Delivered as an L-23D. Converted to an RL-23D ELINT version. Redesignated as a U-8D in 1962. To the museum by 1981.

The aircraft was retired to MASDC at Tucson in December 1980 and believed scrapped c.1983.

Built for the US Army as L-23B c/n LH-84 53-6181. Remanufactured as RL-23D c/n RLH-32 57-6060. Redesignated as an RU-8D in 1962. To the Detroit Institute of Aeronautics as N201GB by 1981. Front fuselage to the Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology, Canton, MI.

Photographer: Robert Dorr

Photographer: Charles Mayer.

Photographer: Werner Hartman.

Photographer: Werner Hartman.

Photographer: Werner Hartman.

Rebuilt from L-23 52-6200 c/n LH-39. Retired to AMARC in September 1979 with the code UB085. To the W.A.S.P Museum in Quartzite AZ. in 1996 and registered N130AZ in February 1998. Still present in poor condition at Quartzite in 2020.

This RU-8D was assigned to the 138th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion at Da Nang, S. Vietnam from 1966 - 1972. When it was modified to RU-8D configuration it was given a new MSN of LHC-4. This a/c was donated to the museum by Mr. Bruce Clapham in May 1985. As a US Army Warrant Officer, Mr. Clapham flew this a/c with the above unit from 1966 - 1967. He recovered the a/c in 1983 from a salvage yard in Tuscon, AZ. and restored it to original Vietnam configuration. Originally built with US Army s/n 58-1358.

To MASDC as UB096 12DEC79. Departed 13DEC89, to Allied Aircraft Sales, Tucson, AZ

Built as L-23A 52-6200 c/n LH-39. Rebuilt to L-23D standard in 1958 as 58-3086 with new c/n. Designated RU-8D from 1962. Civilianised as N130AZ.