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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:HC-131A Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:5791 USCG
    Construction Number:53-11
    Last Civil Registration:XA-TDF
    Latest Owner or Location:Mexicargo

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a C-131A.

    1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-5791.

    Redesignated as HC-131A.

    1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 5791.

    January 1977

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    February 1989

    To Central Air Services with new c/r N70636.

    May 1989

    To Ibex International keeping c/r N70636.

    May 1992

    To Sam. B. Bozorgmehr keeping c/r N70636.

    6 October 1993


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At Hamiltons yard at Tucson Airport, Arizona

    21 June 1994

    To Starship Inc, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N70636.

    22 May 1996

    Civil registration, N70636, cancelled.
    Exported to Mexico.

    August 1996

    To Aero Internationale with new c/r XA-TDF.

    20 August 1996

    Leased to Mexicargo.

    2 May 1998


    Photographer: Augusto Gomez
    Notes: Photographed at Toluca qith ful Linea Aerea Mexicana de Carga
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