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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-5 Texan
    Last Military Serial:90712 USN
    Construction Number:88-17780
    Last Civil Registration:N7130C
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-5 sn 90712 USN cn 88-17780 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Warpiggs Llc, Klamath Falls, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SNJ-5.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-85999.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 90712.

    18 July 1978

    To Ingemar E. Holm, Bloomington, MI with new c/r N7130C.

    21 April 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX7130C (SNJ-5, 90712) issued.

    September 1980


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Topeka, KS Airshow.

    July 2004


    Photographer: David Miller
    Notes: Nakajima Navy Type 97 B5N Carrier Attack Bomber (T-6/BT-13) -This is one of the airplanes used in the movie Tora, Tora, Tora. The replica was created by using the front end of an AT-6 stretched several feet with a BT-13 tail added.

    21 March 2005

    To Christian Air Museum Ltd, Corpus Christi, TX keeping c/r N7130C.

    10 May 2011

    To Absolute Investments Inc, Midland, TX keeping c/r N7130C.

    Based at Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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    4 September 2020

    Civil registration, N7130C, cancelled.

    24 September 2021

    To Warpiggs Llc, Klamath Falls, OR with new c/r N7130C.
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