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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:O-1A Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:51-12297 USAF
    Construction Number:22611
    Last Civil Registration:N219TH
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1A sn 51-12297 USAF cn 226...
    Latest Owner or Location:P Hiliarde Enterprises, Corrales, NM

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a L-19A.
    Accepted by the USAF for delivery to the Army

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-12297.

    Transferred to Army National Guard.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as O-1A.

    15 October 1972

    Last Army report.

    14 November 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-12297.

    14 November 1972

    Transferred to Sacramento Air Material Area, McClellan AFB, CA.

    23 October 1973

    Assigned to MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

    31 January 1974

    Transferred to 4950th Test Wing Wright Patterson AFB, OH.

    13 January 1976

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army.

    17 August 1976

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5340G (305A, 22611) issued.

    17 August 1976

    To Headquarters, Civil Air Patrol, Maxwell AFB, AL with new c/r N5340G.

    17 June 1987

    To P Hiliarde Enterprises, Albuquerque, NM with new c/r N219TH.
    Operated with markings: Saigon Tea

    29 November 2012

    To P Hiliarde Enterprises, Corrales, NM keeping c/r N219TH.

    26 September 2015


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA

    1 January 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for N219TH (305A, 22611) issued.

    26 July 2017

    To P Hiliarde Enterprises, Corrales, NM keeping c/r N219TH.

    30 July 2023


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