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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:CF-116D Freedom Fighter
    Last Military Serial:116805 CAF
    Construction Number:2005
    Last Civil Registration:N805FF
    Compressed ID:Canadair CF-116D sn 116805 CAF cn 2...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lewis Air Legends / Rod Lewis, Lewis Ranch Airport, San Antonio, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CF-116D by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    9 December 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 116805.

    Markings Applied: Canadian Armed Forces
    433 Sqn. Bagotville, Quebec.

    Transferred to 434 Squadron.

    Transferred to 433 Squadron.

    Transferred to CFB Cold Lake, AB.

    Transferred to 419 Squadron, CFB Cold Lake, AB.

    Operated in agressor markings.

    Avionics upgraded in the early 1990s.

    1973


    Photographer: Department of Nation Defense (Canada)

    By October 2005

    To Mountainview AB, ON.
    Placed in storage at Mountainview for eventual disposal.

    July 2007

    Aerovision / Dan McCue, Amherst, NH.

    5 November 2007

    To Freedom Fighters 2 Llc, Amherst, NH with new c/r N805FF.

    25 January 2008

    To Lewis Aeronautical Llc, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N805FF.

    26 February 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX805FF (CF-5D, 116805) issued.

    25 June 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX805FF (CF-5D, 116805) issued.

    2 November 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX805FF (CF-5D, 116805) issued.

    8 November 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r N805FF.
    Registration pending to a new owner in San Antonio, TX.

    2 December 2010

    To Lewis Fighter Fleet Llc, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N805FF.

    To Lewis Air Legends/Rod Lewis, Lewis Ranch Airport, San Antonio, TX.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Canadian Military Aircraft - Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces by Griffin, Smith and Castle
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     James Craik
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