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    Airframe Family: Convair L-13 Grasshopper
    Latest Model:L-13A
    Last Military Serial:47-0316 USAAF
    Construction Number:196
    Last Civil Registration:N316LG
    Latest Owner or Location:War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa Airport / Dona Ana County Airport, El Paso, New Mexico

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-13A.

    Circa 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 47-0316.

    19 July 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX316LG (L-13A, 47-316) issued.

    29 November 1995

    To War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, NM with new c/r N316LG.

    October 1997

    Placed on display with War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa Airport/Dona Ana County Airport, El Paso, NM.
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    Markings Applied: LG-316

    28 June 2013


    Photographer: Zane Adams
    Notes: At the War Eagles Museum - Santa Teresa, NM

    15 October 2017


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
    Notes: In War Eagles Air Museum at Dona Ana Airport, Santa Teresa, NM, USA 15. October 2017

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX316LG (L-13A, 47-316) issued.
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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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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