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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-4 Texan
    Last Military Serial:9992 USN
    Construction Number:88-09551
    Last Civil Registration:N5287N
    Latest Owner or Location:Steven J. Plourde, Woodstock, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SNJ-4.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 9992.

    19 February 1960

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5287N (SNJ-4, 88-9551) issued.

    By 1963

    To Robert Kuhn, Morristown NJ with new c/r N5287N.

    By 1966

    To Hemodynamics Research Inc, Morristown NJ keeping c/r N5287N.

    By 1969

    To Henry A. Rapone, Hauppauge NY keeping c/r N5287N.

    By 1970

    To Sabre Aviation Ltd, Hauppauge NY keeping c/r N5287N.

    Circa 1984

    To Firebird Enterprises, Middlefield OH keeping c/r N5287N.

    31 July 1991

    To Frederick P. Hosking, Ocala, FL keeping c/r N5287N.

    1 August 2008


    Photographer: David Miller
    Notes: At 2008 AirVenture at Oshkosh

    11 March 2011


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: TICO Airshow, Titusville, FL.

    22 November 2014

    To M and G Air Service Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N5287N.

    22 December 2020

    To M and G Air Service Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N5287N.

    8 September 2022

    To Steven J. Plourde, Woodstock, IL keeping c/r N5287N.

    27 July 2023


    Photographer: David Rickwood
    Notes: Seen during EAA2023 at Oshkosh, marked on the fin with BuAer number 51642


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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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