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    Airframe Family: North American T-6/AT-6/SNJ Texan / Harvard
    Latest Model:SNJ-5 Texan
    Last Military Serial:43817 USN
    Construction Number:88-15902
    Last Civil Registration:N3687F
    Compressed ID:NA SNJ-5 sn 43817 USN cn 88-15902 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gobbletec Llc DBA, Fort Washington, MD

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-6D-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-34631.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 43817 as a SNJ-5.

    By 1962

    To unknown owner with c/r N3687F.

    1963

    To Kent Gillingham, Ann Arbor, MI keeping c/r N3687F.

    5 May 1963

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3687F (SNJ-5, 88-15902) issued.

    1966

    To Aloy S. Metty, Ann Arbour, MI keeping c/r N3687F.

    1966

    To Gerald L. Walbrun, Neenah, WI keeping c/r N3687F.

    20 September 1968


    Photographer: Ron Olsen

    31 July 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    31 July 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    Circa 1985


    Photographer: Dick Phillips via Mark Phillips

    3 February 1993

    To Michael J. Pangia, Washington, DC keeping c/r N3687F.

    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3687F (SNJ-5, 88-15902) issued.

    31 July 2011


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: Airventure 2011

    31 May 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N3687F.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fort Washington, MD.

    27 July 2023

    To Gobbletec Llc DBA, Fort Washington, MD keeping c/r N3687F.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
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