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    Airframe Family: Cessna 120 / 140
    Latest Model:120
    Construction Number:10146
    Last Civil Registration:N72948
    Compressed ID:Cessna 120 cn 10146 cr N72948
    Latest Owner or Location:Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    16 September 1946

    Constructed as a 120.

    1946

    To Guy S. Clapper, Martinsburg, PA with new c/r N72948.

    1952

    To J. Frazier, Endicott, NY keeping c/r N72948.

    1954

    To Elwood J. Mallison, Genoa, NY keeping c/r N72948.

    13 July 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N72948 issued.

    1959

    To Howard A. Chase, Painted Post, NY keeping c/r N72948.

    1980

    To Michael A. Mitton, Corning, NY keeping c/r N72948.

    1980

    To Rosengrant family, Springfield, CO keeping c/r N72948.

    1989

    To Tom A. Thomas, Jr, Ada, OK keeping c/r N72948.

    24 October 1989

    Loaned to Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, KS.
    Formally donated to the museum.
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    30 January 1998

    To unknown owner with c/r N72948.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Liberal, KS.

    5 September 2012

    Civil registration, N72948, cancelled.

    5 September 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N72948.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Liberal, KS.

    1 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for N72948 issued.

    1 January 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N72948.

    By 1 November 2018


    Photographer: Mid-America Air Museum

    30 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Liberal Municipal, KS, USA
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