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US AIR FORCE CESSNA U-3A (L-27A) BLUE CANOE. BuNo 58-2125 FAA Registration N5273G

US AIR FORCE CESSNA U-3A (L-27A) BLUE CANOE. BuNo 58-2125 FAA Registration N5273G Serial Number 38099 Certified U-3A/310A with no restrictions Cruise 200 mph at 22 GPH Range 1000NM Crew 5 6400 TT Military 2800 TT Civilian

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US AIR FORCE CESSNA U-3A (L-27A) BLUE CANOE. BuNo 58-2125 FAA Registration N5273G

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  1. US AIR FORCE CESSNA U-3A (L-27A) BLUE CANOE. BuNo 58-2125 FAA Registration N5273G Serial Number 38099 Certified U-3A/310A with no restrictions Cruise 200 mph at 22 GPH Range 1000NM Crew 5 6400 TT Military 2800 TT Civilian 20/20 SMOH on Continental O-470-M Heavy case with the VAR crankshaft damper configuration 20/20 STOH new cylinders by G&N 120/120 on Hartzell HC-C2YF-2CUF, C-2285 show spinners No AD required for Prop and hub combination Whelen 3 position strobes Tanis pre oil heaters King KX-155-35 Nav/Com w/GS Collins ILS w/GS and DME Collins Transponder Garmin 295 4 place intercom 3 axis Auto Pilot New Cleveland Wheels and Brakes Standard airworthiness certificate New Carpets from Aero Tech Rosen Visors

  2. EQUIPMENT: Bendix/King KX-155-35 Digital VHF Nav/Comm Transceiver with Glideslope/VOR/LOC indicator Collins Digital Nav/Com w/GS King KMA-20 Audio Panel ARC-546 ADF Receiver AT-150 Transponder ACK-30 Mode C Altitude Encoder Garmin 295 Color Moving Map GPS 4 place intercom Manually inflatable cabin door seal Brittan B5 Auto pilot with Altitude hold King KN-64 Digital DME Dual Yoke Mounted Push-to-talk Switches Full Modern Gyro Panel 8-Day Clock OAT Gauge EGT Gauge Heated Pitot Flight Hour Recorder (Hobbs) Nose Wheel Mounted Taxi Light LH & RH Wing Mounted Landing Lights Wheelen Strobes Ormni Rotating Beacon LP Aero One-Piece Windshield Glass: 9/10 New Cleveland Wheel & Brake Conversion New Generators Polished Spinners

  3. 58-2124 58-2124 Davis-Monthan AFB May 1970 58-2125 Jul 1958: 11th Air Base Wing (USAF Headquarters Command), Bolling AFB DC. Reserve Wing Commander 11th Wing HQ USAF Command Colonel James Stewart Jul 1959: 4500th Support Squadron (Tactical Air Command), Langley AFB VA Mar 1960: 4500th Air Base Wing (TAC), Langley AFB Oct 1965: 4505th Air Base Wing (TAC) James Connelly AFB TX Sep 1966: 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (TAC), James Connelly AFB Aug 1968: Bergstrom AFB TX Sep 1968: Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB AZ Apr 1969: 931st Military Airlift Group (US Air Force Reserves), Bakalar AP INMar 1970: 931st Special Operations Group (AFRES), Grissom AFB IN Apr 1970: Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFBOct 1971: AF Special Weapons Center (AF Systems Command), Kirtland AFB NM Mar 1972: Dropped from inventory at Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, New Mexico Mar 1973: Civil Air Patrol, Maxwell AFB Dec 1975: State of South Dakota, Sioux Falls South Dakota, Office of the Mayor

  4. 58-2125 This aircraft was accepted in Jul 1958 by the 11th Wing Reserve Commander (USAF Headquarters Command), Bolling AFB DC, Colonel James Stewart. Where it served under his command for the first year it was in service. The Air Force Historian at Maxwell AFB noted in March of 1973, that 58-2125 was the last aircraft in the USAF inventory to serve under the command of James Stewart who retired as a Brigadier General in the USAF, but is more famous for an illustrious Hollywood career starring in many films including, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “Vertigo”, “Rear Window”, “Rope”, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”, “Winchester 73” and “Harvey”. 58-2125 went on to have an illustrious military career in the Tactical Air Command serving with the 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (TAC), James Connelly AFB in 1966, and as a Forward Air Controller trainer with the 931st Special Operations Group (AFRES), Grissom AFB IN in 1970. In Oct 1971 58-2125 was turned over to the AF Special Weapons Center (AF Systems Command), Kirtland AFB NM for use in a Nuclear Weapons development program that remains classified to this day. 58-2124 Davis-Monthan AFB May 1970

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