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    Airframe Family: Weaver Aircraft Company (WACO) E Series / C-72A/C
    Latest Model:UC-72
    Last Military Serial:42-38271 USAAF
    Construction Number:5086
    Last Civil Registration:N20961
    Compressed ID:Weaver Aircraft Company (WACO) UC-7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Galloway Chris, Knights Landing, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a SRE.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC20961.

    Circa April 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-38271 as a UC-72.

    Circa 1943


    Photographer: USAF

    Circa 1945

    To Civil Aviation Administration, Washington, DC with new c/r NC571.

    1 July 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N20961 (SRE, 5086) issued.

    2 May 1988

    To Sherwin Peter, Saint Louis, MO with new c/r N20961.

    1 January 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for N20961 (SRE, 5086) issued.

    28 April 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N20961.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Northridge, CA.

    30 April 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Airshow in Chino, California.

    29 November 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N20961.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

    3 February 2017

    To David W. Pyeatt, Palm Beach Gardens, FL keeping c/r N20961.

    12 April 2017

    To Galloway Chris, Knights Landing, CA keeping c/r N20961.

    Circa 23 September 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Central Coast Air Fest in Santa Maria, CA.

    Circa 23 September 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Central Coast Air Fest in Santa Maria, CA.

    Circa 23 September 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Central Coast Air Fest in Santa Maria, CA.
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