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    Airframe Family: Helio Courier / L-28/U-10
    Latest Model:U-10A Super Courier
    Last Military Serial:62-5918 USAF
    Construction Number:558
    Last Civil Registration:N87763
    Latest Owner or Location:Jaars Inc, Waxhaw, NC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an U-10A by Helio at Norwood, MA, USA.

    Circa 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-5918.

    15 November 1971

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number HJ0014.

    18 August 1977

    To JAARS Inc, Waxhaw, NC with new c/r N87763.

    19 March 1997

    To JAARS Inc, Waxhaw, NC keeping c/r N87763.

    17 March 2009

    To Jaars Inc, Waxhaw, NC keeping c/r N87763.

    21 December 2015

    To Jaars Inc, Waxhaw, NC keeping c/r N87763.

    22 July 2018


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Displayed at AirVenture 2018, Oshkosh, WI

    30 July 2023


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI.
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