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    Airframe Family: Lockheed U-2
    Latest Model:U-2C
    Last Military Serial:709 {1} NASA
    Construction Number:349/009
    Last Civil Registration:N709NA
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an U-2A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-6682.

    Converted to an U-2G.
    For aircraft carrier tests.

    Converted to an U-2C.

    18 June 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 709 {1}.

    18 June 1971

    To NASA, Moffett Field, CA with new c/r N709NA.
    NASA serial and civil registration carried concurrently.

    18 June 1971

    To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, CA keeping c/r N709NA.

    13 December 1976

    Civil registration, N709NA, cancelled.

    13 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Earth Survey Aircraft number 5, this NASA U-2C was seen at Ellington AFB, Texas in October 1978.

    18 April 1989

    Set 16 altitude and time to climb records for its class.

    1989

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    1989

    Loaned to WR-ALC/MU, Robins AFB, GA.

    1989

    To Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
    View the Location Dossier

    12 March 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    14 March 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
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     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
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Museum of Aviation
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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