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    Airframe Family: Cessna 318 / 405 / T-37 Tweet / A-37 Dragonfly
    Latest Model:T-37B-CE Tweet
    Last Military Serial:62-5952 USAF
    Construction Number:40720
    Latest Owner or Location:Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler Pounds Field (East Side), Tyler, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-37B-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    Circa 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-5952.

    Circa 1965

    Converted to a YAT-37D.

    Circa 1965

    Redesignated as YA-37A.

    Converted to a T-37B-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    Transferred to 8th Flying Training Squadron, 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, OK.

    12 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Glenview NAS, IL

    12 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Glenview NAS, IL

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    April 2005

    To Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler Pounds Field (East Side), Tyler, TX.
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    29 December 2007


    Photographer: Jay Curtiss


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

    Print Sources
    Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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