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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-5/OY/U-19 Sentinel / O-62
    Latest Model:L-5 Sentinel
    Last Military Serial:42-98271 USAAF
    Construction Number:76-0512
    Last Civil Registration:N49279
    Compressed ID:Stinson L-5 sn 42-98271 USAAF cn 76...
    Latest Owner or Location:Straight Arrow Llc, Chicago, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-5.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-98271.

    7 March 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N49279 (L-5, 76-512) issued.

    19 February 1997

    To Steven G. Penning, Windsor, CA with new c/r N49279.

    1 January 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for N49279 (L-5, 76-512) issued.

    22 December 2008

    To unknown owner with c/r N49279.

    To Aerocrafters, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
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    25 June 2010

    To unknown owner.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Sandia Park, NM.

    22 July 2010

    To Glenn L. Anderson, Sandia Park, NM with new c/r N49279.

    3 November 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N49279.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Chicago, IL.

    1 August 2017

    To Straight Arrow Llc, Chicago, IL keeping c/r N49279.
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