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    Airframe Family: Cessna T-50/AT-17/C-78 Bobcat / Crane
    Latest Model:UC-78 Bobcat
    Last Military Serial:42-58275 USAAF
    Construction Number:3766
    Last Civil Registration:N711UU
    Latest Owner or Location:Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    11 November 1942

    Constructed as an UC-78.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-58275.

    24 November 1942

    Transferred to Spokane Air Depot, WA.

    27 November 1942

    Transferred to McClellan Field, CA.

    December 1942

    Transferred to Spokane Air Depot, WA.

    January 1943

    Redesignated as UC-78.

    1947

    To William L. Grice and D. B. Van Pelt, San Pedro, CA.

    1948

    To William L. Grice.

    1952

    To Walton Landon, Olinda, CA.

    1954

    To William N. Whitney, Tarzana, CA.

    10 January 1958

    Certificate of airworthiness for N711UU (T-50, 3766) issued.

    1958

    To Darrel G. Pearson, Los Angeles, CA.

    1964

    To Gary A. Crosby, Pasadena, CA.

    1968

    To Floyd Taylor, Bellflower, CA.

    21 April 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N711UU (T-50, 3766) issued.

    1977

    To unknown owner.
    Sold.

    1981

    To Frank Elliott, Lancaster, CA.

    14 April 1984

    To Ada Aircraft Museum Inc, Oklahoma City, OK with c/r N711UU.

    By 1986

    Assigned civil registration: N68160

    15 January 1986

    Certificate of airworthiness for N711UU (T-50, 3766) issued.

    1989

    Loaned to Mid-America Air Museum.

    1997

    Placed on display with Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, KS.
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    29 January 1998

    To unknown owner with c/r N711UU.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Liberal, KS.

    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N711UU (T-50, 3766) issued.

    1 January 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r N711UU.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Liberal, KS.

    10 August 2012

    Civil registration, N711UU, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Liberal, KS.

    10 October 2017


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
    Notes: Falsely marked Royal Indian Air Force in Mid-America Air Museum at Liberal Airport, KS, USA 10. October 2017

    10 October 2017


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
    Notes: Falsely marked Royal Indian Air Force in Mid-America Air Museum at Liberal Airport, KS, USA 10. October 2017


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

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 by John M. Andrade
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    Glenn Chatfield
    Johnny Comstedt
    Chris Givan

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