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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:VT-29D Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:52-5832 USAF
    Construction Number:52-31
    Last Civil Registration:N151JR
    Latest Owner or Location:Rhoades International

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-29D.

    Circa 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-5832.

    23 May 1964


    Photographer: Neil Aird
    Notes: At Prestwick Airport, Scotland

    By December 1965

    Transferred to 322nd Air Division, Chateauroux Air Station, Deols, France.
    Kenneth Dudick comments (17 August 2018): December 1965, first time I saw this aircraft at Chateauroux Air Station, Deols France. Assigned to 322nd Air Division as VIP Airplane. Military Airlift Command, no longer MATS.

    March 1966

    Kenneth Dudick comments (17 August 2018): Assigned to support aircraft. We had to relocate due to France pulling out of NATO.

    May 1966

    Kenneth Dudick comments (17 August 2018): Moved to RAF Upper Heyford, England May 1966. Upgraded interior, new carpeting, furniture and amber tinted windows.

    From Unknown to December 1967

    Kenneth Dudick comments (17 August 2018): Supported maintenance and flew as Flight Mechanic.

    Ferry flight.
    Returned to USA.

    Kenneth Dudick comments (17 August 2018): One poor picture and lots of memories. Think about Her alot.

    July 1975

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, AZ.

    Converted to a VT-29D.

    27 March 1979

    To Abers Ilgonis with c/r N1021D.

    10 August 1983

    To TAG Leasing Company.

    June 1984

    To General Air Services with c/r N451GA.

    January 1989

    To Skyfreighters Corporation.

    1990

    To Kitty Hawk Airways.

    May 1992

    To Rhoades International with c/r N151JR.

    5 September 2001

    Civil registration, N151JR, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Columbus, IN.

    Withdrawn from use.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Kenneth Dudick
    Terry Fletcher
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