    Moved to Calhoun, GA.

    From Unknown to By August 2013

    Based at World Aircraft Museum, Mercer Field, Calhoun, GA.
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    2 February 1983

    To unknown owner with c/r N1178Q (240, 51-5145).

    13 April 1989

    Civil registration, N1178Q, cancelled.

    26 May 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    26 May 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    26 May 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    10 February 2005


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Calhoun - Mercer Field, GA, U.S.A.

    Circa 2006


    Photographer: Dave Gorman

    Circa 2006


    Photographer: Dave Gorman

    Circa 2006


    Photographer: Dave Gorman

    21 April 2010

    Civil registration, N1178Q, cancelled.

    8 November 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Calhoun-Mercer Field, Georgia, U.S.A.

    Scrapped.
    Ian McAllister comments (5 January 2020): The museum closed following the death of the owner. All aircraft were removed. N1178Q pictured with tail cut off, subsequently scrapped. No longer on satellite pics.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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