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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4L Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:149555 USN
    Construction Number:12880
    Last Civil Registration:N225AT
    Latest Owner or Location:ATW Aviation / Bill Muzsala, Marana Northwest Regional Airport (formerly Avra Valley Airport), Marana, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A4D-2N.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 149555.

    1962

    Redesignated as A-4C.

    Converted to an A-4L.

    Markings Applied: UX, 6

    10 December 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3A456.

    From By 1995 to By 2004

    Stored unconverted in a contractor yard at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    From 7 November 1997 to By 2002

    To Aviation Technologies Ltd, Sparks, NV with new c/r N225AT.

    28 August 2000

    To DMI Aviation, Tucson, AZ.

    February 2004

    Moved to Avra Valley, AZ.

    5 February 2004

    To Merle Maine Enterprises Inc, Ontario, OR keeping c/r N225AT.
    Not likely removed from Avra Valley.

    In the inventory of Merle H. Maine Collection, Ontario, OR.
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    From By 2004 to By 2006

    Stored unrestored at Avra Valley, AZ.

    By October 2004

    To ATW Aviation/Bill Muzsala, Marana Northwest Regional Airport (formerly Avra Valley Airport), Marana, AZ.
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    21 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Marana Northwest Regional Airport, AZ, USA

    7 December 2010

    Civil registration, N225AT, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fort Myers, FL.
    Credits
     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
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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