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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:AT-6D Texan
    Last Military Serial:41-34154 USAAF
    Construction Number:88-15356
    Last Civil Registration:N3286
    Latest Owner or Location:Eastern Stearman Inc Trustee, Leesburg, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6D.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-34154.

    31 August 1998

    To James W. Dorris, Ocala, FL with new c/r N3286.

    To Herndon/Orlando Executive Airport, Orlando, FL.
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    25 March 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3286 (SNJ-5, 88-15356) issued.

    8 March 2003


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow 2003, Titusville FL

    12 March 2005


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow 2005, Titusville FL

    17 March 2007


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow 2007, Titusville FL

    13 March 2010


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Tico Warbird Airshow 2010, Titusville FL

    15 August 2011

    To unknown owner.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Ocala, FL.

    15 August 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N3286.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Ocala, FL.

    19 September 2011

    To Patricia M. Dorris, Ocala, FL keeping c/r N3286.

    Based at Ocala Regional Airport, Ocala, FL.
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    8 June 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N3286.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Evansville, IN.

    13 August 2015

    To Dorris Aviation Llc, Evansville, IN keeping c/r N3286.

    12 November 2019

    To Bravo Zulu Aviation Leasing Llc, Portage, MI keeping c/r N3286.

    16 September 2021

    To Eastern Stearman Inc Trustee, Leesburg, VA keeping c/r N3286.

    18 March 2022


    Photographer: Jos Schoofs
    Notes: N3286 landing at the former Brustem Air Base after a commemorative flight over the Ardennes with Ed Cottrell as a passenger. Ed is a former 9th Air Force/48th Fighter Group/493rd Fighter Squadron P-47 Thunderbolt pilot operating from Brustem/Saint-Trond Air Base during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 - January 1945.N3286 is based at Brustem since 8 October 2021 and is owned by Lieven Buyse and Vincent Carpentier.

    18 March 2022


    Photographer: Jos Schoofs


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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 Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood

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