| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N45786 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 240/600 (C-131/T-29/Samaritan) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair ET-29C |
| C/n (msn): | 335 |
| Display Paint: | FAA - Federal Aviation Administration |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Tucson - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KTUS IATA: TUS Local: TUS Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 8 May 1981 |
| Photo by: | Roger Syratt |
| Photo ID: | 656330 |
| Photo Comment |
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The aircraft was delivered to the USAF as T-29C 52-1096 in September 1953, it was converted to AC-131A in April 1959 then AT-29C in May 1960, and re-designated ET-29C in 1962. It passed to the FAA as N244 in September 1962, re-registered N247 in September 1963 and then N28 in November 1963, N254 in 1966 and lastly to N94 in 1973. Restored to the USAF as 52-1096 in April 1977 but offered for sale and acquired by Time Aviation Services as N45786 in August that year. The last confirmed sighting at Tucson was in 1986 and thought scrapped around the time the registration was cancelled in July 1988. This photo is copyright © Roger Syratt, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 17 February 2024, and has since been viewed 149 times. |