| Sold to French Government. Shipped to Sud Aviation, St Nazaire, France Mar 10, 1960. Converted to T-28S-1 Fennec, line number 96. To French Air Force / Armée de l'Air Apr 1961 as 51-3626. Call sign F-ZJUC. Assigned to EALA 3/04. Call sign F-SFVV. Escadrille de Réserve d'Aviation Légère et d'Appui 00/039 [ERALA 00/039], Lyon-Bron, France Apr 1964 to Sep 1964. Callsign F-SDWJ. SOC 12 Oct 1967. Shipped Le Havre to New Orleans Jul 1968. Registered N14121 to Waco-Pacific Inc, Van Nuys, CA, 12 Mar 1968; In 1969 to Winter Wolff & Co., New York, NY. In 1972 to Quality Components Inc, Los Angeles, CA. Converted to T-28D. Registration N14121 cancelled 17 Oct1973. To Haitian Air Force / Corps d’Aviation Forces Armées d’Haiti Oct 1973 as 1238. SOC with Haitian AF Jan 1978. Mar 1978 to Lan-Dale Co, Reno, Nevada. Registered N14121 8 Apr 1978. In May 1978 arrived Tucson, AZ still marked as 1238 Painted in yellow scheme marked as Navy T-28B WD/121. On May 8, 1985 registered as N5015L, T-28A with MSN 557 (don’t know where this MSN is from). In 1986 Sale reported, Dallas, TX. Apr 16, 1987 registration N14121 cancelled. In May 1987 to Aviation Maintenance Ltd, Sault St. Marie, Quebec and registered May 1987 as C-GJMT. Registration C-GJMT cancelled 27 Jan 1988 To Courtesy Aircraft, Rockford, IL and registered as N5015L Jan 1988. race #44; raced at Reno, Nevada. In 1993 Restored as T-28A MSN 557. Marked as T-28B WD/21 US Navy USS Lexington VT-5 overall grey. to Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, CA. To private owner Feb 24, 2004. Feb 2008 marked as WD/121 USS Lexington. Oct 2011 registration N128AN reserved, but NTU. painted Navy Blue, tail marked “AN” 6 November 2009 ANDIAMO 360 LLC, Bozeman, MT Since 2008 marked with reserved registration N128AN. N128AN is currently reserved for American Airlines. Currently still registered as N5015L.
Courtesy Joe Baugher. |