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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-5B Texan
    Last Military Serial:C.6-171 EdA
    Construction Number:88-15187
    Last Civil Registration:N29678
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-5B sn C.6-171 EdA cn 88-1518...
    Latest Owner or Location:Vintage Tailwheel Llc, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SNJ-5.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 51999.

    Converted to a SNJ-5B.
    Installed two 30mm machine guns and a bomb rack mounted below each wing.

    By July 1953

    Transferred to Basic Training Unit 3 (BTU-3), NAAS Barin Field, Foley, AL.

    24 July 1953

    Damaged.
    Severely damaged when the pilot lost control at Naval Outlying Field, Magnolia Field, Marlow, AL.

    10 March 1955

    Damaged.
    Substantially damaged taking off from Barin Field.

    To Charlotte Aircraft Corporation, Charlotte, NC with new c/r N9061Z.

    1962

    Transported by ship.
    Delivered by ship from Wilmington, DE to Santander, Spain; arrived February.

    February 1962

    Transported by ground.
    Transported by road to Madrid Air Training (MAESMA), Cuatro Vientos, Madrid.

    February 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n E.16-171.

    1962

    Modified to T-6D standard.

    1962

    Transferred to Basic Pilot School, MatacAin AB, Salamanca.
    Operated with markings: 74-171

    October 1962

    Transferred to Third Flying Squadron, General Air Academy, San Javier, Murcia.

    1963

    Transferred to Aeronautica Industrial SA (AISA), Cuatro Vientos, Madrid.

    1963

    Modified with armament for counter insurgency (COIN) operations.

    1 April 1965

    New serial number assigned: C.6-171 EdA

    April 1965

    Transferred to 402 Squadron, Ala No 48, AlcalAi de Henares, Madrid.
    Operated with markings: 402-20

    Transferred to 793 Squadron, General Air Academy, San Javier, Murcia.
    Operated with markings: 793-121

    17 July 1979

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Ejercito de Aire.

    April 1982

    To Jerald A. Baker, Donna, TX with new c/r N29678.

    22 July 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for N29678 (AT-6D, 51999) issued.

    14 December 1983

    Damaged.
    Damaged when landed with gear retracted at Harlingen, TX.

    1984

    To Albert R. Baird, Harlingen, TX keeping c/r N29678.

    16 February 1989

    To Ricardo T. Baird, Tonawanda, NY keeping c/r N29678.

    24 October 1995

    To Robert M. Baird, East Amherst, NY keeping c/r N29678.

    Based at Clarence Aerodrome (D51), Clarence Center, NY.
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    8 August 2006


    Photographer: Jeff Hunt
    Notes: Geneseo New York

    14 July 2012


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    21 August 2017

    To Larry Stoller, Bluffton, IN keeping c/r N29678.

    2 January 2023

    To At-6D Llc, Ocala, FL keeping c/r N29678.

    31 March 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N29678.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Wilmington, DE.

    10 April 2023

    To Vintage Tailwheel Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N29678.

    19 May 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    25 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N29678in the warbird area of AirVenture 23, Oshkosh, WI


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    Credits
    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
    AMCAR
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield

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