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    Airframe Family: Beech 50 Twin Bonanza / L-23/U-8/U-21 Seminole
    Latest Model:RU-8D Seminole
    Last Military Serial:57-3098 US
    Construction Number:LH.134
    Last Civil Registration:N3930U
    Latest Owner or Location:Rock Valley College, Greater Rockford Airport (RFD), Rockford, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-23D-BH by Beech at Whichita, Kansas, USA.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 57-3098.

    Converted to a RL-23D-BH by Beech at Whichita, Kansas, USA.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as RU-8D.

    Transferred to Alabama Army National Guard.
    Operated with markings: AL-NG

    29 September 1978

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number UB042.

    Circa 1980


    Photographer: Glenn E. Chatfield via abpic
    Notes: At AMARC

    By May 1983

    To unknown owner with c/r N3930U.

    May 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed from the control tower at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    May 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    Circa 17 November 1983

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3930U (U-8D, 573098) issued.

    17 November 1983

    To Davea Center, Addison, IL keeping c/r N3930U.

    To Rock Valley College, Greater Rockford Airport (RFD), Rockford, IL.
    Only the fuselage survives here.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 September 2013

    Civil registration, N3930U, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Photo Company
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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