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    Airframe Family: Aeronca 50/65 / L-3 Champion / LNR / O-58 / TG-5 / TG-33
    Latest Model:L-3E Grasshopper
    Construction Number:C1121TA
    Last Civil Registration:N36681
    Latest Owner or Location:American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Dallas, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    2 October 1941

    Constructed as a 65TAC.

    October 1941

    To unknown owner.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force as a L-3E.
    Impressed from civilian user.

    1943

    Transferred to Meacham Field, Fort Worth, TX.

    9 May 1991

    To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Dallas, TX with new c/r N36681.
    Based with Missouri Wing,Commemorative Air Force, St Charles, MO.

    4 September 2012


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: on display at St.Charles, Missouri

    29 June 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA

    29 June 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Quad Cities Air Show, Davenport, IA
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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 Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 by John M. Andrade
    Internet Sources
     Commemorative Air Force
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Nigel Hitchman
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