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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:PT-19A-FA Cornell
    Last Military Serial:42-2895 USAAF
    Construction Number:T42-1983
    Last Civil Registration:N57771
    Compressed ID:Fairchild PT-19A-FA sn 42-2895 USAA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gregory L. Hilton, Dallas, GA

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    Dates

    Event

    May 1942

    Constructed as a PT-19A-FA by Fairchild at Hagerstown, MD, USA.

    21 June 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-2895.

    From 1942 to October 1944

    Transferred to USAAF Flying School, Pine Bluff, AR.

    13 January 1956

    To Allen Dickerson, Ridgefield, WA with new c/r N49125.

    17 June 1958

    Certificate of airworthiness for N57771 (M-62A, T42-1983) issued.

    19 August 1970

    Civil registration, N49125, cancelled.

    1981

    Restoration started.
    Plane had been flown in civil hands to near destruction before restoration began in 1981.

    To Condor Enterprises, Aurora, IL with new c/r N57771.

    From 1984 to 1985

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: The Princess

    6 July 1985


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dixon, IL

    14 September 1992

    To Daniel E. Oakes DBA, Fort Pierce, FL keeping c/r N57771.

    21 March 1997

    To Gregory L. Hilton, Cartersville, GA keeping c/r N57771.

    1 January 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for N57771 (M-62A, T42-1983) issued.

    26 July 2019

    To Gregory L. Hilton, Dallas, GA keeping c/r N57771.
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