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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:T-29B Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:5 NASA
    Construction Number:240-321
    Last Civil Registration:N64755
    Compressed ID:Convair T-29B sn 5 NASA cn 240-321...
    Latest Owner or Location:National / Southwest Alloys, Davis-Monthan AFB (East Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-29B.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7909.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 250.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 5.

    23 June 1969

    To NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH with new c/r N5NA.

    16 August 1970

    To NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH with new c/r N5NA.

    7 February 1977

    Civil registration, N5NA, cancelled.

    19 June 1991

    To Starship Inc, Las Vegas, NV with new c/r N64755.

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number TB306.

    In the inventory of National/Southwest Alloys, Davis-Monthan AFB (East Side), Tucson, AZ.
    Only the cockpit survives here.
    View the Location Dossier

    Scrapped.

    30 April 2013

    Civil registration, N64755, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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