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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-5/OY/U-19 Sentinel / O-62
    Latest Model:L-5E Sentinel
    Last Military Serial:44-17588 USAAF
    Construction Number:3786
    Last Civil Registration:N57WT
    Latest Owner or Location:Training Services Inc, Virginia Beach, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-5E.

    21 March 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-17588.

    5 March 1956

    To Civil Air Patrol, Maxwell AFB, AL.

    12 May 1956

    Assigned civil registration: N57WT

    12 May 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N57WT (L-5E, 3786) issued.

    9 July 1986

    To Crossroads Air Enterprises Ltd, Skaneateles, NE keeping c/r N57WT.

    29 January 1998

    To Training Services Inc T/A, Virginia Beach, VA keeping c/r N57WT.

    Based at Military Aviation Museum and Fighter Factory, Virginia Beach Airport, Virginia Beach, VA.
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    1 January 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for N57WT (L-5E, 3786) issued.

    17 May 2013


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: Seen during Warbirds over the Beach, Virginia Beach, VA, USA

    10 July 2013

    To Gerald W. Yagen, Virginia Beach, VA keeping c/r N57WT.

    22 August 2013


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: Seen during Warbirds over the Beach, Virginia Beach, VA, USA

    11 February 2016

    To Gerald W. Yagen, Virginia Beach, VA keeping c/r N57WT.

    15 December 2018

    To Training Services Inc, Virginia Beach, VA keeping c/r N57WT.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     James Gray
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