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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-5/OY/U-19 Sentinel / O-62
    Latest Model:L-5G Sentinel
    Construction Number:4646
    Last Civil Registration:N63355
    Compressed ID:Stinson L-5G cn 4646 cr N63355
    Latest Owner or Location:Janis C. Johnson, Portola Valley, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a L-5G.

    17 February 1958

    Certificate of airworthiness for N63355 (L-5G, 4646) issued.

    1 March 1988

    To Frank J. Huffman, Santa Clara, CA with new c/r N63355.

    20 August 2002

    To Huffman Franklin J C Trustee, Santa Clara, CA keeping c/r N63355.

    By 1 October 2016

    Markings Applied: 535064, U.S.A.A.F.

    1 October 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Frazier Lake Airpark in California.

    2017

    To Huffman Franklin J C Trustee, Santa Clara, CA keeping c/r N63355.

    By 4 July 2017


    Photographer: Tia Esguerra
    Notes: Air-to-air flight with a 1943 Vultee BT-13, en route from Frazier Lake Airpark in Hollister, California to Watsonville Airport in Watsonville, California. L-5 pilot: Jan JohnsonL-5 passenger: Peter JohnsonBT-13 pilot: Alex EsguerraBT-13 photographer: Tia Esguerra

    9 August 2017

    To Janis C. Johnson, Portola Valley, CA keeping c/r N63355.

    13 September 2019


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    25 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: L-2G Sentinel showing its stretcher loading capabilities at AirVenture 23, Oshkosh, WI

    30 July 2023


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

    13 September 2023


    Photographer: Nick Taylor
    Notes: Arriving for display at the Reno Air Races. Now in USAF Rescue colors LD-064.
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