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    Airframe Family: North American T-28 Trojan / Fennec / Nomad
    Latest Model:T-28A Trojan
    Last Military Serial:54 FAHa
    Construction Number:171-27
    Last Civil Registration:VH-VBT
    Latest Owner or Location:FJD Aviation Pty Ltd, Bli Bli, QLD

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-28A.

    15 May 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 50-0221.

    15 May 1951

    Transferred to Reese AFB, TX.

    Transferred to Arizona Aircraft Storage Branch, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    1 August 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 50-0221.
    Reclaimed from Storage.

    22 April 1959

    To unknown owner with c/r N3336G.

    1963

    To Robert W. Trow, Fort Lauderdale, FL, keeping c/r N3336G.

    From 1963 to 1970

    To Jack H. Mantz, Sarasota, FL keeping c/r N3336G.

    14 September 1964

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Opa Locka, FL.
    Impounded Opa Locka, FL as unauthorised exports.

    September 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Haitian Air Force with s/n 54.
    Delivered to Haiti illegally by air. The aircraft had been stolen, out of storage, by a group of men; they got the airplane airworthy, repainted it, and armed the aircraft with its weapons systems and sold it to the Government of Haiti.All involved were arrested by the FBI and jailed.

    7 December 1970

    Civil registration, N3336G, cancelled.
    Registration revoked.

    24 September 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3336G (T-28A, 50-221) issued.

    From 1984 to 1988

    To Art S. Kuchan, Hudson, IL, with new c/r N3336G.

    1989

    To Sonic Corporation, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N3336G.

    From 6 January 1989 to 1995

    To Laurence C. Hofmeister, Milford, MI, with new c/r N221LH.

    Markings Applied: 50-221 / AK/ Little Joss
    Flew in South Vietnam Air Force scheme.

    22 July 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Sunrise at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    19 August 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Airshow at Batavia, New York.

    From 14 September 1996 to 2000

    To Heather Dee Reichle, White Lake, MI, keeping c/r N221LH.

    11 April 2000

    To Trojan Llc, Howell, MI, keeping c/r N221LH.

    25 June 2004

    To Timothy Berry, Wilsonton, QLD with new c/r VH-VBT.

    From 2007 to 2008

    To Robert Morgenthaler/Apex Aviation Co, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N221LH.

    To North Las Vegas Airport, Las Vegas, NV.
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    24 November 2009

    To Robert E. H. Milhbaugh, Lima, OH keeping c/r N221LH.

    11 April 2011

    Civil registration, N221LH, cancelled.
    Exported to Australia.

    Circa 29 August 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for VH-VBT (T-28A, 50-221) issued.

    29 August 2011

    To Timothy Michael Berry, Wilsonton, QLD with new c/r VH-VBT.

    29 August 2011

    To Timothy Berry, Highfields, QLD keeping c/r VH-VBT.

    Transported by ship.
    Shipped to Australia, unloaded Brisbane, by road to Toowoomba Qld for assembly.

    8 January 2017


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At the Evans Head Fly-In, New South Wales in Australia

    8 January 2017


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At the Evans Head Fly-In, New South Wales in Australia

    27 November 2020

    To FJD Aviation Pty Ltd, Bli Bli, QLD keeping c/r VH-VBT.


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

    Internet Sources
    Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher

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