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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130H Hercules
    Last Military Serial:161495 NASA
    Construction Number:4901
    Last Civil Registration:N131CG
    Latest Owner or Location:Delaware Trust Co Trustee, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    1981

    Constructed as an EC-130Q-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA.

    October 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 161495.

    By 1983

    Transferred to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 3 (VQ-3) NAS Moffett Field, CA.

    March 1987

    Transferred to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 4 (VQ-4), NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    25 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Patuxent River Airshow

    December 1991

    Converted to a C-130H.
    TACAMO equipment removed.

    Circa 1993

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 161495.

    From 1993 to 2004

    Transferred to NASA Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA.

    Assigned civil registration: N427NA {1}

    15 October 2004

    To Kenosha Military Museum Ltd, Pleasant Prairie, WI keeping c/r N427NA {1}.

    15 October 2004

    Loaned to Southeastern Wisconsin Aviation Museum/Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 838, Batten Airport (KRAC) (west side), Racine, WI.
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    31 March 2010

    To Russell Military Museum Ltd, Russell, IL keeping c/r N427NA {1}.
    Kenosha Military Museum moved south and renamed.

    In the inventory of Russell Military Museum, Russell, IL.
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    25 August 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Racine, WI airport


    Photographer: unknown

    9 August 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N427NA {1}.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Salt Lake City, UT.

    14 August 2012

    To Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N427NA {1}.

    14 August 2012

    To Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT with new c/r N130FF.

    10 November 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for N130FF (EC130Q, 161495) issued.

    22 July 2013

    To Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT with new c/r N130FF.

    24 August 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR130FF (EC130Q, 161495) issued.

    By August 2013

    Operated by Coulson Aviation, BC.

    By 31 August 2013

    Operated as fire service #131.

    31 August 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the former McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA.

    31 August 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the former McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA.

    8 July 2015


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: Fighting a fire in NE WA.

    18 January 2018

    To Delaware Trust Co Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N130FF.

    7 May 2021

    To Delaware Trust Co Trustee, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N131CG.

    12 October 2023


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: Taxiing out for a fire dispatch at Santa Maria CA


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

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aero Flight
    C-130 Hercules.net
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Fire Aviation
    Journal Times
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols

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